Evening star., 1904-01-01

1 idter MRS. SaraH GdfffSOn, Sfxty-tWO
years old. was killed by City and Sub
urban car near her home atb Brentwood.
While playing on the street near the corner
| OF 9th and l streets northweAt the after
noon of June 25 George Eemp,, six-year-
old boy. ran behind car emily to step in
| front of one approachinss on 5nhe opposite
track. He was caught beneath the wheels
| and nearly decapitated. Daniel Holland.
Street esi wsdh nq,s dsssn
| few days later. Ellene III. 3 Hunter and
| Thomas O. Davis. the latter sA conductor.
also died during the yeaysas The result of
| injuries received by falling frsFn car.
| There were a number ofsdeaths by drown
| ing during the year, bukrin nearly every
| case it was the result ofuthe victims own
carelessness. The first death by drowning
was in the early part Of January as the
| result of the sinking Of a rhouseboat in the
[ tidal basin Thomas McCuen, resident
| of Baltimore employed ase watchman on
| the boat. was asleep at the time 1t went
down, and his body was recovered a few
| days later. The body OF an unidentified
man about fifty years old was found in the
/ river near Alexandria during April and
was buried without his name being ascer-
tanned. The body of Rudolph Bakersmith.
| butcher, living at 1917 18th street north
| west. was found In the river near the Long
| bridge, April 90 after he had been missing
| from home several days.
Charles Dwyer, seven years old, of 44O
! 10th street southwest. fell overheard and
was drowned while playing on wharf at
| the foot of 7th street April 22. The after
| noon of the same day the body of Thomas
| T. Hall, employed on one of the river boats,
| was found in the water in the same vicin-
| fty. He had been missing for several days.
The body of James e. Boland, who had
| been missing from home for one month,
| was found in the James Creek canal during
| the same month Walter Callaghan eight
years old lost his life during May while
looking for a base ball in the outlet of the
sewer at the corner of 18th and D streets
northeast. Several weeks later Leon Smith,
| a seyen-year-old boy, fell from barge at
| the foot of 4th street southeast, and was
| drowned. Lizzie Taylor, colored sixty-five
years old. met her death in the river at the
! foot of Goth street northwest early in July,
| as did also John Hargrove, colored. John
| Lewis. colored, and Henry Olsen, twelve
years old, were also victims of the river.
| Walter w. Fleury, who lived alone on an
| ark near River View, fell overheard during
! September and his body was not recovered
| until several days later. Edward Mitchell,
an eight-year-old colored boy, fell into the
canal near Georgetown during the same
| month and was drowned. Henry Scheyett
| nine years of age. met a similar fate in the
| Eastern branch few days later. George
Hill. employed as watchman on a boat
| anchored in the river at the foot of 9th
| street southwest, lost his life by falling
| from skiff while rowing to the larger
| boat September 81. Patrick Donohue was
found drowned October q in the canal
| near Georgetown. One day later Andrew
| Lumpkins and Edward Farrow fell from a
| boat while making some repairs to the Long
| bridge, but life was extinct when their
bodies were recovered some time later.
| Michael Mccormick while driving horse
| attached to coupe the night of December
| ~ drove into the Eastern branch near
| Bladensburg and both man and beast were
| drowned in two feet of water
The careless use of gasoline and children
| playing with matches were responsible for
| number of Deaths as were also fires
which started from other causes Emma
carter a tWo-year-old child, was the first
| victim OF the year, she being burned to
| death by her dress becoming ignited from
| a stove at the home of her parents in Ana
| costa January 49, The morning of Feb
luary John j. Mountepey,' seventy mine
| years old, an invalid, was burned to death
| While smoking pipe in bed at his home
| 1913 II street northwest. a.
| cara Jones. sixteen years old, was badly
gas stove at her home. 914 New York
avenue northwest, April n. Bessie Ward,
| eighteen years old, and her brother VII
liam: two years her Junior, We're burned to
night Of May II. caused by lighIed lamp
falling ON the boys lap, One day later
George W. Martin, cripple, was burned
TO death while trying toasave two horses
street southeast. The pouring. of coal oil
| on a fire in Fay's court southwest caused
| the death of Lille Gilbert, a eoIorad child.
few days later. During the latter part
:
| IN South Washington caused the death of
| Morris Serrato, six years old and serious
| injuries to his mother, John c.. Symonds,
! a schooi boy, while experimenting with
chemicals the night of July 4, was badly
| burned, his death following few days
| later Robert Herbst while playing with
matches at 604 D street northwest Sep
! tember Il was burned to death several
| days later Pearl Crawford, a six-vear-o3d
coiored child. was burned to death while
playing with fire. Clinton and Florence
Mullican, aged eight and five years, respect
! lively, We're fatally burned while sta ring
fire with coal oil at their home Ala H street
| northwest, October 30. Mrs Sadie Berry
| OF NO 10 11th street northeast died De-
| cember rs from burns received while clean
| ing dress with gasoline during October.
Daisy Williams, colored, two wears old
| and Mrs. Elizabeth Mearns were fatally
| burned during December by their clothing
coming In contact with hot stoves. Maria
| Hooper. colored, Miss Susan Dewey eighty
| years old, and Mary Roche, two-year-oId
child, were also fatally burned during De-
cember. Louise M. Brannon, two wears
old, left alone by her mother for few
| minutes Christmas day, ventured too near
| the stove and received burns which caused
her death short time later
Eight persons during the last twelve
! months We're asphyXiated by iIlumina ting
gas, the first death occurring February q
when Richard Clynes, a soldier stationed
at Fort Washington, was found dead in bed
in hotel near the Pennsylvania depot
| one month later T. J. Griffin died under
similar circumstances at his home, 1907 d
street northwest. A few days following
| Grihns death Albert K. Osborne met a
similar fate at his home, 915 street north
west. William Florence, a resident of yir-
ginia, was found dead in his bed at local
hotel May II. with the gas turned on. AS
bury N. Thompson. sixty years old of 715
9th street northwest; Peter H Smith
| twenty-eight years of age, No IS 10th
street southeast, and George H. Smith
sixty years old, resident of Maryland
also met their death during the year by in
haling illuminating gas. In each case un-
| familiarity with gas or carelessness was as
| signed as the cause of death
number Of other persons lost their lives
| in the District during the year as the re-
| suit of various kinds of accidents Ellen
jackson. colored, was killed by falling from
a window at the Washington Asylum Hos
pital early In January. and Joseph Pent,le-
| ton, colored. was killed by a bank of earth
| falling on him while working with a num-
| Der of laborers at the corner of 18th and A
streets northeast. Max Girtis, an old SOL
dier, died February % from a fractured
skull received by falling on the street
| Joel Weller, eighty-one years old a car
penter, fell from a ladder In building near
| the corner of 14th and F. streets during
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