Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-29
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Double Funeral for Girl Friends
Who Were Drowned.
CHILD is KILLED BY TRAIN
Climbed Out Of Toy Wagon and At
tempted to Cross Railroad
Tracks.
CHILD is KILLED BY TRAIN
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| ALEX ANDRIA, Va, June GA doubl,
| funeral will take place at $50 O'Clock
| Wednesday morning from St Mary:
! Catholic Church. when services will bt
held for Mary Loretta Kelly. thirteer
| years old. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
| Thomas F. Kelly, 500 South Alfred street
and Helen Leona Downey. fourteen year:
! old daughter of Mrs. Ellen NJ. Downey
and the late John T Downey, I'll Gibbor
| street. both of whom were drowned al
the DYKE, three miles below Alexandria
yesterday.
Companions throughout life, the two
girls arm and arm went to death in TIC
waters of the dyke when they walked
into a deep hole while bathing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly and members of his
family were spending the day at theiI
| bungalow at the Dyke, and the Downes
girl was a guest of their daughter In the
afternoon about 3 o'clock both girl:
donned bathing suits and entered the
water. They played together for half al
| hour, after which they started to wade
out a little farther. when they got into
| the hole fully fifteen feet deep.
The drowning came quickly. there
being not even an outcry. that few OF
the dozen people on shore, for the tune
being, realized the fate that had over
taken the girls.
News of the drowning spread rapidly,
and soon the parents of the Kelly girl
were on the scene. Two hours AFTER
ward both bodies were recovered oy
William E Hinken, William ketland and
Emmett L. Finks. Ketland made an i'm
provised graphing hook. and with the
a sSist,nce of the two other men, Tecov-
cred both bodies.
Justice of the Peace A. D. Kirby of
Fairfax county deemed an inquest I'M
necessary and issued certificates OF ac-
cidental drowning.
Three-Year-old Boy Killed.
Charles Brawner, three years old. son
of Elmer Brawner of Del Ray, Alesan-
dria county, was struck and instantly
killed at o'clock yesterday after
noon near the Armour icing station.
Potomac yard. by southbound South
ern railway train No. Is. The child
neck was broken.
According to reports made today
man. who resides at the BraWner
home conveyed the child in wagon
to a point on the road and let him
remain in the small wagon while he
went for ice.
A few minutes after he was gone
the child got out of the wagon and
met his death crossing the tracks.
The body was removed to the nome
of the parents and prepared for burial.
The arrangements Tor the 1uneral nave
not yet been made.
A number of trees in various sec
lions of the city went down during the
fury of the storm yesterday afternoon.
Many telephones in every section were
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trio wires also caused temporary trou-
BILE This was the principal damage
in the city.
Disorderly Houses Raided.
The first arrests in Alexandria for
operating disorderly houses since the
segregated district was closed June Ii
last were made by the police yesterday,
anc as a result Julia Cheeks and Alice
Kits, both colored. were today in police
court. The Cheeks woman was fined
$780, while the Kits woman was acauit-
ted. Jack Beach, who, 1t was testified
gave away beer to a man in the place,
was fined $50.
The Alexandria Hospital building fund
today reached the sum Of $40.S34.01
The contributions received today fol-
low: City council of Alexandria, $4,000;
Thomas F. Kelly, $40: ]. E. Hanger
incorporated. Washington, So; Jacob
Brill. IS: through Mrs. Albert Bryan
Mrs. Eva Lee Riley. SIS. and Mrs. C.
Curtin, 81; Charles A. Cherot $1.05.
James Lucas. indicted for petit lar
ceny, third offense. in the corporation
court today, entered a plea of guilty
of petit larceny. second offense, and
was sentenced to serve twelve months
subject to the state convict road force
The Wesley Bible class Of the NJ f
Church South yesterday adopted reso-
lutions condemning the dissertation OF
the Sabbath by base ball playing