The Washington times., 1935-08-26
CHILD, ;, NEAR
DEATH IN
CRASH

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fighting desperately for her life
In Emergency Hospital.
Her mother and father are in
different hospitals in a serious
condition with bone fractures.
In various towns and counties
in Maryland lay the mangled
bodies of eight other men and
women.
This was part of the weekend
traffic toll in the District and
Maryland.
The 3-year-old is Rosemary
Freeman. She is suffering frac-
ture of the skull, conclusion OF
the brain and severe body lacera-
tions. She has a $3.50 chance,
physicians reported today.
Rosemary and her parents were
passengers in the car of Clyde
Bonifant, of Terra Gotta Road
near the District line. according
to police, when it sideswiped an
automobile driven by Martha e.
Griffin, SO, of the $500 block
Thirty-second st. N. w.
After colliding, Mr.. Bonifant
apparently was unable to control
his car, which zigzagged, swerVed
from the roadway and then somer-
saulted five times before coming
to a halt $50 feet from the scene
of the collision. The accident
occurred at S p. m. yesterday on
Riggs Road near the District line.
Also in the car with Mr.. Boni-
FAINT were his wife, Ruth, 80, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Freeman,
also of Terra Gotta Road. Mr..
Bonifant was taken to Galhnger
Hospital, where he is recovering
from a fracture of the leg and
body decorations. His wife was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
She has a fractured skull.
Mrs. Freeman is also in Emer-
gency Hospital with a fractured
shoulder. Mr.. Freeman is in Gal,
linger Hospital with a fractured
collar bone.
Martha Griffin was not injured.
Two others involved in the crash
William Immich, 81, and John
Cuttings, SO, both of Takoma
Park-are in Gallinger Hospital.
Their condition is not considered
serious.
Maryland Death List
In Maryland the dead were:
George E. Nash, of Baltimore.
Rudolph George, %, Of Cordova,
Md.
c. L. Crowell, SO, Of Brunswick,
Md.
Hambleton Cockey, SO, Of My
Lady's Manor.
George Hardesty, S., transient
camp at Camp Holabird.
Mrs. Laura F.. Marvel, 73, of Sec
retary, Md.
D. E. Gossard. u, Williamsport,
Md.
Roy Guessford, IT, of Chews-
vile, Md.
Besides the dead, 26 men and
women were injured in Maryland
traffic accidents over the week
end, apparently a record.
Mr.. Nash was killed when his
automobile plunged from an en-
bankment on the Washington
Boulevard at Elkridge, Md.
Mr.. George died when the truck
he was driving failed to make a
sharp turn in the road on the
Easton- Queen Anne's Highway,
two miles north of Cordova.
Mr.. Cr well died in Frederick
City Hospital early yesterday of
injuries received when knocked
down by an automobile on the
highway near Frederick.
Mr.. Cockey lost his life late
yesterday when his machine over
turned on a road between st.
James Corners and Monkton.
Three Pedestrians Killed
Mr.. Hardesty was killed when
run down by an automobile as he
walked along Dundalk Avenue at
Walters Crossing, Baltimore.
Mrs. Marvel was killed Satur.
day night by an automobile while
walking on a street in Springdale,
Md.
Stepping from street car in
Halfway, Nd, Washington county,
Mr.. Gossard walked into the path
of an oncoming automobile and
was killed almost instantly.
Mr.. Guessford was killed when
the motorcycle on which he was
riding left the Chewsville Pike
and crashed into telephone pole
near the Hagerstown city line.
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