Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-07
ONE DEAD, Z HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
|. IN AND NEAR HERE
Norman T. Beaton Dies From
Fractured Skull After Crash.
Near Clinton.
FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Child Struck by Car When With
Father-Local Woman Hurt
in Baltimore. ~

A toll of life and IL casualties was
taken by traffic accidents yesterday in O
series Of mishaps occurring in the Dis
trict and nearby Virginia and Mary
land. Three of those suffering from in
juries are reported to be in a serious
condition.
A fractured skull received by Norman
T. Beaton, rs years old, of 81 K street,
when car In which he was riding
crashed into telegraph pole near Clin-
ton, Md, Saturday afternoon proved
fatal yesterday, when he died at Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Beaton was riding in a machine driven
by Harold E. Mccarthy, "a, Of 1900
Taylor street, who told Maryland State
police that machine approaching from
the opposite direction forced him off the
road and into the pole. Mccarthy
escaped with fractured knee.
Four-year-old Teresa Andrews of 3l0
C street was still unconscious at Emer-
gency Hospital today with injuries suf-
fered yesterday when an automobile
driven by r. W. Beeskow, IS, of 1920
M street, struck her at Eighth street and
Mount Vernon place.
Condition Serious.
The child, according to second pre-
cinct police, was walking with her father
when the accident occurred. She was
rushed to Emergency. where her condi-
ton was said to be serious today.
BeeSkow was arrested and later released
in custody of friends.
Mrs. Lillian May English. % years
old, OF 324 Taylor street, was seriously
hurt in Baltimore collision last night,
a taXicab crashing into a machine
driven by her husband, Herman Eng
lish, 30, a salesman attached to the
local of1ce of the Prudential Life In-
surance Co.
Mrs. English was hurled to the side
walk by the impact when the cars ran
together at Eager and Fallsway streets.
The cab driver was arrested on an
assault charge after Mrs. English was
removed to Mercy Hospital where she
was treated for severe head injuries.
Her husband escaped with minor hurts.
John Hurley, 80 years old, and Rosa
Stringfellow, "a, both of 908 New York
avenue, were hurt when an automobile
in which they were riding overturned
near Fairfax, Va. The former is suf-
fering from severe back injuries at
Emergency Hospital, while his conn
panion escaped with slight decorations
of the face. Gs
A bruised left foot decorations and
Commissions of the body were sustained
by Patricia Reeves, years old, of 1921
S street southeast, when she walked into
the rear fender of an automobile driven
by w. T. Scott colored, 10, of 322 q
street, at S street and Nichols avenue
southeast. &
Onicer Thrown From Motor Cycle. =
Precinct Detective j. j. Tolson of No.
4 ata 49, ~ H.. ~.
chine and drove her to Providence Hos
pital, where she was treated and later
permitted to leave the institution.
John s. Snyder, 10, of 1905 Jackson
street northeast, was cut about the fore
head in an accident early yesterday
afternoon, when machine he was driv-
ing was in a collision with a street
car of the Washington Railway g. Elec-
trio Go. at Fourth and r streets. Sny-
der was taken to Garfield Hospital.
Park Policeman j. F. Grove, A. re-
ceived decorations of the legs, right arm
and body last night when hurled from
his motor cycle when 1t collided with
an automobile operated by william
Manville, Is, of 5625 Daniels road, at
Military road near Beach drive, in Rock
Greek Park. He was treated at Walter
Reed Hospital
George w. Critch Of Hopewell, Va,
was arrested by third precinct police
and charged with failing to give the
right Of way after an accident in which
three colored men were slightly hurt
at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island
avenue. He posted $25 collateral
The men injured gave their names
as Tennis Mackey, so; Homer Fries,
IS, and Godfrey Fries, IS, all colored,
of 3l1 Park court southwest. They did
not require hospital treatment.
Mrs u. Natnang0n 40 IF INN h1nStr
Tenth street, sustained cuts and bruises
when an automobile in which she was
riding collided, with another car at
Massachusetts, avenue and North Capt.
toll street. Mrs. Williamson was treated
at Sibley Hospital and dismissed.