Evening star., 1951-09-15
IS Hurt in 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
1.5 of an inch.
Baltimore, they added, was
pelted with 3.25 inches of rain
in a few hours yesterday, and
Benson, Md, reported 2.34 inches
up to 5 am. today.
Alexandria, Arlington Hit.
In Alexandria, the police radio
was knocked out when
water caused a short circuit in the
aerial. A igh-tension wire was
downed on Lee highway, causing
part of Arlington to be blacked out
for three hours.
At Laurel, Md, wires were down
on Montgomery street, causing a
brief blackout in the area. Police
set 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
an 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
in temperature.
Streets Slippery.
Slippery streets were responsible
for most of yesterdays traffic
accidents, police said.
Danny Hulihan, 5, of 230 Web
ster street NE, was in serious
condition in Garfield Hospital with
a fractured skull suffered in a
two-car collision at Third and T
streets NE, about $40 pm. yes
terday.
His mother, Mrs. Lillian Hull
han, 81, was treated at the hos
pital for head injuries and his
father, Jack Hulihan, was treated
for cuts and bruises and released.
Police said car driven by MIR.
Hulihan was in collision with
one driven by Huestes Virgins,
|26, colored, of the 700 block of
Fifth street NV.
The Virgins automobile crashed
into concrete wall and the Hull
han car struck a tree. Mr.. Wig
gins was treated for cuts at Gar
field Hospital and released.
Car Hits Pedestrian.
Taivo A. Erickson, 81, an en-
jploye of the Central Intelligence
Agency, was listed in question
able" condition at Emergency
Hospital with head cuts and COM
pound fractures of the left leg
and right arm.
Police said he was struck by a
car driven by Ernest G. Lumb, 70,
of 6l04 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
201 Second street NE, was in
fair condition in Casualty Hos
pital this morning. Police said
she was struck by an auto driven
by Walter L. Sewell, 25, colored,
of 327 G street Sc, in the 900
block of Bladensburg road. She
suffered head injuries and pos
sibly a fractured shoulder.
Car Overturns.
A car overturned following a
collision at enty-fourth and H
streets NV. yesterday afternoon.
The driver, w. Crawford Edwards,
ISL, of 2342 North Fillmore street,
Arlington, suffered minor injuries,
but refused hospital treatment.
Driver of the other car was
identified by police as Arthur w.
Cooper, 20, of 3425 Porter street
NV. Damage was estimated at
1000 to the two cars.
Mrs. Clara j. Bowman, 70. Of
Boyd. Nd, suffered a 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, Md, was unhurt.
Montgomery County police
charged Mrs. Bowman with failure
to stop at a stop sign. The COL
lision occurred as Mrs. Bowman
turned onto the highway from
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