Evening star., 1946-07-23
Streetcar Hits
Man.; IS Hurt
In Accidents
Scores of Mishups
Caused by Rain and
Slippery Highways

slippery streets and rainy weather
in the past "a hours, police reported
Scores of lesser accidents, in
volving only dented tenders anc
scratched bumpers, were attributed
by police to the poor visibility ac.
companying the rainfall.
Mr.. Mendelowitz, police reported
was struck by streetcar at load.
ing platform in the 3400 block oi
Benning road NE. early today. Al
Casualty Hospital. attendants sale
he suffered a cerebral conclusion
and severe chest injuries. Police
said he apparently stepped into thu
path of an approaching car with the
intention of crossing the tracks
stepped back to let the car pass but
remained too close to the track.
Knocked to Ground.
Police said the side of the street
car struck the victim and knocked
him to the ground. The operator of
the streetcar was listed as Joseph E
Fritter, 81, of Cheverly, Md.
-Four persons were injured, one
critically, Fairfax County police
said, when an automobile skidded
on a slippery stretch of Route Sc
three miles west of Fairfax, Va.
and collided with another car. John
Aconomou, SO, Pulaski, Va, pas
senger in the car driven by Clayton
D Stiltner. Is, of Pulaski, suffered
a possible broken neck and frac-
tured vertebrae, police said, and is
in serious condition at Arlington
Hospital.
Mr.. Stiltner suffered head and
chest injuries, according to police
The operator of the other automo-
bile. Richard r. Hill, 23 of Cor
Wallis, Greg. received jaw injuries
cuts and bruises, while his wife
Evelyn, 20. suffered cuts and bruises
police said. The Hills also were ad-
mitted to Arlington Hospital.
Five-year-old David Buckler, 102
o street S.W., is in an undetermined
condition at Providence Hospital
with injuries suffered when he fell
from his fathers moving taxicab or
Highway No. 5 near Clinton, Md.
police said.
Gas Spilled as Truck Overturns.
Three thousand gallons of gasoline
were spilled but not ignited. Alex
andria police said, when a Texacc
tank truck turned over in a ditch
on the Leesburg Pike at the Alex
andria City-Fairfax County-Arling
ton County line. Policeman Cary
Nyberg' listed the driver of the truck
as William Bruinton, "a, of Balti-
more, and said he suffered no injury
A flve-week-old baby, Kathleen
Senft, 1856 E street NE, narrowly
escaped death or serious injury when
a passing truck caught the wheels
of her baby carriage at the inter-
section of Sixteenth and Rosedale
streets NE, yesterday, overturning
the carriage and dragging it a few
feet.
Maurice A. Darcy, SO, of 1911 E
street Sc. was taken to Gallinger
Hospital with a possible fractured
jaw and head injuries. police re-
ported, after his automobile was in
a collision at Fifteenth and G streets
Sc. last night. Driver of the other
vehicle was named by police as
James T. Washington, colored, 80
of 1224-A Carrollburg place SW.
who was not injured
Clarence o. Conner, so, OF
Charleston, w. Va, a passenger in
taxicab, was admitted to Casualty
Hospital last night with fractured
ribs, police said, which he suffered
when the cab was in a collision
with another automobile at Third
and E streets NV. Police said Mr.
Conner was thrown against the
taxi's windshield.
Girl Hurt as Bicycle Skids.
Estelle Phillips, II, of 3031 Knox
street Sc, suffered a possible frac-
tured ankle when her bicycle
skidded on the pavement at Knox
and Hartford streets Sc. yesterday
police said. She was taken to Gas.
ualty Hospital.
William N. Byram, At, of 202I
Third street NE, was charged with
failing to give full time and atten.
ton to his driving early today. police
said, after his automobile ran ovel
the curbstone at Michigan avenue
near Franklin street NE. and struck
an electric pole. Mr.. Byram wa.
treated for a lacerated chin at Gas.
ualty Hospital and released.
Mrs. Eunice V. Dennis, 80, of 1861
Homer avenue, Suitland, Md, suf
fered a compound fracture of thu
leg and lacerated scalp last night
police reported, when an automobile
driven by her husband, John H
Dennis, struck parked car at Penn.
sylvania and Texas avenues Sc
Mr.. Dennis was not injured, police
said.
A pedestrian who police said wa!
struck by streetcar at North Cap.
itol and H streets last night is il
serious condition with possible
fractured skull at Casualty Hos.
pital. He is William Zeaton, As, o.
726 North Capitol street. Police sale
he was struck by a streetcar op.
Grated by William w. Brady, 40, O.
the 900 block of Eleventh street NV
Mr.. zeaton apparently was STRUCK
by the streetcar and thrown agains
another car travelling in the opposite
direction, police said.
Man Struck BY Bus.
Ammet German, As, of Bailey's
Cross Roads, Va, was admitted tc
Emergency Hospital for lacerations
police said, after he was struck BY
an A. B. &, w. bus at Pennsylvania
avenue and Tenth street NV. last
night. Police listed the operator OF
the bus as Thomas P. Cooper, 20, OF
Alexandria.
The wife of the Second Secretary
at the New Zealand Legation, Mrs
Thoda Aickin. So. was treated fol-
minor face lacerations and later re-
leased from Emergency Hospital
after an automobile collision at
Forty-sixth and Fessenden streets
NV. late yesterday. Police said the
driver of the other automobile was
David ~ DioLinco,, "a 1f EEce