Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-25
AUTO DEATH TOLL
Z IN TWO STATES
Car PIunges Forty Feet in
Green Castle, Killing Three.
Gen. Hawkins Victim.

GREEN CASTLE, Pa, October 25.-
Three persons were killed and three
injured, one seriously. near here yes
-terday. when the automobile in which
they were riding crashed through the
guard rail of a bridge over the Penn
sylvania railroad and fell forty feet
to the ground.
The dead, all of Green Castle, are:
John C. H. Care, Thomas McClintock
and Mrs. Stephen Rowley. Mrs Thorn.
to be dying. The driver of the car
and the daughter of Mrs. Rowley were
badly injured.
Two Families Killed.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, October 25.-Five
persons - two families - were killed
when a Lehigh Valley Transit Com
pany car crashed into an automobile
near ouakertown last night. The
Mr.. and Mrs Hardie H. Fehnel and
d. daughter Beatrice, aged two years.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Miller, all
of Philadelphia.
Three Accidents in south.
GREENSBORO, N. c.. October U.s.
Two automobile accidents in Green's
boro and this section yesterday after
noon resulted in the death of two per-
sons and the serious injury. to others.
j. r. Webster. aged seventy-two,
formerly a probate judge in Caffrey,
S. c.. and Mrs. Webster, while at
tempting to cross one Of the princi-
pal streets in Greensboro late yes
ferday. were struck by an automobile
Mr.. Webster died from the effects of
his injuries soon after the accident
while Mrs. Webster is in a local hos
pital not expected to live.
On the Reidsville highway. near
Greensboro, late yesterday. mss Luz
Gle Robertson was killed and her
sister. Miss Annie Robertson. and Will
Daniels were seriously injured. when
car driven by Miss Annie Daniels
sister of the injured man, ran off an
embankment and turned turtle.
A third fatal automobile accident
~tssday occurred on the Green's
boro-Highpoint highway, six miles
from here. when Virginia Deaton
threeyear-old daughter of Mr.. an6
Mrs. H. T. Deaton of this city, was in.
stantly killed. when an automobile in
turned over.
Assists Blind Man; Killed.
HENDERSON. N. c.. October 25.-
Joseph T. Watkins. aged thirty, died
early yesterday from fractured skull
suffered last night, when an auto
mobile ran into. him as he stepped
from sidewalk, while assisting 8
blind man across the street. Watkins
though never ordained, was vel
known in North Carolina for his work
in prison evangelism.
Gen. Hawkins struck.
NEW YORK. October 25-Brig. Gen
Rush Christopher Hawkins. eighty.
nine years old. commander of the
Hawkins Zouaves 18th New York Vol
unteers) in the civil war, was struck
and seriously injured last night by ar
automobile near his 5th avenue home
He was taken unconscious to a hos
pital, where he lies today.
Gen. Hawkins is said to have beer
the first New York volunteer in the
civil war. He had previously served
in the Mexican war as an enlisted
man. He is a native of Pomfret, VT.
Gen. Hawkins is widely known fol
his book and art collections and his
writings on art subjects. He was ar
commissioner to the Paris exposition
in 1889. Several years ago he com
pleted and opened to the public a
Providence, r. l.. the Ann Mary Brown
Memorial, a building containing a col
lection of paintings by early and re
cent painters. a room OF early printe,
books and another Of family relic
and manuscripts. The museum is
memorial to his wife>