The Washington times., 1931-08-31
Girl Killed in Auto Upset. Companions Badly Injured
MANY CRASHES
MARK SUNDAY
MOTORING

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Girl, s, Hurt at Capitol Heights;
Woman Thrown from Motor
cycle Is Critically Injured
The traffic accident toll over
the weekend included one dead
and several injured.
DEAD
Miss Margaret Lauer, 1S, of
22O5 Lawrence St. N. +.
INJURED
Miss Winnifred L. King, 20,
Of 34O1 Twenty-Second st. N. e.
Nancy Lee Geary, 6, Capitol
Heights, Md.
Mrs. Thomas DOugherty,
Philadelphia:
Miss Susie Thomas, 20, col.
Ored.
Robert ClemOns, S3, cOlOred,
EOS Fifteenth st. N. E.
An 18-year-old girl was instant,
ly killed and her two companions
seriously injured when an auto
mobile driven by Joseph Santucci,
of Brookland. turned over on
Central Avenue near Hall Sta
ton, Nd, late last night.
The girl, Margaret Lauer, of
2205 Lawrence st. N. E., was
rushed to Washington by Hugh
Ostermyer, of Hall Station, and
pronounced dead by Deputy
Coroner Joseph D. Rogers.
Santucci Badly Hurt
Miss Winifred L. King, 20, of
34O1 Twenty-second st. N. E., was
taken to sibley Hospital, with
santucci, in another automobile.
She was treated for possible
internal injuries and shock.
Santucci, later removed to Gal.
linger, is believed to have suf.
fered q fractured skull.
Miss Lauer. whose father op-
crates a barber shop in Hyatts-
vile, Md, is survived by her
parents, and two sisters, Mrs.
Esther jenkins and Doris Lauer.
Tried to Avoid Crash
According to witnesses, Santuc.
ci's automobile turned over when
he attempted to avoid a collision
with an on-coming automobile.
Nancy Lee Geary, 6, of Capitol
Heights, Md, was injured when
struck by an automobile. The
child was playing in front of her
home. She is now in Casualty
Hospital where her condition was
described as undetermined.
Mrs. Thomas Dougherty, of
Philadelphia, received minor cuts
and bruises when the automo-
bile in which she was a pass.
enger turned over on the Balti..
more pike.
She was taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Susie Thomas. 20, colored, re.
ceived injuries that may prove
fatal when a motorcycle upon
which she was riding with Ray.
mond Steward. 20. colored, over.
turned at Waldorf, Md.
Stewart was held at the Ninth
precinct station pending the out
come of the girls injuries, after
she told police that she had
begged him to stop speeding.
Crash With Street Car
Robert Clemons, 80, colored, of
205 Fifteenth st. N. E., was
treated at Casualty Hospital for
injuries received early yesterday,
when his automobile and a Wash.
ington Railway and Electric Com.
pany street car collided at Sev.
enth and East Capitol Streets.
He was able to return to his
home.
Dean Lewis, 20, Of 1862 Quincy
st. N. w., received cuts on the
legs and head when an automo-
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overturned in a collision at Thir.
teenth and Monroe Streets North.
west, today.
Lewis was treated at Garfield
Hospital and was later removed to
his home. His condition Is not
serious.
The automobile in which he
was riding, operated by Joe B.
Gill, Is, of Salisbury, N. c., was
going north on Thirteenth Street
when it collided with an automo.
bile operated by Melrose T. Car
rington, colored, of BOT M st. N.
w. Lewis machine, in overturn-
ing, struck a parked automobile
belonging to William A. Murphy,
$500 Thirteenth st.