The Washington times., 1937-11-08
-FOUR CHILDREN
AMONG a HURT
IN ACCIDENTS
D. c. Man Dies at Wheel
After Heart Attack

-Four children, all under 5 years
OF age, were among IA persons
injured in Washington, nearby
Maryland and Virginia in auto
mobile accidents during the week
end, while one local man died at
the wheel Of his automobile from
a heart attack.
Victim of the heart attack was
August P. Powell, 68. of 116 Fourth
st. N. E., who was stricken i'll
while driving on Pennsylvania
Avenue at Thirteenth Street
Southeast yesterday. The mans
wife. Mrs. Ella Powell, applied the
brakes as her husband slumped
over the wheel. He died before
aid could reach him. A resident
of Washington for so years, Mr..
Powell is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Elsie Arnold. and a son, Rob-
'ert E. Powell, of No. IL Engine
Company, District Fire Depart
ment.
Most seriously injured Of the
four children is Doris DiggS, two
year-old colored child, of 1915 U
Street N. W., who suffered a frac-
tured skull and internal injuries
when pinned under a street car
as she ran into the street in front
of her home. The child was taken
to Freedman's Hospital.
Struck by a taxicab as he was
being carried across the street in
the arms of his uncle, three-year-
old Joseph Edward Blackburn, Of
1907 Twelfth st. N. W., suffered
brain concussion and is being
treated at Children's Hospital.
The chiId's uncle, Ernest C.
.OMeara, of 528 Taylor st. N. W.,
was treated by an ambulance ply
sician from Emergency Hospital
for cuts above his left eye. The
child and his mother, Mrs. Mary
Blackburn, were driven to Chill
dren's Hospital by a passing mo-
torist. Police say the cab was
driven by John c. Ressa, 26, of 306
Todd Pl. N. E.
The other two children injured
were both struck down by automo-
biles while playing near their
homes. They were Jerry Mauran-
tonic, 2, of 1913 Oates st. N. E.,
who suffered minor cuts and
bruises and was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital, and 3-year-old Lois
Hoeck, of Bethesda, Md, who Suf-
fered slight injuries when struck
by an automobile being backed out
: of a driveway near her home. The
child was taken to Georgetown
hospital by the Bethesda Fire De-
partment Rescue Squad.
POLICE INJURED
Two policemen suffered slight
injuries in an accident yesterday
which resulted in the arrest of
colored taxi driver and his
brother, both of whom are being
held at the Sixth Precinct for in
veStigation.
The policemen are Richard Conk-
lin and Joseph Davis, both of the
Sixth precinct. The accident oc-
Cured at Fifth and R Streets
Northwest. The men arrested are
Henry Carson, 80, of the 100 block
~ of Duncan st. N. E., driver of the
cab, and his brother, Linwood Car
son. All four of the men received
first-aid treatment for cuts and
bruises at Emergency Hospital.
Maybelle Imblum, %, of Silver
Spring, Md. suffered lacerationS
and a sprained wrist when thrown
from the car in which she was rid
ing in the 8700 block of Georgia
Ave. N. w. Police say the woman
fell fQom the car when she went
to open the car door in order to
close it more securely.
VIRGINIAN HURT
Others reported injured include
Morrison Brown, 33, of The Plains,
Va, who is being treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for injuries re-
ceived when car struck the horse
on which he was riding near his
, home.
Melban Jackson, 81, of Danville,
Va, suffered cuts and bruises
when the car in which he was
riding struck street car loading
platform at North Capitol Street
and Massachusetts, Avenue. Albert
Powell, 81, colored, of Brentwood,
Md, was reported in a grave con-
dition at Casualty Hospital, and
Joseph D. Mason, 80, Ardmore,
Md, was seriously injured when
struck by car as he was crossing
Defense Highway near his home. |