Evening star., 1936-10-19
3 DIE, SCORE HURT
IN MANY WEEK END
TRAFFIC CRASHES
Two Injured in Automobile
Accident on Richmond
Highway.
STREET CAR VICTIM
IDENTIFIED AT MORGUE
Dead Man Was Henry William
Cook, So, Carpenter, Living on
Massachusetts, Avenue.

Three men were killed and score
Of persons were injured, eight seriously
in traffic accidents in the Washington
area during the week end. The Dis
trict's traffic death. toll, meanwhile
reached 10 for this year.
The body of man who was struck
by street car on Benning road north
east near the power plant Saturday
afternoon was identified yesterday al
the District Morgue as Henry William
Cook, 63, Of 405 Massachusetts, avenue
a carpenter. He was the seventeen
victim of the year. He died of frac-
tured skull upon arrival at Casualty
Hospital.
James H. Schamel. "a, of % T street
northeast, motorman on the car, will
appear at an inquest, the date OF
which will be set later, police said.
Oscar Bushey, As, merchant. and
Willie Cumberland. 81, both of Cherry
Hill. Va, were injured seriously in g
collision of two automobiles on the
Washington Richmond highway. e
miles south of Alexandria last night.
Two Fatally Injured.
In the same accident. John Turner
25, colored, and Odel Smith, 81, col.
ored, both Of Swedesboro, N. j., were
injured fatally. They died early today
at Quantico Marine Hospital, where
victims Of the crash were taken. In.
quest was set for today at Occoquan
Two other men also were injured
Joseph cambridge. %, colored, Pauls.
boro. N. j., and Stanley Smith, colored
Swedesboro. They were riding in tn,
New Jersey car, which started to pas!
another machine and sideswiped tht
automobile carrying the two Vir.
ginians. The New Jersey car was go.
ing north, the Virginia car south.
Two men sustained serious injurie!
when a passenger car and trailer.
truck collided at Pennsylvania avenue
and Third street. They are Garnet M
Knott, %, and John c. Ross, %, both
of Herndon, Va. Knott received Q
severe cut on the neck, Ross was hurt
about the back and head and had pos.
sible internal injuries. They were
taken to Emergency Hospital.
The truck driver, Robert Ward, 50
Of Baltimore, was not injured. He va.
operating a large truck and trailer
owned by the Horton Motor Lines
Police did not hold him.
Mrs. Florence O'Rourke, 81, Of Hol
lywood. Calf, was bruised and cu
when the car driven by her daughter
Jean, "a, collided at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue with al
automobile driven by Albert J. Jane!
Of Anderson, S. c. James was not
held.
Three Brought to Hospital.
Three Washington colored mer
were brought to Casualty Hospita
early today suffering from serious in
juries received in an accident on thu
road between Camp Springs ant
Meadows, Md. They were Carlton
Holcomb. 20. Of 1865 First stree
southeast; John Buchanan, 20, o
1900 First street southeast, and An
drew Taylor, 10, of IS N street south
east.
Motor Cycle Officer L. S. HenSle,
arrested James w. Burwell, rs. col
ored, of "a o street, taxicab driver
on reckless driving charges, after al
accident in which Gussie Harsyni, SO
of New York City, was injured. Th
officer said the driver, going tn
wrong way on Fourth street northeast
one-way street, leaped from tn
moving cab when Hensley tried Il
stop him. The driverless machin
rolled on to the corner Of Fourth ant
F streets northeast where it crashet
into tree. The passenger was treatet
in Casualty Hospital for abrasions t
both knees.
Others Injured.
-Four other people were injured her
yesterday: Richard Fitzgerald. 8, o
SIT Second street southeast, who sus
tanned a fractured leg when struck b
a car on D street between Second an
Third streets southeast; Richar
Miller. IA, of Silver Spring, struck
Sixteenth and Emerson streets by al
| automobile while riding his bicycle
Floyd Bilbo, Z, Of 1927 o street, hi
bv a car at Eleventh street and Ne'
York avenue, and Reynold Valentine
IL, colored, Of 1924 Fourth stree
struck by an automobile while he wa
roller skating. All four were treate
at hospitals. None of their injurie
were serious.
Nick J. Zinne 48, of Colesville, Md
was injured slightly when an auto
mobile he was driving was in collisio
on the Colesville road last night wit
a machine operated by Miss Mary Tin
man of Silver Spring.
Zinne was taken to the Washington
Sanitarium and Hospital for treat
ment. Miss Tinman escaped unhur
| Four persons were injured whe
their automobile skidded out of con
troll and overturned on the Leesbure
washington Highway near Leesbur
yesterday.
The injured, treated at Loudou
County Hospital, were Thoma
Roberts and Miss Mary Coppadge {
Church Hill, Md, and Mr.. and Mr.
T. D. farrell of Hyattsville. Robert
and Miss Coppadge were in an unde
termined condition today. The oths
couple suffered minor injuries. Tt
automobile overturned after it struc
soft shoulder on the road. Crasf
ing into a telephone pole, the cs
was demolished.