Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-22
10 Persons Injured
In Traffic Accidents;
virg'iinian Near Death
Victim Of Collision
Of Truck and Ambulance
Is at Emergency Hospital

IS Of emergency noSPitoi
Ten persons were injured late
yesterday in a series of traffic &C
cidents and a 47-year -old man from
Broadway, Va, pinned beneath the
farm truck in which he was riding
when it collided with an Army am,
bulance early yesterday, was near
death at Emergency Hospital
The traffic victim whose condition
was described as critical was Rus
sell A. Phillips. injured in an acct
dent early yesterday at Fourteenth
and K streets NV.
A collision between an automobile
and Capital Transit Co. bus last
night at Sixteenth and D streets
NE. sent two bus passengers to
Casualty Hospital and two others to
their homes for treatment.
Mrs. Sue Baisey, So, of 1888 War
der street NV, received possible
spinal and internal injuries, and
Mrs. Mae Barnett, As, of 126 Eigh-
tenth street Sc, received a pos
sible rib fracture.
Treated at their homes were Mar
garet Vogelson, Is. of 1735 B street
Sc, and another bus passenger who
gave her name as Miss Ruth Smith,
70, of 80 Twenty ninth street NE
Driver Escapes Injury.
The driver of the automobile,
Ephriam Harrison. colored, of 1924
Seventh street NV. was uninjured,
but Mrs. Ethel Bailey, 81, colored,
of 233 Fourteenth street Sc, pas
senger, was treated at Casualty Hos
pital and released.
Driver of the bus was Berthold j.
Bertges. 54l5 Illinois avenue NV.
In another accident last night
Mrs. Lille Watkins. 40. colored, of
1906 Fourth street NV. suffered a
compound fracture of the left leg
and right arm.
Police said Mrs. Watkins was
crossing North Capitol street at the
New York avenue intersection when
struck by an automobile operated by
Miss Annetta L. johnson of the
300 block of Thirty-siXth street
NE. The injured woman was taken
to Casualty Hospital.
Cyril John Corbin, Al. of AIT Fiji
tenth street Sc, and George L.
Moran. Al, of 34l Kentucky avenue
Sc, also we're injured yesterday
when the car driven by Mr.. Corbin
and in which Mr.. Moran was riding
collided with the rear of another
automobile on Kenilworth avenue
NE. near the Benning road inter-
section. Police said the other car,
operated by Frank NJ Matkins, 40.
attached to the Naval Air Station,
Cedar Point, Md, had halted for a
stop sign.
Treated for Cuts.
Mr.. Corbin and Mr.. Moran were
treated for cuts at Casualty Hospital
Crossing K street near his home
Yesterday, Edward Ronald Smith,
4, colored, of 306 K street Sc. was
struck by an automobile and re-
oeived scalp injuries and a frac-
tured leg. Police said the child
had emerged from between two
parkeds.GAFs. vss,
DriteT of the automobile was
James Hunter, So, of the HOO block
Of Seventh street Sc.
Injured one mile west of Car
sons road in Fairfax County and
brought to the Georgetown Hospi-
tai in a Herndon. Va. Fire De-
partment car. George Updike, 48,
of Bailey's Crossroads, Va, was
treated last night for possible frac-
ture Of his hip and back.
Meanwhile, John E. Mebane. "a
colored. Of 414 r street NV, was
said to be in serious condition at
Freedmens Hospital, suffering from
an injury to the right eye and pos
sible fractured ribs and conclusion.
Mr.. Mebane was the driver of an
automobile that struck a tree on the
campus of Howard University Fri
day night, police said. Following the
accident, the injured man and his
brother, Roy, passenger in the
car, walked to the hospital.