Evening star., 1951-09-15
|18Hurfin Traffic
As Heavy Rain
Lashes District
Virginia and Maryland
Areas Also Hard Hit;
Arlington Power Cut

A heavy downpour of rain
struck Washington and nearby
areas yesterday afternoon, re-
sulting in many traffic accidents
and interrupting electric service
in some sections.
Metropolitan police reported 18
persons hurt in traffic here as 1.21
inches of rain. fell. The Weather
Bureau said rain in this vicinity
ranged from rs of an inch to
LIS of an inch.
Baltimore, they added, was
lpelted with 3.25 inches of rain
in few hours yesterday, and
Benson, Md, reported 2.34 inches
up to am. today.
Alexandria, Arlington Hit.
In Alexandria, the police radio
transmitter was knocked out when
water caused a short circuit in the
aerial. A high-tension wire was
ldowned on Lee highway, causing
lpart of Arlington to be blacked out
IIOr Cnree nourS.
At Laurel, Md, wires were down
on Montgomery street, causing a
brief blackout in the area. Police
Iset out flares around the live
wires, and guided motorists around
the danger spot.
| A brief shower in the District
this morning added about .02 OF
Ian inch to the total. Weather
Bureau forecasters said skies
would clear by this afternoon
The high will be around 78 today
and then the mercury is scheduled
to drop to So tonight. Sunday will
be mostly sunny with little change
lin temperature.
Streets Slippery.
Slippery streets were responsible
for most of yesterdays traffic
accidents. police said.
Danny Hulihan, S, of 230 Web
Ister street NE, was in serious
condition in Garfield Hospital with
Ia fractured skull suffered in a
Itwo-car collision at Third and T
streets Me-, about 500 pm. yes
Iterday.
4 His mother, Mrs. Lillian Hull
han, 81, was treated at the hos
Ipital for head injuries and his
father, Jack Hulihan, was treated
for cuts and bruises and released.
Police said a car driven by Mr..
Hulihan was in a collision with
Ione driven by Huestes Virgins,
I26, colored, of the TOO block of
Fifth street NV.
The Virgins automobile crashed
into a concrete wall and the Hull
} han car struck a tree. Mr.. Wig
Igins was treated for cuts at Gar
held Hospital and released.
Car Hits Pedestrian.
Taivo A Erickson, 81, an en-
Iploye OF the Central Intelligence
Agency, was listed in question
, able" condition at Emergency
Hospital with head cuts and COM
pound fractures of the left lee
and right arm.
Police said he was struck by a
car driven by Ernest G. Lumb. 10
of 6104 Twenty ninth place NV
The Lumb car careened over the
sidewalk and struck Mr.. Erick-
. son. Mr.. Lumb was charged with
speeding.
Mrs. Pauline Mattingly, so, Of
POI Second street NE, was ir
fair condition in Casualty Hos
pital this morning. Police said
she was struck by an auto driven
by Walter L. Sewell, IS, colored
of 327 G street Sc, in the 90C
block Of Bladensburg road. She
suffered head injuries and pos
sibly a fractured shoulder.
Car Overturns.
4 A car overturned following 9
collision at Twenty fourth and Il
streets NV. yesterday afternoon
THE driver, w. Crawford Edwards
81, of 2342 North Fillmore street
Arlington, suffered minor injuries
Ibut refused hospital treatment.
Driver of the other car was
identified by police as Arthur w
Cooper, 20. of 3425 Porter street
INV Damage was estimated al
81. 900 to the two cars.
:. Mrs. Clara j. Bowman, 72, OF
Boyd, Md, suffered fractured
collarbone yesterday when her car
collided with a tractor trailer
truck on U. S. Route 240 about
miles north of Rockville.
She was taken to Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda. The truck
driver, Carl D. Freezer, 26, OF
Frederick, Nd, was unhurt.
| Montgomery County police
charged Mrs. Bowman with failure
to stop at a stop sign. The COL
lision occurred as Mrs. Bowman
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