Evening star., 1925-07-05
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So DEATHS IN i. S.
Columbus, Ohio, Leads With
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Independence day in Washington
and vicinity left saddened trail of
death and injury in it's wake. A
survey of the casualties by the police
last night showed one fatality and
eight injuries attributed to automo-
bile mishaps and seven more injuries
to children who disobeyed the man
date of a safe and sane Fourth"
and played with firecrackers. A col
ored woman also was burned by SIM
liar explosives.
Charles H. Clements, "a years old.
1922 Newton street, was the sole vic
tim who paid the price of glorious
Fourth" with his life. He was
killed in an automobile accident on
the Southern Maryland road about
10 miles below the District line.
Crowded OF Road.
With his brother Joseph and three
friends, Clements was en- route to
La Plata to celebrate the holiday
when the machine in which they
were riding was crowded off the road
by car headed toward Washington.
The automobile crashed into a small
concrete bridge and overturned. Pass
ing motorists removed the victims
from the wreckage and Gilbert
Stark, 1894 Thirtieth street, rushed
them to Casualty Hospital in his
machine. Charles Clements was dead
a fracture of his skull snuffing out his
life almost instantly. Joseph, who
was driving, suffered scalp wounds.
The three others, save for shocks,
were unhurt, and declined hospital
treatment.
Six of the eight other injuries due
to automobile accidents all occurred
to members of two families who were
headed for Detroit to visit relatives.
The machine containing all six
skidded on the Frederick highway be-
tween Rockville and Gaithersburg,
struck a culvert and overturned 1t
was virtually demolished.
Those injured were Mrs. Alma Rohr-
kemper, 33 years old, fractured jaw;
her three children, Harry, 8, cuts on
the chin; Loretta, 10, cuts on the head,
and Mary, 6. a broken arm; Mrs. Fred
Bechtold, 55 years old, cuts on the
head, and her daughter. Margaret
Bechtold, 20 years old, who was cut
on the arm. Ali live at 1913 r street
northeast. They were taken to Provi-
dence Hospital in passing machines.
Frank Eek, 81 years old, Greater
Capitol Heights, Md, was injured
he was driving ran down an embank
ment on the Marlboro pike near the
District. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital for treatment.
Fireworks Burn Seven.
The children injured by fireworks
were Miss Julius Lombard Is, 1862
Chaplin street, burned on hands and
face; Russell Glasgow, 10 years old,
Hyattsville, Nd, burned on the hands;
Emmett Solan, is, Is Seventh street
northeast, burned on the fingers:
Abraham Bartmick, IS, 1I49 Bladens-
burg road, powder burns on the right
eye, and Howard Brack, II, 727 K
street, burned on the cheek and hand.
Brack's burns are regarded as serious
and may result in the loss of his eye.
Roland Hargett. 1906 Military road,
was burned on the face when a mis-
chievous boy threw a firecracker at
him. He was taken to Walter Reed
Hospital for treatment. The colored
woman who was burned by fireworks
is Blanche Baugh, 81 years old, 63
Myrtle street northeast. She was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
burns over the right eye.
Police Arrest IA.
Fourteen arrests were made in
various sections of the city yesterday
by the police for shooting fire
crackers. Police admit that consider
able numbers were shooting fire
crackers, but fled before arrest.
Those arrested for shooting fire.
crackers were Frank Jones, colored,
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