Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-27
YOUNG WOMAN DIES
: IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Miss Emily Fisher Run Down
After AIighting From
Street Car.

Miss Emily Fisher, "a years old
clerk in the National Personnel Serv-
ice Bureau, was fatally injured by an
automobile in front of 101S Rhode
Island avenue northeast last night
while on her way to her home at
1928 Girard street northeast after
alightng from a street car. The auto
mobile was operated by Wallace Ed
ward Timko. l6 years old, 361l Fen
wick street, Brentwood. Md.
Police reports of the accident indi'
Gated that Miss Fisher walked against
the side Of the machine, the wind
break striking her head. DIR. Joseph
e. Rogers. deputy coroner. released the
, driver. to appear at an inquest at the
smorgue at noon today. Timko. drlv-
.dng west on Rhode Island avenue, was
accompanied by two companions.
!! Death Quickly Follows.
:. Miss Fisher was taken to Sibley
f. Hospital in the automobile of Mrs.
Blanch Keefe. 3S New York avenue,
and treated by DR.. q. K. Gable. she
died about 80 minutes after the acct
dent.
!, Miss Fisher was identified by cards
{: in her pocketbook, and friends notified
the family of the accident.
Z Lewis H. Fisher, the young Wom-
FANS father, is superintendent of the
field force of the Civil Service Com
imission. Miss Fisher was born in
this city and was a graduate of Cen
trial High School. She is survived by
her parents. a brother, Paul l.. Fish
ser, and three sisters. Miss Ruth NJ.
Fisher, Mrs. Dorothy +. Long and
Mrs. Mary ]. Fentiman.
:. A coroners jury today decided her
death was due TO an accident.
:; Coroner Acts in Another Case.
:, Henry Pratt, colored. IS years old,
%3O Rhode Island avenue. was held
for the action of the grand jury at
IAN inquest at the morgue yesterday
in the case of Robert Johnson, col
.Ored. so years old, of 1905 Half street
southwest, who was fatally injured
Saturday morning by an automobile
driven by Pratt at Georgia avenue
and w street.
Jean NJ. Davis. colored, 6 years old,
Massachusetts and Western avenues,
Md, was knocked down by a motor
Sfruck yesterday afternoon near Wis
consin avenue and Brandywine street
when he ran in front of the vehicle.
The boy was carrying a bundle of
newspapers at the time OF the acct
dent. He was treated at Georgetown
University Hospital for shock and an
, Injury to his scalp.
While crossing at Tenth and f
streets yesterday afternoon. Thomas
Robertshaw, AZ years old, 934 E street,
was knocked down by a street car of
the Georgetown branch of the Wash
ington Railway & Electric Co. and
bruised about the body and shocked.
A passing motorist took him to Emer-
gency Hospital.
= Woman Hit by Auto.
!. An automobile owned and driven by
pulling from the curb on Seventh be.
tween E and F streets about o'clock
yesterday afternoon, struck and slight.
ly injured Mrs. Laura To-day, colored,
90 years old, 420 New Jersey avenue.
The injured woman was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
Ernestine johnson, 50 years old, 4459
Conduit road, ran against an automo-
lbile in front of 3275 NJ street shortly
before o'clock yesterday afternoon
and suffered an injury to her head.
Surgeons at Georgetown University
Hospital rendered first aid. :.
Twelve-year-oId Jeannette Cohen,
1906 Varnum street, was knocked
down at Fourteenth and Shepherd
streets yesterday afternoon by a motor
delivery vehicle driven by Bertram
Lewis, Ill F street southwest, and
slightly injured. She received treat
ment at home.
Mrs. Flora Neal, colored, "a years
old, 753A Fairmont street, was
knocked down at Twelfth and u
streets last night by an automobile
driven by NJ. A. Coates, lis u street,
and was taken to Freedmen's Hospi
tai for treatment.