Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-29
Hole Torn in Side of Virginia
Coach by Army Machine.
Two Seriously Injured.
WOMAN INVALID KILLED
AS CAR SKlDS INTO POLE
Nearly Score Treated After Series
of Accidents, Most of Which
Are Caused by Ice.

Tearing the side out of a Virginia
bus 6-ton Army moving van injured
eight persons, two of them seriously.
and then crashed into a parked auto
mobile today at Twenty-first and K
streets.
The bus was travelling east on K
street and the van north on Twenty
first street when the collision occurred.
The van ripped hole about 10 feet
long in the right-hand side of the
bus, and careened off into the side of
small sedan owned by Ferdinand
Martin, third precinct policeman, on
the south side of K street.
Both the bus and the van remained
upright. There was no ice on the
streets in the vicinity of the scene
where the accident occurred. Crowded
with passengers, the bus was en- route
from Cherrydale, Va, to Twelfth street
ana pennsylvania avenue. 1t was on
Grated by the Washington, Virginia a.
Maryland Coach Co.
Girl Seriously Injured.
Miss Marie Deuhring, 20 years old. of
Cherrydale, Va, was the most seriously
injured. She suffered a fractured left
leg and possibly broken pelvis. I'm
usually attractive, Miss Deuhring won
an Arlington County beauty contest in
1871 sponsored by the American Legion.
Louise Eta Cheney, A, of Ballston,
va, also may have sustained a frac-
tured leg.
Those bruised were Nora Benhow.
Cherrydale; Walter c. Kerlin, 50, Lyon
village, Va; Lois Heath, %, Cherry
dale; Lottie Miller, "a, Cherrydale; Ar
thur Herd, colored, 25, 12l K street,
and Thelma Bates II. Cherrydale.
70, of 314 E street. driver of the van,
as saying Jesse F. Stokely, IS, of Clar-
endon, Va, driver of the bus, had failed
to yield the right of way. Both drivers
were instructed to appear in TRAFFIC
Court tomorrow.
Tests by police revealed the bus
brakes were in good condition. AS the
van was so badly damaged it would
not run, its brakes could not be tried
out.
The van was en- route from the Army
garage at Twenty-first and C streets to
an Ontario road address.
One person was killed and nearly a
SSN-N AAOAC AAu1b al u series OF MANIC
accidents over the week end. Most of
the accidents occurred last night, when
ice from thawing snow caused skidding
on the streets and highways.
Collisions Cause Tie-ups.
The snowfall yesterday left in its
wake trail of tangled traffic and
twisted metal. Several tie-ups resulted
from collisions.
Mrc Gath
20 years, died before reaching Alex
andria Hospital yesterday afternoon
after her husbands automobile skidded
into telegraph pole at auckland
Springs, near Warrenton, Va. Mrs,
Colvin, who was SO years old, lived at
1888 Fairmont street.
The husband, Clinton r. Colvin. a
Washington attorney; a grandson, Rob-
ert TolSon, jr., is, of this city; a sister,
Mrs. John G. Nash of Alexandria, and
a grandson of the latter, Roy Nash, IL,
escaped with slight cuts and bruises
Mrs. Colvin and Mrs. Nash were
taken to the Alexandria Hospital, near
ly so miles distant, by motorist, Law
son B. Souder of Hyattsville, Md, while
others removed Colvin and the two
youths to Emergency Hospital.
The crash took place as the party
was returning from Warrenton, where
GtAASs OOANAA A1d0 t4oAICQ Din 1IICIlQ.
Her husband was at the wheel of the
car at the time, it is said.
Coroner Issues Certificate.
Death was attributed to internal in
juries and shock, an examination re-
vealing that Mrs. Colvin suffered a
broken left arm, chest injuries and
fractures of five ribs. DR.. T. Marshall
Jones, the Alexandria coroner, issued a
certificate of accidental death.
The body has been removed to Wheat
ley's funeral home, in Alexandria, to
be prepared for burial. Funeral serV-
ices will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 80 o'clock at the home on Fair
mont street. Interment will be in Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Alexandria.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Col
vim is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Robert NJ Tolson of Washington; two
brothers, David Barron of Silver Spring,
Md, and Herbert w. Barron of WASH
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