Evening star., 1934-03-16
Woman Is Killed by Truck
as She AIightS From
Bus.
SECOND CAR CAREENS
INTO CROWD AT SCENE
Man Hurled Through Top Of
Roadster Which Hit Miss
Pardee Dies in Hospital.

Two persons were killed and ten
others injured, five of them seriously
in two smash-ups involving five motor
vehicles at Bladensburg road and
Earl place northeast last night.
One of the dead, a woman, was
killed when a roadster struck her
down soon after she alighted from a
bus. She was crushed against truck
A passenger in the roadster was cata-
pulled through the top and killed
The driver was seriously hurt.
A few minutes later another auto
mobile, sent spinning by a second
collision, careened into a crowd
watching and aiding removal of
wreckage of the first crash and eight
more were rushed to hospitals.
Two Are Killed.
Those killed were:
Miss Babe Pardee, 35, of 3001 Sew
enth street southeast, crushed be-
tween the roadster and truck.
Daniel J. Eagan, %, of 1886 K
street northeast, passenger in the
roadster
Those injured were:
Robert r. Brown, 80, of 18 Third
street northeast, driver of the road
ster, treated for a broken left leg at
Casualty Hospital.
Kenneth w. Himelright. II,
Kearnstown, Va, a passenger in the
truck, cuts and bruises. Casualty.
DR.. Joseph A. Mccarthy, 26, OF
1909 East Capitol street, minor in
juries, Providence Hospital.
Mrs. Helen Marie Mccarthy. %
who became the physicians bride
about month ago; fractured skull,
broken jaw, cuts and bruises, Provi-
dence.
Richard Turner, %, of 823 Eighth
street northeast, serious leg injury,
Casualty.
Edwin Cook, 80, of 3O35 Vista street
northeast, serious leg injuries, cuts
and bruises, Casualty.
Others Injured.
Earnest A. Kendrick, 80, of 542l
Kansas avenue. serious leg and back
injuries, Casualty.
Harry L. Wilhelm, Z Barron street
Cottage City. Md, compound fracture
of the left leg and serious injuries to
the right leg, Casualty
John Onyun. IT. of 1921 Charming
street northeast, cuts. Sibley Hospital.
James W Taylor, 35, of LOG Spring
street, Chevy Chase, Md, cuts, Sibley,
Miss Pardee, an attendant at St.
Eliza abeth's Hospital, was carried more
than so feet by the roadster. north
bound on Bladensburg road, which
then collided with the truck, headed
southwark Miss Pardee was crushed
between the two vehicles and her left
leg ground Off She died instantly.
Hurled Through Top.
The impact hurled Eagan through
the top of the roadster and he died of
fractured skull and other injuries
in Casualty about two hours later.
Brown, the driver, was extricated and
rushed to the hospital Warren W.
Himelright, 38, father of Kenneth
and operator of the truck, escaped
injury.
A crowd gathered as police began
pulling out the injured from the
wreckage and sending them to hos
pitals. Then suddenly a sedan driven
by Taylor and bound toward the Dis
trict line hove into sight and collided
with a machine operated by Joseph
Wood, 81, Glendale, Md, which was
going in the opposite direction
TaylorS automobile careened into
DR.. McCarthy's car and then swept
through the throng, injuring Turner,
Onyun, Cook, Kendrick and Wilhelm
before crashing into the roadster that
had hit Miss Pardee.
The second smash-up, or series of
smash-ups, attracted an even larger
crowd and police had to halt traffic
until some of the excitement had
died down.
Witnesses told police, they reported,
that an infant was knocked from the
arms of its father, who was standing
in the throng, when the second
smash-up occurred. So far as could
be learned, however, the baby was
unhurt
Kendrick, fireman, was assisting
other members of the rescue squad
when he was struck.
Inquest Announced.
Coroner Macdonald ordered Brown,
Himelright and Taylor held for an
inquest. No date was set for the in
quiry, however.
Miss Pardee is survived by brother,
Clifford B. Pardee, 1905 Potomac ave-
nue. southeast. He is in Mount Alto
Hospital, i'll.
Eagan, son of the late John P.
Eagan, is survived by his mother Mrs.
Emma L. Eagan; two brothers. Samuel
c. and Michael j. Eagan, and two
sisters, Mrs. Abbie Bradley and Mrs.
Emma Dozier. Mrs. Bradley won the
title, Miss Washington" in beauty
contest held here several years ago.
SI0IT,C MIEE