Evening star., 1936-07-01
Bus Crash
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hurt. crawled out and ran through
through the storm to summon help.
A rescue party sent seven of the
injured to a hospital at Lexington,
Va, and took the remainder to an
emergency hospital, hurriedly estab-
lished in the hotel at this resort COM
munity. Bodies of the dead were
taken to Lexington and Roanoke after
wreckers from Roanoke, "a miles to
the SOUTH righted the overturned bus.
Left Roanoke at 1890 PM.
The vehicle, operated by the Allan
tic Greyhound Line. was travelling
north from Roanoke through the
Valley of Virginia. 1t had left
Roanoke last night at 1920 O'Clock.
Eastern standard time.
Three of the passengers were driv-
ers for the Southeastern Greyhound
Lines, en- route to Philadelphia to re-
turn new equipment to Birmingham,
Ala
One of them. J. P Hamilton Of
Birmingham, was killed The other
two. C. F. Worrell and Clyde Carter,
escaped injury. Worrell was the only
person sitting near the front who was
not killed.
Ring, a resident of Roanoke, and
Thomas Wright of Hollins, Va, said
they crawled out OF windows after
the crash. Ring was injured.
Most Of the passengers were asleep,
but Ring said he was wide awake.
Remains Of Cave Roof.
The Natural Bridge, mecca for Wis
itors and described as one of the
wonders of the world" is the remains
of the roof OF huge cave through
which Cedar Greek once flowed
A highway, 80 feet long and from
so to $50 feet wide, spans it. The
road-the Valley turnpike. U. S route
No. lis one of the chief North and
South arteries of traffic through
Virginia.
On one side of the bridge are
carved into the rock the initials &c.
W." which tradition says were cut
there by the youthful George Wash
ington when surveying land
Physicians said one unidentified
white woman, who was dressed in yell
low and was about 38 or 40 years
old, died of shock. Her body showed
no marks of injuries.
Dead Are Listed.
The dead:
j. j. Olderson, driver, Birmingham,
Ala resident of Roanoke for three
months.
ern Greyhound Lines
White man about 35 years of age,
believed to be John Kessee. Tazewell
County, Va, or Washington, D. C.
Unidentified white woman about IS
years of age
Unidentified white woman abou. SO
years of age.
The injured in Jackson Memorial
Hospital in Lexington:
Mrs. Annette Burman, New York
City; fractured pelvis, broken nose
and lacerated scalp.
Allen Burman, Mrs. Burman's son,
Is years OF age; gasoline burns.
Phil Robert Burman, son, 9 years
old, broken lower jaw and minor
bruises.
Woman Is Burned.
Miss Celia Burrow, 25, Hampton,
Tenn; severe gasoline burns.
Miss, Elizabeth Tyler, 90, Bristol. |
Tenn; cut nose and fractured rib.
Henry D. Eisenman, %, Richmond.
Va; fractured left arm, cut ear and
leg.
Mrs. T. E. Connors, 26, Brooklyn,
N. Y; bruised hip.
c. j. Avery, Staunton, Va; injuries
about the ribs; stopped at boarding
house at Lexington.
At Hotel Natural Bridge were the
following, a few suffering minor cuts
and bruises, but not requiring hos
pital treatment:
c. F. Worrell, Birmingham, Ala.
Clyde Carter, Brighton, Ala.
Ionic Isabelle, L Company, 18th
Infantry, Camp Dix, N. j.
Francis Bowman, Seymour, Ind.
Mrs. Paul Ballivero and Miss Norma
Ballivero, Algiers, La, near New Or
leans.
Alabama Man in Group.
Albert Numelly. Bessemer, Ala.
Miss Lizzie McSween, Picayune,
Miss.
Mrs. Helen Peinelt, New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buddy Atwell, Rich
lands, Va.
Miss Virginia Nixon, High Point,
N. C.
Miss Catherine Stimbler, Cumber-
land, Md.
M. B. Ring, Roanoke. Va.
B. H. Cornett, Bluefield, w. Va.
horace G. Hudgins, Christiansburg,
Va.
John Dietz, Philadelphia.
Thomas Wright, Hollins, Va.
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