Evening star., 1935-10-10
MAN NEAR DEATH
AS BLOOD SEEPS
| FROM TORN VEINS
Internal Organs Horribly
Ruptured When Hit in
| Back by Car.
WIFE SWOONS DECIDING
AGAINST AN OPERATION
Doctors Say He Cannot Live.
Pedestrians Badly Cut
Crossing, Streets.


street, writhed in pain in Casualty
Hospital today as death waited to
claim another traffic victim.
Chant was hurled 10 feet or more
while crossing at North Capitol and
H streets last night and struck The
pavement with such force that viz
tually all his internal organs were torn
apart. Doctors at Casualty say he
cannot live-that the life now left in
his body is merely hanging by a
thread.
The car struck Chant in the back.
The impact, witnesses told Casualty
physicians, was so terrific that the
man was lifted from his feet and fell
forward into the street with q thud.
Unconscious when picked up, Chant
was rushed to the hospital by a pass
ing motorist. Consciousness came
back during the ride, however, and
Chant was able to walk into the hos
pital. But his face was ghastly white
He was groaning with pain. Blood
streamed from cash on his forehead.
Beads of perspiration trickled through
the blood. He had an unquenchable
thirst.
Kidneys and Spleen Ruptured.
On the operating table doctors mad
hasty examination. They found in
ternal hemorrhages. The kidneys and
spleen had been ruptured, possibly
the liver, too.
Doctors agreed an operation nigh,
save Chants lfe-but the odds wero
stacked against him He did not evu
have an 80-to-1 chance.
Mrs. Chant was summoned. ST.
was told the decision. Terrified. sh
nervously paced the hospital floo-
Finally she decided. There would b.
no operation. Then she swooned.
She, too, had to be treated for shock
Police said the car that struck
Chant was driven by Wilmer G. Far
ran, %, 528 Eleventh street southeast.
One of the latest traffic victims TO
reach Emergency Hospital is j. Harold
Miller of Pittsburgh, Pa, who was in
jured when a motor cycle he was rid
| ing collided with a truck in Arlington
/ County, Va, at the intersection of Lee
Boulevard and Glebe road. The truck
was operated by Elvin w. Sill, els
Fourteenth street southeast.
The Clarendon rescue squad rushed
Miller to the hospital. Doctors said
he has possible fracture of the skull,
face lacerations and body bruises.
On bed in Gallinger Hospital is
Boyd Uncle, SO. of 1919 K street south
east, another traffic victim, who can
not move muscle in his body without
the shock OF pain. He also was struck
while crossing the street, but his con-
dition is not regarded as serious.
Right Shoulder Dislocated.
Uncle has countless wounds from
the accident almost over his entire
body. His left eye is badly bruised
Just over the eye on the temple was
cash with three stitches pulled
together From the left side of his
neck to his left shoulder is a hemor-
rhage under the skin, which has dis
colored. The skin is black and blue
His right shoulder is dislocated and
swollen. The left hip is badly scratched
and bruised.
Uncle was struck about 4:45 pm.
yesterday at Twelfth street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. The car,
according to police, was operated by
Clarence I. Rivers, 80, 1718 L street
northeast.
Altogether there were 80 traffic acci-
dents in the District in the 24-hour
period ending at o'clock this morn
ing, but injur. es resulted in only Is
of these cases. The other involved
property damage exclusively.
Aside from Chant and Uncle, the
list of 16 injured included 7-year-old
Patricia Quinn, 1915 D street south
east. She was hit by a car driven by
Carl c. Mann, "a years old, 1112 Oates
street northeast, as she crossed the
street in front Of her home. Her in
juries consisted principally of cuts on
the forehead, knee and ankle. After
treatment at Casualty she was re-
moved to her home.
Man Gashed by Collision.
Casualty, however, has under treat
ment another of the Is victimS-John
w. Nelson, SO, 1902 Perry street north
east, who was riding in a car which
collided with another machine at
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast about 4:45 pm. yes
terday.
Nelson has a deep cash in his scalp,
a broken collar bone-painful injuries
which will keep him in the hospital
for several days.
Police reported Nelson was a pas
senger In q car driven by Homer H.
Cummins, 2426 Otis street northeast.
The other machine was operated by
Joseph r. Luber, jr., OF Catonsville,
Md.
The third pedestrian to meet with
an accident in the street in the "a
hour period was Ina Thompson, IS,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue. Accord
ing to the police, she was crossing
against a traffic light at Fourteenth
and W streets, when struck by car
driven by Eugene c. Hise, so, $50
Church street, Cherrydale, Va. At
Emergency Hospital she was treated
for a possible fracture Of the left
ankle.
Knee May Be Broken.
Another pedestrian, Frances Phil
lips. 68, is In Emergency Hospital,
suffering from q cut on the scalp, a
fractured rib and badly bruised
knee, which may be broken. She was
said to have been outside croSswalk
at Dupont Circle, about 1890 o'clock
last night, when hit by a car driven
by william r. Teunis, A, Chevy
Chase, Md.
The Census Hureau reported today
an increase in the death rate from