Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06
ONE DEAD, II HURT,
IN AUTO CRASHES
Another May Not Recover
From Injuries Received in
Collision Near T B, Md.

One man was killed, another is dying
and five other persons suffered injuries
in a collision involving three automo-
biles on the Southern Maryland pike.
near I B, shortly before midnight last
night.
The dead man is George L. PortraSt,
38 years old, of l9 P street northeast,
and the critically injured, Fred Odell
Randolph, l9 years old, 706 Sixth street
southeast.
Others injured in the accident were
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Drake of the
100 block Bladensburg road northeast,
cuts and bruises.
Miss Rose Mccullough, 46, of 10 P
street northeast, decorations.
William Kesterson, l8 years old. 766
Eleventh street southeast, decorations.
John Abel, 20 years old, 5l3 Fifth
street southeast, decorations Of the scalp
and back.
Cars Turn Over.
According to the police of Washing
ton and Maryland. who investigated the
crash, the automobile occupied by Kes-
terson. Abel and Randolph, was trav-
cling toward T. B. when it brushed the
fender of roadster driven by j. r.
Mowatt of All K street northeast. end
occupied by c. H. Greaver of the 500
block of F. street northeast. and then
crashed head-on into the automobile
driven by Portrast The force of the
second collision turned over both the
Portrast car and the car carrying the
three youths, throwing both Of them into
ravines on the roadside.
AS soon as the collision occurred Mo-
watt stopped his machine, picked up
the dead man and two of the injured
and brought them to Casualty Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drake were riding with
Mr.. Portrast and Miss Mccullough and
were taken to Providence Hospital.
where their injuries were pronounced
not serious. Mowatt and Greaver were
uninjured
Eleven Others Injured.
Eleven other persons. including three
children, were admitted to hospitals
here yesterday afternoon and last night
as the result of six automobile crashes
Norman T. Beaton, 81, of 81 K street
was seriously hurt when the automobile
in which he was riding with a man
companion plunged off the South
Maryland pike near Clinton and
crashed into an electric light pole cut
ting off the lights for an hour. Beaton
was rushed to Casualty Hospital mere
where he was found to have received q
fracture of the jaw and chin, and pos
sible fractures of the skull and pelvis
with conclusion Of the brain, lacera-
lions and bruises.
Car Forced From Road.
Harold E, Mccarthy, "a, of apartment
l04 at 1900 Taylor street, driver of the
car, received a fractured knee cap
shock and decorations. State Police
man William T. Booker, who investi-
gated the crash. said he was told that
McCarthy'S automobile was forced of
the road by another car approaching
from the opposite direction which failed
to halt after the crash.
The other traffic victims received
slight injuries when the car in which
they were riding struck a fire plug at
Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, when 1t
was swerved by its operator, Carroll B.
Knott of York, Pa. to avoid colliding
with another machine. Knots auto
mobile turned over tumbling its occu-
pants about and causing them numer-
Gus minor cuts and bruises. The in
iured were: Mrs. Helen Parker, q; James
w. Parker, 81, and Jerry Parker, 2, all OF
Seven Oaks, Md; Miss Ruth Castle, %
of isis Holmead place; Miss Edna P.
Castle, 81; Evelyn Parker, Z, and
Knott, himself. all of York. They were
taken first to Walter Reed Hospital and
later we're transferred to Emergency
Hospital.
Police Seeking Victims"
A third automobile crash may have
produced other injuries, although police
late last night still were looking for the
victims" An automobile crashed into
4 tree at Fourteenth street and MaSsa-
chusetts avenue southeast, and eye-wit-
nesses told police they saw two young