Evening star., 1934-07-23
THREE ARE KILLED
AND MANY INJURED
IN CAPITAL AREA
Two Die as Result Of Auto
Accidents-Man browns
in Fall From Boat.
COMPANION is UNABLE
TO SAVE RIVER VICTIM
Nearly Score Hurt in Maryland
and Virginia Over Week
End.
Three accidental deaths, one of them

Three accidental deaths. one of them
a drowning and the others the result
of traffic mishaps In which nearly a
score Of persons were injured. were
under investigation today by District,
Maryland and Virginia authorities.
The drowning victim was Horace G.
Carpenter, 35, of 1858 Pleasant street
southeast, who lost his life yesterday
after plunging from the deck of a
motor boat in the Anacostia River,
near the foot Of South Capitol street.
Those killed in traffic accidents
were Everett C. Passeno, 26. of 1925 G
street northeast, and Ernest Kisendaf-
fer. Z. of 410 Clifford avenue, Alex
andria.
Dies In Hospital.
Passeno died in Casualty Hospital
yesterday of injuries received in an
early morning crash on the Defense
Highway near Whitemarsh. Six other
persons were hurt in the smash-up
one of them critically.
The Kisendaffer boy was injured
last night when a car, said to have
been driven by his brother, William
collided with bus in Loudoun County
Va, between Dranesville and Dayes-
vile. He died in the Leesburg Hos
pital
Three members of the Kisendaffer
family, including William, were hurt
The most seriously injured was the
mother, who suffered severe head cuts
fractured arm and possible internal
hurts. The father, Lawrence Herbert
Kisendaffer, was cut and bruised
while william received q slight brain
conclusion and other injuries.
Bus Passengers Escape.
The bus, operated by Leroy Chi
chester, was filled, but none of its oc-
cupants was injured. Two Other
brothers Of the Kisendaffer boy, War
rem and Lawrence, jr, also escaped
injury.
Those hurt In the crash which
claimed Passeno's life were his wife
Mrs. Edna Passeno, IS; Robert Bailey
18, of the 1900 block of Monroe street
northeast; Edward H. Evans, 16, OF
the 1900 block of Irving street north-
east; Jack Wagner, II, of the 260l
block of Evart street northeast; Eliza
beth Collins, 18, of the 1900 block OF
West Virginia avenue northeast, and
Leslie Rice, 1900 block of A street
southeast.
Injuries of all but Bailey were listed
as mot serious" by physicians at Sib-
ley and Casualty Hospitals, where the
injured were taken. Bailey, however,
was reported in critical condition,
suffering from fractured skull and
other hurts.
Two Cars in Crash.
According to Constable William
Krietzer of Prince Georges County.
two automobiles were involved in the
mishap-one of them driven by Pas
seno and the other one by Bailey.
Carpenter fell from the cabin
cruiser Lee, on which he, his wife,
Mrs. Fay Carpenter and party OF
friends were returning from a Chesa-
peake Bay Voyage. He drowned de-
spite the efforts of Henry Sheenan of
Dunellen, N. j., who jumped over
board and attempted to pull him to
safety. Mrs. Carpenter collapsed
when her husband slipped from
Sheenan's grasp and sank. Sheenan,
also in a state of collapse, was pulled
into the boat by its owner. Paul
Coughlin of Hyattsville, and other
members of the party.
Police also were told a 7-year-old
boy drowned in the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal, near the foot Of Thirty
sixth street, yesterday, but they were
unable to verify the report.
Breaks Neck in Dive.
"All we know" it was said at the
seventh precinct station. lis that a
man told us he saw a crowd Of boys
in swimming. and one of them dis
We were unable to find
any members of the swimming party.
however, and there was no trace of a
body. 1t may be that the boy came
out of the water at some other point
along the canal. and the man only
thought he had disappeared"
Ralph Collins, II, Takoma Park,
Md. broke his neck yesterday in a
dive into the shallow waters of the
Northwest Branch, near Mount Rain
ier. He was taken to Casualty, where
his condition was termed critical.
A car operated by Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior Theodore A.
Walters collided with one driven by
James F. Estep, 500 block of Eighth
street northeast, on the Mount Vernon
highway last night, according to park
police, resulting in slight injury to a
woman occupant of Estep's machine.
Seven other persons were reported
hurt in two mishaps in Montgomery
County, but none was considered in