Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-30
4 Hurt in Crash
OF Streetcars;
n
Snow Continues
Heudon Collision
After Switch Jams
Raises Storms Toll

N0SSOS StOIhI VII
Four persons were injured in
head-on crash between two
streetcars this morning, as a
fresh fall of snow added to the
seriousness of Washington's
snow and sleet storm, which al
ready has caused three deaths
and many serious injuries.
The jamming of switch at Penn
sylvania avenue and Fourteenth
street NV, possibly due to the
freezing cold. sent a southbound
Bureau of Engraving, streetcar
swinging to the left and into the
path of a Fourteenth and Decatur
street trolley shortly after $50 am.
Investigators were unable to i'm
mediately determine whether the
switch had become frozen. Pvt.
H. F. Elliott, who had been direct
ing traffic at the intersection, said
the switch is hand-operated until
$50 each morning. It's operator
had just left the scene, he said. y
Taken to Hospital.
The injured were treated at Emer-
ser,cy Hospital. They were:
Ethan Allen Heflin, So, of 447
Newton place NV, operator of the
bureau car, nose injury and ankle
abrasions.
Sidney Katz, 80, of 1923 Fourth
street, operator of the Decatur
streetcar, decorations of the fore
head and neck.
Raymond l.. .Krok, Is, Hyattsyille.
Mo, conductor on the Decatur street
trolley, laceration of face and abra-
sion of leg.
Milton p. English, 80, of 1927
Taylor street NV, a passenger,
abrasions of knee and nose.
Five Feet of Car Smashed.
The bureau car, new streamliner,
plcwed five feet, into the front of
the other, an old wooden model
car. Victims were taken to the
hospital in an ambulance and taxi
cabs.
The accident, which tied up traf-
nc on the two main lines. occurred
Just after the morning rush period.
Neither car carried more than a
few passengers.
Chairman James H. Flanagan of
the Public Utilities Commission. was
on the scene. He was en- route tn
his Office in the nearby District
Building.
Meanwhile, the Weather Bureau
predicted that the snow will con-
tinue internationally today and to-
night and will be mixed occasionally
with rain during the afternoon.
The District Refuse Department.
continuing its efforts to clean streets
OF the coating OF ice and sleet. based
It's hopes for completing the task
on a forecast that the temperature
this afternoon will rise to 40 de-
grees, the highest since the storm
began. Also favorable to the work
was further prediction that it will
be mot so cold" tonight.
Flows Can Do Little.
Department officials said the an
tlcipated rise in temperature will
have a lot to do with the extent of
progress In cleaning the streets.
which yesterday were so rough and
so heavily coated with ice that
trafflc was badly snarled at inter-
sections In the downtown area.
Until the sleet does soften I'D, they
added, the city's fleet of 100 snow
plows can do little to relieve con-
ditions.
A crew of 1000 men from the
highway, sewer, water and refuse
departments worked throughout last
night. A smaller force still was on
the job today, working mostly with
hand picks. Another full crew will
go out again tonight
Some relief from the serious con-
dition on Highway Bridge, which
yesterday forced buses to be re-
routed by Memorial Bridge, was
afforded during the afternoon by
several power graders. Officials ex-
planned that by concentrating graders
there the ice was partially broken up.
They pointed out that it would be
hopeless to expect results from this
same experiment on the 300 miles
OF arterial streets, in the District.
Truck Driver Asphyxiated.
The third death as result of the
storm occurred yesterday. The VIC
tim was Clinton Smith, 26, of Delray,
Fla, whose body was found in the
cab of his truck parked in the 100
block of Florida avenue NE. Police
said he apparently left his motor
running while halted there by bad
driving conditions and was over
come by carbon monoxide fumes.
Two other. deaths we're reported
earlier yesterday, one due to heart
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