Evening star., 1935-08-24
NSUCCUMBS
TO AUTO INJURIES
AS 3 ARE SAVED
Three Washington Autoists
Are Pulled From Burn.
ing Car.
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
IN WRECK AT WESTMoRE
Hit-and-Run Driver Sought After
Serious Injury Of Boy, 2,
on G Street.

Mrs. Isabel A. Flora. As. Of 66l6
Piney Branch road. wife Of Charles
w. Flora, member Of the legal staff
Of the controller generals office,
died early today in Walter Reed Hos
pital of injuries received Monday
when she Is reported to have walked
into the side of an automobile at
Piney Branch and Blair roads.
Three Washingtonians were saved
from death about am. today when
they were pulled unconscious from
their blazing automobile, which had
run of the road, hit tree and caught
fire at Westmore, Md.
Miss Alma Klaus, 80, OF 9l6 Ritten-
house street: Miss Barbara Lee Ed
wards, 81. of 1867 Monroe street, and
Louis M. Gouriou. 1910 Twenty first
street, were knocked unconscious in
the mishap. They were pulled from
the burning car by three Washing
ton men who drove up shortly after
ward, and were taken to George
town University Hospital, where they
are under treatment for various
injuries.
Three Rescuers.
Their rescuers were Vernon Lyon
Of the Stoneleigh Court Apartments,
member Of the staff of BrookingS
Institute; Walter Millett, 1920 Thir-
teenth street, an official Of the sales
force Of the Southern Diaries. and
Leo HochStter Of the Chastleton
Apartments
Miss Klaus, who was driving the
car which caught fire. is believed to
have gone to sleep at the wheel and
lost control. She suffered a broken
left arm, cuts about the face and
body and shock
Miss Edwards suffered cuts about
the head, arms and legs and shock.
Gouriou suffered fractures to the arm
and leg, severe cuts about the eyes
and face. All were reported to be
only semi-conscious at the hospital.
The injured trio had attended a
dinner at Braddock Heights, a resort
near Frederick, md, and were en-
route to Washington when the mis-
nap occurred. Their rescuers said
when they arrived on the scene of the
accident, about a mile west Of Rock
vile, they found q crowd of people
standing around but no one making
move to aid the injured trio.
Child Of 2 Injured.
Meanwhile, Washington police today
were seeking a hit-and-run driver
who late yesterday struck and seri-
ouSly injured Victor Leo Brown. 2, of
20S G street. while the boy was play
ing near his home. The child was
treated at Casualty Hospital for severe
head injuries and transferred to Chill
dren's Hospital, where his condition
today was said to be improved.
Two Baltimoreans were slightly in
turned over and caught fire after first
striking a parked truck and an cleo
trio light pole in the 3l00 block of
Rhode Island avenue northeast-after
their machine had been sideswiped
by hit-snd-run automobile
The driver, Woodrow Crabson, rs,
and Dorothy Raichert, 18, were pinned
beneath the overturned car and were
pulled from under it by an attendant
at a nearby gasoline station. They
were taken to Casualty Hospital, where
the young woman was treated for
burns about the legs and Crabson for
injuries to his side. They were re-
leased from the hospital.
Driver Disappears.
The hit-and-run driver kept going
west on Rhode Island avenue after the
accident. The Crabson machine had
skidded and Travelled out of control
for about $50 feet, police said, before
crashing into the parked truck.
Morris Fox. So, of 1912 Reservoir
road, chief operator for the Postal
Telegraph Co., suffered cuts and
bruises and possibly q jaw fracture
today when struck by a one-man car
at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue He was treated at Emergency
Hospital. The street car was operated
by Thomas Young Of Rockville, Md,
police said.
Richard r. Mcclellan, II, Of 3l7
Third street southeast, narrowly
escaped serious injury yesterday when
a door to an automobile in front of
him was opened, causing him TO fall
from his bicycle under truck in the
1900 block of Wisconsin avenue. He
escaped with bruises, police said.
Driven by Aviator.
The driver of the automobile In the
accident in which Mrs. Flora was in
jured was Capt. william C. Taylor,
an aviator, of Takoma Park, Md.
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora will
be held Monday at 2 pm. In the
Takoma Park Baptist Church.
Her death was the third resulting
from injuries received in District
trafic accidents since the traffc
safety campaign began about five
weeks ago. One other death oc-
curing in the period was from in
juries received in January.
A total Of IA deaths occurred dur
ing the five weeks Immediately pre-
cedinR the campaign,