Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-09
GIRL, I, MANNED
IN BUSY STREET,
HER LEG BROKEN
Two Other Children Hurt
Painfully by Tempting
Death in Traffic.
WOMAN DRIVER LUCKY
WHEN CAR OVERTURNS
Two More Women Suffer Cuts
and Loosened Teeth in
Crashes.

Pain and suffering and long
period OF helpleSsness faced another
victim of an automobile today
year-old Florence Herrell, 802 E street
northeast. who lay in Casualty Hos
pital with fractured leg and gashes
that may dishgure her for life
The little girl was one Of three
Washington children who, apparently
oblivious Of the dangers that Turk in
the trafic-congeSted streets, paid the
penalty with broken and twisted
bones, SCARED faces or patched heads.
The child did the same thing q
number of other children have done
this year, only to be crushed under
the wheels of truck or automobile.
She darted out into the street behind
parked car into the path of a
machine driven by Mary l. Cristorella.
"a, 500 Third street northeast.
Child Screams in Pain.
Bloodstained, the limp form Of the
girl was picked up and rushed to the
hospital. Into the emergency room
they carried her as she screamed in
pain. Blood continued to flow from
her mouth from two teeth that had
been knocked loose The left side Of
her face also was bleeding from a cut
into which her hair had become mat
ted. More blood oozed from a 2-inch
cut in her knee.
Doctors worked feverishly to ease
the child's pain and to stop the flow
Of blood. Stitches were taken in her
cheek and knee and her leg adjusted
with weights so that the fracture
would heal-a long and tedious
process.
The accident happened about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. on Eight
street northeast between G and H
streets. Even before that time the
other two child victims had met their
fate.
Roy Hit by Truck.
One OF them, 2-year old Jack Bar
rett, l0l6 Fourth street southea.t,
had run OUT into the street in front
Of his home, where a truck struck
him. Pain wracked his leg from a
cracked shin bone At Providence
Hospital his leg was put in a cast
( and he was sent home. The truck,
| according to police, was operated by
| Sylvester Nets, 80, 1868 New Jersey
avenue southeast.
The other case, that OF 8-year-old
Ruby Mary Truman, 9l8 Fourteenth
street southeast, was a little differ
ent. An automobile driven by John
L. Hayes. 40, laos G street southeast,
struck her in an alley near Thir-
tenth and G streets southeast. Cuts
and bruises on the hands, arms and
legs were disclosed on examination.
A private physician administered the
necessary treatment
Woman Driver Is Lucky.
Regina K Rose, "a, 1929 Green
wich parkway, is perhaps one of the
luckiest drivers involved in an acci-
dent in the last several days. Fate
saved her from probable death or
serious injury.
The sedan she was driving left the
road while rounding curve in the
1900 block of Foxall road. 1t hit
several posts and large stone, over
turned and skidded across the road
on its top. The car was badly dam
age, but the woman crawled out and
went home, where she was treated
for cuts on the body and shock.
Ann James, 20, colored, 479 G
street southwest, was less fortunate.
She was crossing Maryland avenue
southwest near Fourth street about
midnight when car struck her. At
Emergency Hospital short time later,
doctors counted a number Of loose
teeth and treated her for cuts on the
chin, bruises and shock. Police said
the machine was operated by Herman
F. Pearce. %. 4576 Conduit road.
Two Cars Collide.
Earlier in the evening two cars col.
lided at Twenty-ninth and @ streets.
Lilly Brooks, IS, 1925 Ellicott street,
passenger in one Of them, was taken
to Georgetown Hospital and treated
for cuts on her finger and face.
A complete check-up of all police
precincts showed that, altogether,
there were 26 traffic accidents in the
District in the 24-hour period ending
at 8 o'clock this morning. Fifteen Of
them involved property damage only.
The injuries in the majority of others
were said to have been only slight, the
victims receiving treatment at home
IN cases where that was necessary.
Forty-nine persons were scheduled
for appearance in Traffic Court today.
Six of them we're locked up yesterday
and last night. Seventeen persons
were arrested for speeding, two for
passing red lights and three for pass
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