Evening star., 1944-12-31
Z Injured on Ice,
Including 4 S|edders;
70 Streets Roped Off

70 Streets Roped Off
A treacherous glaze of ice on steps
and sidewalks, sent IL persons to
hospitals, police reported last night.
-Four of them were children hurt
In coasting accidents In an effort
to avert this type of accident police
closed sections of 20 Washington
streets to all traffic except children's
sleds.
Miss Mary E. Lytle. 60, of ITO
Maryland avenue. NV, broke an
arm when she fell on the ice yes
terday at Fourteenth street and
Constitution avenue NV. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
John T Shorts, 43, of 3216 Tenth
street NE, fell on the ice while
crossing Franklin street NE. yester-
day afternoon while carrying So
pound sack of potatoes and other
groceries. He was taken to Sibley
Hospital with possible ankle frac-
ture.
NOHldH FdCtuICS
Mrs. Marie C. Dimmick, Sc, OF
4449 @ Street NV. fractured a leg
when she slipped on the sidewalk
on Reed street NE. near Charming
Place Yesterday morning. She was
taken to Georgetown Hospital
Miss Ophelia Pruett, 25. 1862 Co.
lumbia road NV. received back in
juries when she fell at the Airing
/ ton Hall bus stop on Lee Boulevard.
She was admitted to Georgetown
Hospital
Russell Havermill l5, of 4011 IN
graham street, Hyattsville, Md, and
Agnes Kensinger, Is, 4005 Ingraham
street. were taken to Riverdale Hos
pital when their sled ran into an
automobile at Jefferson street and
Fortieth avenue, Hyattsville Miss
Kensinger received broken arm.
Her companion escaped with cuts.
The automobile was operated by
John E. Atkinson, 5901 Fortieth
avenue, Hyattsville, police said.
Joseph F. O'Brien, 13, of 2629
Seventeenth street NE. suffered
a possible knee fracture Friday af-
ternoon when he struck a guard !
rail in Langdon Park while sled
ding He was taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Boy Hurt While Coasting.
Juan Joy, II, colored, 1902 Ala |
bama avenue Sc. received cuts on
the leg while coasting near his
home Friday night He was treated /
at Gallinger Hospital.
Arthur Braybone, so. of PIG Ascot |
place NE, was treated at Sibley
Hospital for a fractured ankle suf-
fered Friday afternoon when he fell Il
on the sidewalk in front of his home,
police reported.
In fall on the sidewalk at Four {
teenth and C streets NV. Friday {
night, police said, Mrs. Gertrude {
Brooks, 66, of 1870 Wyoming avenue {
NV. suffered hip injuries for which
she was later treated and admitted |
at Emergency Hospital
Delivering mail in the 1000 block of
Monroe street NV. yesterday, An ;
drew j Hogan. 48. colored. of 20l2
Thirteenth street NV fell and was
treated at Providence Hospital for /,
possible leg fracture.
Olof H. Lamm, ST, of the Ward
man Park Hotel, fell Oh the ice and
suffered a fractured and dislocated
ankle Friday, Mr.. Lamm attached
to the Swedish Legation, fell while
crossing Massachusetts, avenue at
Fifteenth street NV He was treated |
and admitted to Emergency Hos
pital.
Streets ROped Off.
District streets roped off by police
to permit shedding were:
Fourth precinct N street S.W,
between South Capitol and First
streets: Ninth street SW., between
c and D streets. |.
Sixth precinct-T'hirteenth street
NV, between Kalmia road and
Eastern avenue; Peabody street NV,
between Eighth and Ninth Streets
PlneY Branch road NV, between
Buchanan and Decatur streets; First ,
street NV, between Gallatin street
and Farragut place.
Seventh precinct-39O0 block of w
street NV lower Forty-second !.
street NV below the intersection
of TunlaW road. Edmunds street ..
and Forty second street
Eighth precinct Brandywine =
street NV from River road to
Forty-fourth street: Morrison street ,
wv from Chevy Chase Parkway
to Broad Branch road; Thirty first
street NV. from Worthington street
to Aberfoyle place !,
Ninth precinct-Tenth street NE.
between E and F streets; 1900 block :
of Queen street NE; Twenty-frst
N. E. between Benning road and E
street
Tenth precinct Eighth street
NV. between Shepherd and Upshur
streets
Twelfth precinct-Newton street t
NE. between Fourteenth and Eigh-
teenth streets; Twentieth street
NE. between Franklin street and
Langdon Park; Bryant street NE.
between Lincoln road and Fourth
street.
Thirteenth precinct-2200 block of
Sixth street NV. and the 2200 block
of Twentieth street NV.
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