Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-01
FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Fatal accidents to the number Of 135 oc-
CURED in the District in the twelve
months Just ended.
John Cleary. timers apprentice, was
the first victim of an accident in 1911.
He fell from roof January / and wa
killed John J. Peabody and his wife. Mrs.
Mary j. Peabody, died early in January,
having been injured in a street car &C
cident. John G. Weidman. theatrical
manager. died as a result Of fracture
of the leg. Mary Talbert died at the
Casualty Hospital from injuries received
in an automobile accident.
january s John Owines, inmate Of
Soldiers Home. was decapitated by Il
railroad train. Mrs. Mary Haley. SOW
enty-two years old. was fatally burned
when her dress took fire from a stove
Martha J. Beck. efghty-f1ve years old.
fell down the stairs at her home and
was killed. David G. Kerr. eleven months
old, fell from baby carriage and was
killed. Frank Buffers death resulted
from burns accidentally received
William r. Martin two years old. fell
INTO tub Of hot water january - and
was scalded to death. The next day
creek near the NJ street bridge William
Il. Sabin's death resulted from an in
injury received by heing caught betwee 4
a steamboat and wharf. Walter Jones
Daniel Griffith. colored deckhand. fell
overheard at the foot of 9Th street and
was drowned.
The first day of February George II.
Morrisey. assistant doorkeeper at tie
House of Representatives.. was fatally
injured by a street car. Two days later
Lillian Brooke died at Childrens Hos
pital as the result of burns. John ].
Rapan If fro,, Ln,,
struck by a railroad train on West Vir-
ginia avenue. Mabel Cook was burned
to death. John Hill was killed at
the workhouse at Occoquan by a falling
scalded to DEATH.
Bernard l.. Dixon, motorman, was
caught between street cars at PennSyI-
vania avenue and 18th street and crushed
to death. Tho same day, February 10
Bridget Healy drank carbolic acid by
mistake and died. Mrs. Mary s. Helm
ecke's death was due to gas poisoni &.
Snt3n M9 fsaI fell from wagon and
christ died at the Casualty Hospital as a
result of burns sustained when her dres
| ignited from the kitchen stove. Nickolo
Hajage died at 1924 Beth street as a &c
suit of a fracture of the skull.
James Stark was the first victim of a
fatal accident in March. His hand was
caught in machinery. blood poison de
can Of oil resulted in burns to Emily
Fletcher which proved fatal BE. tn !,
Dorsey died at the Emergency Hospital
March 1, having been burned While ex-
tinguishing brush fire at her home near
Hyattsville. James Kerrigan. an iron
| worker. fell while working on the Raj
eigh Hotel building and was killed.
March 10 Bertha r. Sullivan. so7 sth
street northwest. was accidentally as
phyxiated. and four days later Anna
Johnson. seventy-one years DID, sustained
burns which proved fatal. William c.
G Cru ruptured a blood vessel and
three years old, fell and was killed. While
arranging flagpole in the second story
window OF his home. 1913 9th street
northwest, George w. HeroId fell an
sustained fracture of his skull, dy ,
shortly afterward. William II. Mad OK
swallowed a pin and died.
Henry Gather was run over by an cleo
and Annapolis line. Sophie Heider fell
| on the floor at her home and fractured
her hip. Hugo Wesenberg was acc dent
ally asphyxiated while in a Pennsylvania
Annie Cookies death from an injury re-
ceived in falling on the stairs at her home
was recorded April /. William Jones
colored, was drowned the same day. P, ar
| Coleman. colored child. received fata
burns April 2 George Rider went to bed
the 9th of April without properly turning
off the gas and was asphyxiated. Francis
0. Goldback. professor at Georgetown
University. was accidentally drowned in
| Little river.
George B. Raley. driver of an ice wagon
was killed by being struck on the head
| by a cake of ice. Lorenzo L. D. Wynn
| died in watch box at 18th and De Sales
streets from inhalation of coal gas. Will
nam Schlosser fell from a tree in Patter-
sons woods and fractured his skull dyins
almost instantly. Charles Violet fell ou
| of bed and was killed.
| Harriet f. Bray. twenty-five months
old. fell on a stove and was burned She
| died at the Children's Hospital Nav l
Five days later Margaret Moultrie. five
| years old, died of burns. her clothing
having ignited while standing near q
| brush fire. Nora .4awler failed to survive
Injuries received when she was struck by
himself while at his home in Maryland
and died at the Emergency Hospital
| Philip Bayard fell from a window anG
sustained injuries from which he died a
! Garfield Hospital. Mary e. Watson dice
as result of inhaling gas that escaped
from a defective fixture. Henry Larkir
was drowned in the river while bathing
Charles H. Burch was killed by railroad
| train near Florida avenue and 4th street
northeast. Joshua X. Saunders, school
boy, was drowned near Aqueduct bridge
Furniture polish mistaken for a bever
| age killed George Murray. Barney Cough
| lin. ironworker. fell from the Woodward
| building and was killed. May q Alex
amer 1elIOWIeSS, a SldleT Was drowned
off the Culprit Fay when the craft was
struck by the Dolphin. Wesley jackson
! fell from the wharf at the foot of 10th
street and was drowned
| While bathing in the river at the foot
| Of Sd street southeast. June p Leroy
Jackson. eleven years old, was drowned
Charles Hudson met a similar fate be-
tween the Highway and Railroad bridges
Baxter William Mosey of Wyoming stu.
dent at Kendall Green. was drowned
i hor, hi <h4 roll
| day. A week later Karl Martin was
drowned while swimming.
| Walter F. Peck was accidentally shot
box and received fatal injuries. w. T
| Agnes Douglass, eighty nine years old
fell out Of bed and was killed. Charles
Field was drowned in the Eastern branch
A broken gas pipe at 1880 Carrollsbure
street caused the death of Nicholas Rey.
| nolds, his wife and three children.
| The body of Frank Brinkley, a forme,
| soldier, was found in the James Creek
| canal the morning of July g. He had
| fallen overheard. William Broadus deatl
resulted from injuries sustained from the
| explosion of a tank of carbonic acid gas
| Ellen Brown, eighty-two years old, fel
| on the floor at her home and died of cere
| bral conclusion. William Martin of Vir
g1nia was drowned near the Highway
bridge Chester w. Ball sustained fata
injuries by falling from a window
! Richard c. Dutton accidentally fell from
q window at the Bryant street pumpint
station, July II. His skull was frac
tured. Joseph r. Harper SchoOlbOy wa.