Evening star., 1933-12-04
Three D. C. Residents Victims
of Crash on Mount Vernon
Boulevard.
R0SARYVILLE, Md, MAN
PINNED 3 HOURS IN CAR
Dies on Way to Physician After
Newspaper Distributors Find
Wreck on Grain Highway.

Five persons were killed and numer-
Gus others injured in week end auto
mobile accidents in and near the Capt.
tai, check-up disclosed today.
The dead are: Mrs. Ethel Pierson, IS,
of the 600 block Sixth street; Miss
Dorothy Furr. l8. of the 100 block
c street. and Woodrow Dean, 81. of the
200 block Kentucky avenue southeast,
all of whom were in a crash on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard;
Lawrence N. Gale, SO, Of Rosaryville,
Md, who was pinned for three hours in
the wreckage of his car on the Grain
Highway near Queen Anne. Prince
Georges County. and Coleman Butler.
2l, colored, struck by a careening
taxicab.
Collision Involves IL.
Eleven persons figured in the COL
lision in which Mrs. Pierson. Mss Furr
and Dean were killed Mrs Pierson
died instantly, Miss Furr succumbed at
8 am. yesterday in Emergency Hospital
and Dean expired this morning in Alex
andria Hospital.
Two others injured in the same crash
were still in serious condition today
Edwin Anderson, 20. of the 1900 block
1ngleside Terrace. who is in Emergency,
and Miss Marie Fur lj-yeaT-Old sister
of Dorothy. who is in Alexandria Hos
pital; suffering from broken ribs,
shoulder and collar bone.
According 10 police Dean vas driving
the car occupied by Anderson and the
women and which colided with a taxi
1900 block Columbia road. LyleS, his
wife and two others in the taxi escaped
with monor cuts and bruises.
Culvert Hit by Car.
Gale, sales manager for the Baltimore
Note Book Co. died while being rushed
to a physician. He apparently had
fallen asleep while driving home. His
Car hit a culvert at the Marble farm,
about miles north of Upper Marlboro
The impact was so great that the
engine of the automobile was driven
into the front seat Gales chest was
crushed and he suffered other injuries.
He was discovered, still alive, about
three hours after the accident by Ray
mond and Floyd Lent, newspaper dis
tributors who rushed him to the
Bladensburg rescue squad. He was
pronounced dead on arrival. No inquest
was deemed necessary.
Gale. who was unmarried. was a
native of Galesville, Kent County. Md.
He is survived by two sisters, both of
whom live in Baltimore He had been
employed by the notebook firm II years
and had been living in Rosaryville five
years.
Taxi Collision Fatal.
Butler was fatally injured last night
when two taXicabs collided at the cor
fer of New Jersey avenue and K street,
careened across the sidewalk and struck
Butler, jamming his body against a
large tree. He was taken to Freedmens
Hospital, where he died five hours later,
police said.
A coroner'S inquest probably will be
conducted at the morgue tomorrow.
Robert Chapman colored, of the 400
block of M street northeast, and Charles
Smith. 200 block of Upshur street, were
reported as drivers of the cabs.
Two persons were injured, one Sc
riously, in a traffic accident at the in
tersection of New Jersey avenue and
K street, which occurred last night, in
evolving two private automobiles and a
taXicab, police reported
Frederick o. Rinker, 35, of 120 z
setreet, received what is believed to be a
fractured skull. He is in Casualty Hos
spital.
Woman Slightly Injured.
Henrietta Brown, colored, 100 block of
~ street southeast, was treated at her
.home for minor injuries.
Edgar A. Hoffman. $500 block of Elev-
,enth street, and Mary Caroline Davis of
Baltimore, Md, were drivers of two au-
t0mobiles which collided early last night
at Second and East Capitol streets
Mary Hoffman, occupant of Mr.. Hoff-
mans car, and Beattie Young of Balti-
more received minor injuries. They
were given first aid at Providence Hos
pital.
Ernest F. Beach, 26, trucker resid-
ing in the 1700 block of F street. was
injured this morning when his machine
vas in collision with a street car al
Ninth and P streets. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital, where his condi-
tiQn was said to be not serious. The
street car was operated by George P
Riley, SO, of the 1890 block of Kansas
avenue.