Evening star., 1935-10-15
CARS CRUSH LIFE
FROM TWO MORE
AS TOLL MOUNTS
D. c. High School Girl Killed
Instantly in Front of
Her Home.
NEARBY MARYLAND
ACCIDENT is FATAL
Several Other Persons Are In.
jured in District Automobile
Tragedies, One Seriously.

Her body terribly disfgured and
covered with blood, Miss Muriel v.
Weinberg 16-year-old Roosevelt High
School pupil, last night died almost
instantly when struck by an auto
mobile in front of her home at 4211
Sixteenth street. Her death was the
eight-sixth traffic fatality in the Dis
trict this year
Early today a colored man was
killed in an accident in nearby Mary
land. Meanwhile, Thomas J. Smith,
IS, of No. IS Rock Creek Church
road, lay seriously injured in Gar
field Hospital, unable to move with
out pain, as result Of injuries re-
ceived yesterday when struck by
truck In front of his home.
Mother Not Told.
The destruction and distortion Of
the human body was exemplified in
the death of Miss Weinberg. With
cuts and bruises on the head, black
ness about the eyes which indicated
skull fracture, and her face covered
with blood, her features were not rec
ognizable following the accident. The
bone in her left leg was protruding
from fracture and even the cloth
ing was smeared with blood. The girl
was pronounced dead on arrival at
Walter Reed Hospital.
So grief-stricken and shocked was
the girls mother, Mrs Ellis Weinberg,
upon learning she had been injured,
that other members of the family
today temporarily were keeping from
her the fact her daughter was dead.
Charles E. Smith, 25, of 1868 Som
erset place, driver of the automobile
which struck Miss Weinberg, was de-
tanned and later released in custody
of his attorney, pending action Of
the coroner. He had taken the girl
to Walter Reed Hospital.
En- Route to Study.
Smith was driving north on Six
teenth street, about 100 feet north
Of UpShur street, when his automo-
bile struck Miss Weinberg, who was
about 20 feet out in the street from
the east curb. according to police.
She was en- route to friends house
to study todayis lessons at the time
Of the mishap.
The dead. colored man was ten.
tatively identified as Floyd Wyatt,
about 80 years old, of Philadelphia.
His head and face were crushed when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing crashed into a telephone pole at
Berwyn, Md. He was dead upon ar
rival at Casualty Hospital. Exam
ination at the District Morgue today
revealed his chest was mashed in, the
right side of his face virtually sheared
off and his teeth driven up into his
gums.
Maryland police today were check
ing details of the accident. Another
man, they say, was believed to have
been riding in the machine with
Wyatt and efforts were being made to
locate him.
The head of Thomas J. Smith, in.
jured on Rock Greek Church TOAD.
was a mass of blood when he was
taken yesterday to Garfield Hospi-
tai. Between 10 and IS stitches were
required to close the wounds, doctors
said. Today, he complained of pains
in his chest and leg. X-rays were
expected to show whether he mas
any fractures or internal injuries.
When hurt, he was pulling a small
wagon, in which he carries working
tools. Roland Cooley, 18, of Takoula
Park, Md, was driver of the lgnt
truck which struck him.
Theresa Ann Clark, 8. of lila F
street northeast, suffered a possible
brain conclusion yesterday when hit
by an automobile in the 500 block Of
Eleventh street northeast. Fortunately,
she escaped other injury. She was
treated by DR.. A. Magruder Mac
Donald. The child was struck, police
said, as she stepped out from between
parked automobiles. Mamie Konon,
80, of 318 Peabody street, was driver
of the automobile which hit her, po-
lice said.
Seven others received minor injuries
in a total of 20 accidents in the Dis
trict in the 24-hour period ending at
am. today. Their. injuries were
confined principally to bruises, how
ever, and several of them refused
even first-aid treatment, police re-
ported.
The 86 deaths this year is IL under
the number, 98, which had been
recorded in the District up to the
corresponding date in 1884.