Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
COL. f. H. AbAD|E
KILLED IN WRECK
Crashes Into Telephone Pole
to Avoid Collision With
Another Car.

Crashing into a telephone pole az
Wisconsin avenue and Van Ness street
in an effort to avoid colliding with an
automobile pulling out from the curbing,
Col. Eugene H Abadie. 81. prominent
consulting engineer living at 2l22 Cali
fornia street. was killed almost instant
ly shortly after noon yesterday. He
was rushed to Georgetown University
Hospital. where he was pronounced
dead few minutes later by DR.. John
Fl. Hazel of the hospital staff
Col. Abadie. who had offices In the
Union Trust Building. was proceeding
north on Wisconsin avenue at what
police said was good rate of speed
when an automobile driven by K. A.
Mccormick started to pull out from
the curb near the corner of Van Ness
street. Col Abadie is said to have
swerved his machine sharply to the
middle Of the street TO avoid colliding
With McCormicks car and crashed into
a pole between the car tracks.
Col. Abadie was pulled from the
wreckage of his automobile by Nc
Cormick and pedestrians who witnessed
the crash.
Mccormick Released After Arrest
Mccormick, who lives at 4l05 Wis
consin avenue, was arrested by police Of
the fourteenth precinct and later re-
leased in custody of his attorney for
appearance at an inquest at the Dis
trict Morgue at 1l:30 tomorrow
morning
Col. Abadie, one of the engineers who
made comprehensive transportation
survey in the District of Columbia in
1927 for the Federation of Citizens
Associations, was born in st. Louis.
Mo, and educated in the public and
private schools there.
In 1919 at the close of the World
War, he served as general comptroller
OF the United States Shipping Board
and Emergency Fleet Corporation and
was appointed special agent in Wash
ington for the International Maritime
Corporation. Tropical Steamship Co,
and others on May /, 1920
From 1903 he served as engineer
and constructor under the firm name
of E. II. Abadies & Co., general engi-
neers and contractors, specializing in
design and construction of buildings.
public utility, general service, power.
heating and lighting plants; designed
and built underground conduits in
Louisville, KY, for various public
utilities. He located numerous inter
burban electric railroad projects and
supervised and wrote engineering and
financial reports.
Held Col0nel's Commission.
He entered the military service in
July, 1917, being commissioned a major.
and in September 1918, was promoted
to Northumberland of the Quarter
master Corps. He was honorably dis
charged from active service in August.
1919. and commissioned colonel,
United States Army Reserve Corps.
He was member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers. the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers.
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. the Society of American Mil
itary Engineers, Engineers Club of st.
Louis. Western Society of Engineers,
Society of Colonial Wars, Military Order
Of Foreign Wars Connecticut command
err of Military Order of the World War.
American Legion and of st. Margaret's
Church. this city.
Mr.. Abadie is survived by his widow
and son and two daughters. Funeral
arrangements have not yet been COM
pleted.