The Washington herald., 1918-05-14
NICHOLAS BROWN DIES.
FROM AUTO ACCIDENT
Thrse Others Injured When Ma
chine Hits Bank.
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Afsxandria. Va. May la-Nieheias
Brown. 30 years old. who lived at
Lincolnis. Fairfax County. Va, 10
dead and three others are injured as q
result Of an accident to q big auto
mobile truck which was near Gum
Springs shortly after o'clock this
morning. carrying sixteen men 10
work at Camp Humphreys Most OF
them were employed by the cranforu
Paving Company, of Washington.
The injured are: Bernard Brown.
about IL years old, son Of Nicholas
Brown, suffering from conclusion Of
the brain; Albert N. Brady. foreman,
Washington, left hand injured and
suffering from bruises and contusions
to both legs; Samuel skillman, Fair
fax County, leg injured. Others re-
ceived slight injuries.
Immediately following the accident.
the injured men were rushed to Alex
andria Hospital Brown died a few
minutes after entering that institu-
ton. The condition Of the others in
jured Is regarded as very favorable;
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able to leave the hospital within the
next few days.
The body Of Brown will be taken
tomorrow to his late home and pre-
pared for burial. The deceased 10
survived by Mrs. Brown and five chill
dren.
Miss Caroline NJ. Wise. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs George Wise, died last
night at the Alexandria Hospital after
a brief illness. The deceased was one
Of Alexandria's best-known residents,
Her funeral will take place at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon from her
late home. Services will be conducted
by Rev. John Lee Allison, D.. d.
Harry d. Kirk and wife have sold
to the General Realty Corporation a
two-story brick dwelling on the west
side Of Columbus street. between
Queen and Princess streets.
The community sing" under the
leadership of Gordon N. Reese. q Y.
NJ c. A worker. which was to have
been held tonight in the yard of
Christ p. z. Church, was held in the
Young Peoples Building of the NJ. z.
Church South. Music was furnished
by the band from Quantico. A
capacity audience attended the ex-
ercises.
Prizes awarded for exhibits by the
Audubon Society held last week in
the public school are as follows:
Dallas Wiley, Roy Mander, Clayton
Wood. Robert Whitton. Richard
Wright. Kermit Smith. Ralph Wade
and John Chauncey.
A handsome honor flag, received
by the local liberty loan committee
because Alexandria went "over the
top in the liberty loan sales, is
now hanging from the window of
the rooms of the chamber of COM
merce.
Thrift stamps amounting to s1,1OO
were sold by children of the public
schools here, both white and col
ored. In the campaign which ended
Friday of last week.
H. L. Harwood, secretary-treas-
urer Of the State T. P. A. was in
Alexandria today. and conferred
with officials Of Post, F, T. P. A.
Francis Lyons. ? years old. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Lyons. died this
afternoon at the Alexandria Hos
pital. The body was removed to his
parents home, 315 Wilkes street.
Among the new candidates who
announce they will run for city
council in the next primary are
Charles E Tennesson. James R
Mansfield. Charles Sullivan. Claude
W. Fletcher and A. Sidney Mankin
1t IS expected that most of the in.
cumbents will be candidates to sue.
ceed themselves.