The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-12-10

variety OF injuries in = terrific
crash Of two automobiles a. SO.
18th and J sts. in the pre-dawn
hours Sunday
Their mishap brought 20 Is the
total Of persons hurt in weekend
traffic accidents locally. Many
more narrowly escaped injury as
the misunderstanding list scared
under lowering skies and a period
Of heavy fog.
In addition. state pstrolmen re-
ported out-of-oity accidents caused
minor injury 20 several persons,
none Of whom were reported hos
pitalized.
The SIX hurt in the single
collision were Robert Browne. ~.
l12s No nth. Seattle: his wife.
Ruth, As; Sergt. Andronie Lang
lsis. ~. 1s05ia SO. c st. Tacoma;
his wife HuldA, Al: Edwin Lind
strom. 81. OF the L. s. S Tennes-
see. and his wife, Ruth. %. also OF
1s05is So. G ST.
Taken 10 Hospital
All were taken to st Joseph's
hospital Browne and Mrs Lang
lais were believed most seriously
hurt He suffered cuts about the
face and head. deeply-gashed
left foot Mrs. Langlais had lac
erations Of the face and body. sew
eral possibly broken ibs. Mrs.
Brownies face. nose and forehead
were gashed. Lindstrom $ ear was
badly cut. his wife's face was
laeerated and her left arm be-
lieved broken. Only Langlais and
Lindstrom were able to leave the
hospital.
Ray V. Primer. Rt. s. box 221.
Tacoma, one of the drivers. alone
was unhurt. Police said his car.
northbound on st. was hit by
Brownies when the latter failed
10 make an arterial stop.
Frank Craig. rs. 1901 Ea. 10th
ST. sustained minor hurts and was
held in the county hospital for
observation after his car repeatedly
struck two parked cars at sol
Ia. saith st. at l2:46 a. m. Sun
day.
Sumner Woman Hurt
Another early-morning accident
In the heart OF the city, at the
junction of So. 9th. Broadway and
St Helens ave, sent one driver 10
Jail and woman to the hospital.
Norma Brengman. &c, Sumner.
hurt in the collision which ac-
CURED at $50 a. m. Sunday. went
to Tacoma General hospital with
her face and right knee gashed.
Kenneth Lyons. rs, Roy. went
10 Jail as a drunken-driving sus-
pect after he was chased from the
scene OF the crash and caught by
Ralph Goodrich, taxi driver
I Lyons car hit a machine driven
BY Scott Stetson, Seattle. In which
Miss Brengman was riding. Stet-
son had made complete stop at
the intersection when Lyons. COM
ing down So. 9th, hit him. wit
nesses said.
Stewart Hamilton. ~. 32l2 No.
2lst st. was booked for an acct
dent investigation and released
after his car struck and injured
Sergt. II. w. Mowry. SO. at SIS
Stadium Way. about 4.05 a. m.
Monday.
Mowry. OF the Bird quarter
masters battalion. Fort Lewis,
went to Tacoma General hospital,
his scalp badly gashed. Hamilton
was accompanied, police said, by
Mrs. V. s. Sifford. whose car he
was driving. The pedestrian was
hit during thick fog. Clyde
Strom. 81. of AJlune. was recover
ing in Tacoma General hospital
where he was taken Sunday morn
ing. his shoulder injured in a
traffic mishsp. An unidentified
boy was listed as a traffic victim,
but his injuries were minor, police
said Lester Thornton. SO. 3207
So Goth st. said his car hit the
boy at South Tacoma Way and
43rd. but the boy ran from the
scene with little girl who was
his companion
-Four Were hurt in accidents