Evening star., 1935-03-16
.17-YEAR-OLD GIRL
f. IS LATEST VICTIM
OF AUTO M|SHAPS
Blood TransfuSions Fail to
Save Life of Louise
Darcy.
EFFORTS OF G. u. STAR
PROVE UNAVAILING
Seven Persons, Including Two
Graduate Nurses and 4.Year.
Old Boy, Injured.

A series Of blood transfusions. one
by Georgetown University star
athlete, failed to save the life of IT,
year-old Louise Darcy who was in
jured Wednesday when struck by an
automobile while on her way to
church. Her death in Georgetown
Hospital this morning was the twenty
sixth this year resulting from traffic
accidents.
The girl. the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice A. Darcy, 1859 Thirty
fourth street and student at Trinity
High School, was crossing in the 1900
block Of Thirty-ffth street en- route
to Holy Trinity Church, where Len
ten services were being held, when
she was knocked down by the ma
chine of Charles E. O'Roark, 81,
Arlington, Va.
Take to G. L. Hospital.
She was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital, where it was found she had
fractures of both legs. a broken arm
and a fractured skull.
Four transfusions had been given
the girl and request for more donors
resulted in the volunteer of Don
Gibeau. 49, sophomore basket ball and
foot ball PRAYER at Georgetown. and a
team mate. Robert Ferrara. Gibeau's
blood was found to be acceptable. but
Ferrara'S did not match. Gibeau was
granted a .wo-day respite from Spring
foot ball practice by Coach Jack
Hagerty 70 aid the girl.
Seven persons, including two Young
graduate nurses and a 4-year-old boy.
were injured in traffic accidents here
yesterday.
The nurses. Ellen c. Leahy. 20. and
Mary Bertin, 81, both of 1910 Massa-
chuSetts avenue southeast, we're hurt
when a taxicab in which they were
riding collided with another car near
Massachusetts, avenue and Fifth street.
At Emergency Hospital Miss Berth
was treated for a broken collarbone
and an injury TO her hand, while Miss
Leahy was treated for shock and scalp
lacerations. They later were removed
10 Georgetown Hospital
Police said the taxicab was driven
by c. z. Ziehl, also of the Massachu-
sets avenue address The other car
was operated by Floyd Chilcott, SO, of
the 1000 block of Eighth street.
Receives Severe Injury.
The injured child, Robert Selby, el5
K street southeast, received a severe
injury to his leg and lacerations to
his scalp when knocked from his tri-
cycle near his home by truck said
by police to have been driven by Reese
Gardner. 36. colored. 80l Second
street southeast. The boy was treated
at Casualty Hospital
The others injured were James Cox
81, of 1911 Potomac avenue southeast.
and Frances Blaine, 81. of the 900
block of Fourteenth street southeast,
who were hurt when their automo-
| bile struck a tree at Pennsylvania
avenue and Seventeenth street south
east; F. w. Treahle, 48, of 304 F
street, whose delivery truck collided
with an automobile near Union Sta
tion. and Charles W. Rand, IS, a SOL
der at Fort Myer, who was knocked
down by a truck in the 500 block OF
Seventh street.
Cox was treated at Gallinger Hos
pital for a crushed chest and Miss
Blaine for a cut shoulder Treahle
was taken to Casualty with several
fractured ribs, and Rand was treated
at Emergency Hospital for injuries
10 his head and leg.