Evening star., 1936-01-21
AUTO VICTIM DIES;
SEVERAL INJURED
ON ICY STREETS
Pedestrians and Sled
Coasters Suffer Broken
Bones.
J. R. KANE SUCCUMBS
TO JANUARY 8 INJURIES
Rain or Snow Forecast for Tomor.
row-Minimum of % Pre-.
dicted Tonight.

The Districts tenth trafic fatality
Of the month was recorded today. and
another victim suffered from serious
injuries as ice-coated streets contin-
ued to make motoring and walking
hazardous.
Meanwhile, more bad weather was
In the ofiing. the forecast for tomor-
row calling for either snow or rain
Overcast skies and slightly higher
temperatures were predicted for today.
James r Kane. 81, of 400 Third
street was the latest traffic fatality.
He died in Garfield Hospital of chest
injuries received January 8, when he
was knocked down by an automobile
in the $500 block OF New Hampshire
avenue. Max Fulton. %, of 512 Co.
lumbia road, named by police as the
driver, was charged with reckless driv-
Ing at the time and released on 81 900
bond
Capt. Campbell Hurt.
John Campbell, 81, Of 224 Eleventh
street northeast. captain Of the day
watch at the District Jail, received a
fractured skull when he slipped and
fell against moving car. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital by Sam
uel M. Hendrix, IS, of 2lO Ninth
street southeast, driver of the ma
chine. The mishap occurred near
Eleventh and c streets northeast.
Capt. Campbell has been attached to
the jail since 1898.
Coasting accidents were numerous
last night, as youngsters made "tobog-
gan slides" of CLASSY hills, Several
other persons required hospital treat
ment as q result of falls.
Nine-year- Lucius Sargent, 3033
Fifteenth street. suffered broken hip
when he lost control OF his sled and
struck a tree while coasting on Har-
ward street, near the Zoo entrance.
Girl Sledders Injured.
Louise Rupp, 18, Of 2022 Decatur
street, was severely injured about the
shoulders when she fell OH her sled
at Twenty-fourth and Calvert streets.
Edna Mae Cochel, II, Of $50 Jefferson
street was cut when her sled crashed
into a parked automobile near Eighth
and Hamilton streets.
Persons injured in falls on the ice
included Rachel Leenou, "A, Of AIS M
street, and Ethel M. Davis. "a. Of 1430
Belmont street, both OF whom suffered
broken ankles, and Ethel Campbell.
SO, of 1924 F street. who received a
broken arm.
A l7-degree minimum was registered
at 7:l5 am. today. but the mercury
advanced slowly thereafter, and the
maximum this afternoon was expected
to be slightly above freezing. Tonight's
low will be about %, the Weather
Bureau said.
Farmer Dies Of Exposure.
Winter continued to grip Maryland.
as two deaths in the State were at
tributed to the recent SHOWS and low
temperatures Sunny skies brought
some hope of relief, but there was little
indication of an appreciable rise in
temperature.
The first death from exposure In the
current cold wave was reported from
Wicomico County. where the body OF
Walter Dukes. 44year-old farmer. was
found. In Baltimore, college student
was killed when his sled collided with
an automobile.
Hagerstown, with a reading Of 2
degrees below zero last night. ap-
parently was the coolest city in the
State. A few rural schools were closed
because snow drifts blocked roads.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Annapolis said q colored sailor was
believed drowned and another was
rescued after they lost their grip on
the icy sides of an oyster sloop and
fell into Chesapeake Bay.