Evening star., 1929-06-09
Three Narrowly Escape Sc
riouS Injury When Car
Bursts Into Flames.
FIREMEN RENDER FIRST
AID AFTER COLLISION
Two Workmen Hurt, One Critical
ly, When Car Hits Cement
Culvert.

Three persons narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury last night when their auto
mobile, overturned by collision with an
other car. burst into flames. The acci-
dent occurred at Trinidad avenue ana
Moss street northeast. Four other per-
sons were hurt in automobile accidents
in nearby Maryland last night.
Miss Susie Garner, 81, Of Croomes
Md, who was in the car which upset.
was the only one requiring hospital
treatment. At Casualty Hospital. where
she was taken in the ambulance, she
was found to have sustained lacerationS
to her left arm and her face.
Collision Upsets Car.
Police report that one of the cars,
driven by Howard Buley, and containing
James Buley and Miss Garner. all of
CroomeS. Md, was struck by a machine
operated by D. r. Tonnes of 6l0 Morton
street northeast. The force of the col
lision caused the first car to turn over
and the gasoline to become ignited. Its
three occupants crawled from beneath
without difficulty. Firemen OF No. 13
Truck Company, located nearby, ad-
ministered first aid.
Two men were injured. one critically,
when the machine in which they were
riding left the road and crashed head
long INTO a concrete culvert 3 miles
this side of La Plata, Md.
The injured men, w. L. Geese, ST.
year-old laborer, whose injuries may
prove fatal, and his companion, Louis
Christopher, % years old, a building
contractor, living in the Maryland
town, were both taken to Casualty Hos
pital in passing truck owned by the
Baltimore Lumber Co. of Baltimore, Md.
Physicians said last night that Geese
suffered fractured skull in addition to
body bruises, while Christopher's skull
may be fractured.
Wife Of Victim Notified.
While no accurate description Of the
accident could be obtained, A. j. Emer-
lex, whose home is near the scene Of
the crash and who notified one of the
injured mems wives Mrs. G. L. Christie
pher, who was visiting friends at 1920
Fourth street northeast when the acci-
dent occurred, the men are believed to
have been returning from a construc-
ton job on which they we're working
5 miles this side of La Plata and were
en- route to their home in the Maryland
town. when their machine left the road
and hit the culvert. The name of the
driver OF the truck which took the in
jured men to the hospital was not
learned, but 1t was said that both men
were thrown clear Of the wrecked car
and hit against the culvert with ter
rife force.
Mrs. Christopher suffered a serious
shock when informed of the accident
and was taken to Casualty Hospital in
Emerick's machine and treated by
DR.. H. p. Parker of the hospital staff
She was later revived and returned to
her home.
A 70-year-old man was injured yes
terday afternoon in a collision between
a Health Department ambulance and
an automobile in which he was q pas
senger. The accident occurred at
Eighth street and Mount Vernon place
At Emergency Hospital, the injured
man. who gave his name as Edward F.
Stewart Of 1887 Columbia road, was
treated for lacerations sustained by
striking his head against the wind
shield. The ambulance was driven by
Robert L. Todd. colored, 80 years old,
OF 1204A Carrolburg street southwest,
and the private automobile was op-
Grated by Louis G. Epperson, ~ years
old. OF 1912 Columbia road. No one
was III the ambulance at the time.
Farmer Run Down.
James Marshall Davis, 6O-year-old
farmer OF MechanlcSV1lle, Nd, Is In
critical condition at Casualty Hospital
as a result of injuries suffered when run
down by a hit-and-run driver, while
walking along the roadway near his
home shortly before last midnight. 1t
was said the injured man may have a
fractured skull in addition to severe
lacerations.
According to Joseph L. Davis, a
cousin who brought Davis to the hos
pital, he was on his way from his home
to a grocery store about one mile this
side of Mechanicsville when he was
run down. A description of the car,
which was said to be a large touring
car, was furnished Maryland police,
but no information that would throw
light on the identity of the driver could
be learned.
Dr. Magruder Mcdonald of the hos
pital staff, who treated Davis, held little
hope for his recovery.