Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05
1.-TWO ARE KILLED,
| 4 HURT IN NEARBY
TRAFFIC M|SHAPS
Annapolis Sailor and D. C.
CoIored Man Fatally In
iured in Collisions.
FIRE TRUCK FIGURES
IN COTTAGE CITY CRASH
Benedict Man, His Wife and Three
Children in Hospital After
Car 0verturns.

Two persons were killed and IA in
jured in traffic accidents on crowded
nearby Maryland highways yesterday.
A fire engine was involved in one col
lision.
Robert ]. Bearhope, %, sailor sta
toned at the United States Naval
Academy, died at Casualty Hospital this
morning of a fractured skull, received
in head-on collision near the Pigeon
House on the Grain Highway.
william Foster, colorcd, 80, of the 800
block of New York avenue, succumbed
at Gallinger Hospital last night to in
juries received when an automobile in
which he was riding struck telephone
pole on curve near Marlboro, Md.
Two Sailors Injured.
Two other sailors in the car with
Bearhope were injured. John c. Cor
nelson, %, said to have been the driver
of the car, received minor cuts and
bruises, while John Tarmeca, &c, suf-
fered possible internal injuries. The
trio were rushed to Bladensburg by a
passing motorist and taken from there
to Casualty Hospital in the fire rescue
squad ambulance.
Edwin Greene, colored, was arrested
as the driver of the car in which Foster
was riding and held at the Marlboro
Jail pending an inquest to be conducted
by Magistrate Horace Taylor Wednes-
day night.
Thomas S. Franklin of BladenSburg
suffered COMMISSIONS and a possible
fracture of the right knee when an au-
tomobilc he was driving was in COL
icin vr-if1 II Sc H. mi.
Departments trucks. He was taken to
Casualty Hospital by a passing motorist.
Three Firemen Shaken Up.
Three firemen, Nelson Woodeu, J..
Fred Nichols, ST., and j. Fred Nichols,
jr., were badly shaken up in the crash.
John A. Carrick was driving the fire
truck, according to police. The firemen
were en- route to brush fire at Tuxedo
when the accident occurred.
Albert B. Minor, 38, of Benedict, his
wife and three children were injured
when their automobile went down a Is
foot embankment and turned over four
times near Woodville Minor has
possible fracture of the skull, his wife
Margaret, "a, was treated for possible
internal injuries; Albert D., jr., 6, sus-
tanned a deep cut on the head Eliza
Deth, D, escaped With minor scratches,
and Jennie. 8 months, was cut about
the lips.
All were treated by DR.. H M. Bowen
and removed to Providence Hospital in
the Marlboro rescue squad ambulance
According to Sergt. A. w. Hepburn,
who investigated, Mrs. Minor was driv-
ing when the accident occurred.
Two ID. C. Men Hurt.
Two Washington men-Lewis Bow
ard, 40, and Frank Goings, 80, both of
40 F street-escaped with minor in
juries when an automobile in which
they were riding ran off the Rockville
Frederick road, near Gaithersburg,
struck a pole, tore through a fence and
finally came to halt in a field.
A Rockville fireman who passed the
scene of the accident a few moments
after it occurred, took the men to the
Rockville Fire House where they were
given first-aid treatment by the fire
rescue squad. Boward was treated for
cuts about the tongue and face and
Goings for cuts about the face and
head injuries.
Relatives, who were notified of the
mishap by Montgomery County police,
brought the men to their home.