Evening star., 1933-07-05
Three Killed in Car Crashes.
Firecrackers Cause Many
Injuries.
GIRL MAY LOSE EYE
IN MONUMENT MISHAP
Triple Collision on Bladensburg
Road Seriously Injuries Four-One
Driver Flees From Scene.

The shadow Of death followed today
in the wake Of Independence day gay
ETY. and revelry, with toll of five dead
and scores injured in automobile and
fireworks accidents.
The dead are:
Ernest R. Neptune, 40, 14O0 block
Newton street, and Jack Thornton, so
Of West View, w. Va, killed in a car
srash near Lexington, Va
Joseph L. Simmons, secretary Of the
Prince Georges County Taxpayers AS
sociation, Mitchellville, Nd, killed when
q homemade dynamite firecracker ex-
ploded prematurely.
Iva White. 38, 600 block Florida ave-
Jnue, stricken with heart attack while
driving near Twenty-SiXth street and
BenntngS roads northeast.
Arthur Harvey, colored, Is, 1900 block
Virginia avenue, killed in a crash near
3anham, Md.
Car Overturns on Hill.
Neptune and Thornton met almost
instant death when their car overturned
on a steep hill Their bodies were
Huffman, Fairfield, Va, shortly after
the accident Neptune a motor Car
salesman, had been spending the holi-
day With his wife at Rockbridge Baths
Va, home of Mrs Neptune's family.
Harvey was killed and two other
colored persons injured when the cal
in which they were riding collided with
q machine, which, police said, was
driven by Charles Wood, 1400 block
Perry street. Harvey's wife and Eliot
Spriggs, 2100 block Virginia avenue
were treated by the Bladensburg, Md.
rescue squad. Spriggs posted 500 bono
and Wood $50 bond for their appear
ance at an inquest to be conducted
probably Saturday by Justice of the
Peace Louis Gundling.
In the dynamite explosion at Mitchell
vile, Simmons brother, Lyle L. Sim
IRONS. 26, was seriously injured. He
vas taken to Sibley Hospital, where il
vs7 sid this morning that his condi-
tion was improved"
Girl May Lose Eye.
Fosa May Lamb, 13. of 710 Virginia
e~-rue southeast, suffered the most
s-~.-Us injury of any of the Capital
fireworks victims. She may lose the
sight Of Cne eve as the result of fire.
cracker exploding in her face while she
was watching the municipal display ir
the Monument grounds last night. ShS
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Eighteen others we're treated in local
hospitals for burns and cuts caused by
fireworks.
A triple collision at Bladensburg road
and South Dakota avenue northeast
early this morning as an aftermath of
a Fourth Of July celebration. resulted
in serious injury to four-EVilliam F.
Martin. 28, 500 Third street northeast;
driver of a taXicab; Harvey Stanley, 80,
of Baltimore; Maud Farley 80, colored,
1900 block v street. and Artenia Ware,
SO, colored, 2400 block Ontario road.
The driver of one Of the colliding ma
chimes left the scene without making
known his identity, according to police.
Another who was seriously injured
was Harry E. Berifleld, IA, Suitland, Md.
The car in which he was riding was
x-ray photographs were taken today at
Casualty Hospital to determine whether
his skull was fractured.
Bank Official Hurt.
Twelve other holiday motorists were
deSs seriously hurt in accidents in the
Histrict, while two others were hurt in
Acrasfles in Maryland.
In Alexandria, Va, seven were treat
ed for burns and cuts caused by eX-
Ploding flrecrackers. They are: Fran
Icis Mennigh, 6, of 818 King street,
finger burns; Rowland Buchanan, 1915
king street. leg burns; Robert N. Tay-
dor, Seminary road. finger burns;
Charles E. Law, of 800 Block Walnut
street, washington. burns of left hand;
E. Milburn, 635 South Fairfax street,
leg burns; Margaret Smith, 3l2 North
Fairfax street, head cut, and William
tons.
Michael j. Wyvill, 26 assistant cashier
Of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Marlboro, suffered painful cuts about
the left eye, right hand and arm, when
a flrecracker exploded while he was
holding IL