Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-29
Woman, 6, Injured
By Truck; Nine Hurt
In Other Accidents

A 63-year-old woman pedestrian
who suffered serious injury yester-
day afternoon when she either fell
against or was struck by moving
!, truck was reported in satisfactory
condition today at Emergency Hos
pital.
/ She is Mrs. Clara Gibbons, a re-
: sident of the Hebrew Home for the
Aged, 1925 Spring road NV. Police
said tine woman had stepped of a
!, curb from behind a tree in the
$500 block of Georgia avenue NV.
: when the accident occurred. The
truck was driven by Francis Jack
son, 40, of 6407 Walker Mill road,
Capitol Height-, Md.
Mrs. Gibbons was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, suffering from head
injuries and a possible fracture Of
the right shoulder.
Woman Thrown From Car.
Mrs. ldollie L. White, so, of GOT
Third street NV. suffered minor
injury yesterday when thrown from
her car at Fourth street and New
York avenue NV. She told police
she lost control Of her car when the
front wheels started to shimmy as
she was driving east on New York
avenue.
Police reported the car ran over
curb, knocking down small tree
and lamp post before throwing the
driver to the street. Driverless, 1t
continued on and struck a car in
a parking lot near the intersection
before stopping, investigators said.
Total damage was estimated at
about $3.50.
Mrs. Ruby Lineberry, As, of 622
Portland street Sc. sustained a cut
scalp when struck yesterday after
noon by a backing automobile at
Nichols avenue and Portland street
Sc.
Police said the driver, Jorge Del
Canto, 80, of 1919 Savannah street
Sc. told them he was backing at
about,5 miles an hour of Nichols
avenue into Portland street when
the woman was struck.
Two New Jersey men were in
Casualty Hospital with injuries suf-
fered in an accident early today on
Route 5, between Upper Marlboro
and Waldorf, Md, police reported.
The men are John 2. Liznak, %,
who suffered fractures Of the right
leg and pelvis, and Stanley Obal, 81,
fracture of the right ankle. Both
men are from Garfield, N. J.
Bernard L. Ford, 26, colored, of
1926 Montello avenue NE. suffered
a cut lip and his passenger, James
Holmes, 80, colored, of 635 Kenil-
worth terrace NV. was admitted to
Casualty Hospital with head cuts
In a collision between a truck and
a Capital Transit Co. bus. Police
said Ford's truck ran into the back
of the bus driven by Roy E. Camp
bell of 1919 sherwood street NE.
The bus was making regular stop
on Seventeenth street above c street
NE, police said.
Lee A. Gormours, 80, of 3700
Horner place Sc, was treated at
Gallinger Hospital yesterday for a
cut lip received when his car COL
lided with District dump truck on
Nichols avenue opposite the gate of
st. Elizabeths Hospital. The truck
was driven by Charles H. Gray, 642
street NE, police said.
Boy Hurt In Fall.
Thomas Davis, 6, colored, of 237
v street NV, was slightly injured
yesterday afternoon when he rolled
off the running board Of a car in
the 300 block of v street NV. Wit
nesses told police the boy was on
the running board as the car pulled
away from the curb at slow speed
and that apparently the driver did
not know of the boys fall. The lad
was treated at Children's Hospital
for a lacerated scalp and injuries
to the back Of his head. :
Lawrence Sherman, colored, 6, of
3016 Warder street NV, received a
frectured left leg and facial injuries
when he was struck by an automo-
bile in the 900 block of Columbia
road NV. Police said the driver of
the car was Ralph Barber, colored,
48, of 1707 H street NV. The boy
was treated at Garfield Hospital,
where his condition was reported