Evening star., 1933-05-08
THREE LOSE LIVES
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
IN AND NEAR CITY
Six Others Injured, Two Seri-
ousIy, in Series of Week
End Crashes.
FATALITIES INCLUDE
TWO WASHINGTONIANS
Man 1mpaled on Shattered Timber
Lives Five Hours After
Emergency Operation.
Including an accident ON the WASH

Including an accident on the WASH
ington- Richmond highway in which a
Washington man was pinned to the
seat Of his automobile by piece of
guard rail that penetrated his chest,
automobile crashes in Washington and
nearby Virginia and Maryland roads
over the week end resulted in the death
Of three persons, serious injury Of two
and minor hurts to six others.
The man who lost his life in the
freak Virginia accident was Roland
1vey, ~, an employe Of the Capital Ga
rage. He died at Memorial Hospital,
following an operation for the removal
OF a piece Of guard rail 6 by inches
and IA inches in length. Two Richmond
firemen gave their blood in an effort to
save his life.
Crashes Into Guard Rail.
1vey's car crashed into a guard rail
as he was rounding q curve near Dos
well, Va, the piece Of timber running
through the radiator and penetrating
his left chest to pin him to the back of
the seat He lived for five hours with
the timber still in his chest
According to information gathered by
Virginia State police, Ivey was return
ing from his old home in Benson, N. c..
where he had taken his wife and child
to spend the Summer with relatives and
where the body will be sent for burial
Two other occupants of Ivey's car
escaped with minor injuries. They were
George E. Thompson, Washington mail
carrier and John H. Wheeler, ,s2I, also
of washington. Wheeler was under
treatment today at Grace Hospital
Richmond, while Thompson was not
taken to a hospital.
Early today Jesse F. Shipley. "a, of
1850 Avon place. was killed and two
companions, Harold A. Shinn, %. Cot
tage City. Md. and Walter H. Allison,
IS, OF 2912 Twelfth street northeast,
injured when a roadster in which they
were riding and taxicab driven by
John C. Price, IS. of 3l2 Indiana ave-
nue., collided at Thirtieth and @ streets.
Hurled From Vehicle.
The roadster was reported moving
north on Thirtieth street, its occupants
being on their way to Shipley's home,
while the taxicab. with two passengers.
was going west on Q street. Overturn-
ing Of the taxicab did not result in
injury to driver or passengers, but
Shipley, riding in the rumble seat Of the
roadster, was hurled frcm the vehicle
and his skull fractured.
Prices taxicab passengers, two men.
left the scene without disclosing their
identity, police reported. Shipley and
his two companions, in the employ of
an F street parking service. were re-
turning from trip to Glen Echo when
the accident happened.
Charles Murray, jr., Of the $500 block
Of Georgia avenue, took Shipley to
Emergency Hospital, where he was pro-
nounced dead on arrival. Shinn and
Allison also were taken to the hospital.
where Shinn was treated for a severe
laceration Of the scalp, while Allison
was treated for q slight injury to his
face.
Price and Allison were booked as
being held for the action Of the coroner.
The third man fatally injured was
William Lawson, 81, Of Beaver Falls,
Pa. who suffered fatal hurts when a
motor cycle on which he was riding
Rockville pike at Garrett Park, Md.
Riding on Motor Cycle.
The Pennsylvania youth was riding
on motor cycle operated by Robert E.
Johnson, %, also of Beaver Falls, when
it struck the automobile of s. T. Farmer
Of 1345 Jonquil street, Washington, in
q head-on collision.
Lawson died en- route to the George
town University Hospital in a Bethesda
Fire Rescue Squad wagon, while johnson
suffered factured right leg, several
broken ribs and possible internal in
jurtes and was taken to Georgetown
Hospital by the Kensington Fire Rescue
Squad.
The two youths were on their way
to the Capital on a sightseeing trip
when the accident occurred. Farmer,
who was driving in motorcade en-
route to q Knights Templar outing at
Gettysburg, Pa, said johnson appar-
emily lost control of his motor cycle
while travelling at high rate Of speed.
Woman Cyclist Injured.
When q motor cycle on which she
and her husband were riding and an
automobile collided at the intersection
Of Russell road and Mount Vernon ave-
nue. in Alexandria last night Mrs.
Beulah Driggers. %, of the 900 block
Twenty-third street, washington. sus-
tanned slight injuries, according to Alex
andria police. Neither machine was
damaged and the man and woman pro-
ceeded on back to Washington, the po-
lice said.
Doris Ward, 15-year-old daughter of
H. e. Ward of Falls Church, Va, was
taken to Georgetown Hospital with seri-
GUS head injuries after she was thrown
from q machine in which she was rid
ing, in a collision on the Lee Highway
in Arlington County. The extent Of her
injuries had not been fully determined
this morning.
Mrs. Gladys H. Elliott of the 1400
block Ingraham street, who is said by
police to have been driving the car
which struck the automobile operated
by the girls father. was ordered to ap-
pear in the Arlington County Police
Court today. An attempt was to be
made at that time to fix the re-
Sponsibility for the mishap.
Robert H. Holt, 60, Of Soldiers Home,
was treated at Garfield Hospital for
lacerations and bruises to his face sus-
tanned when an automobile in which he
was riding left the road near Bladens-
burg, Md.
HOSPITAL STUDENT KILLED.