Evening star., 1937-06-11
MIAMI. GIRL KILLED
(. IN HIGHWAY CRASH
Mother Dying, Four Others
Injured in Collision Near
Laurel.

A ls-year-old Miami, Fla, girl WAS
killed and fve persons were injured
when two automobiles collided on the
rain-drenched Washington Baltimore
Boulevard near Laurel late yesterday.
Fatally hurt was Miss Dorothy
Mohler. bound for New York, when
the machine in which she was riding
struck car moving toward WASH
ington. Mrs. Carrie Gardiner, n,
also OF Miami, another occupant Of
the northbound vehicle, suffered in-
)uries OF the head and body and was
pronounced in critical condition by
physicians at Bon Secours Hospital In
Baltimore, where she was still un.
conscious this morning.
Another passenger in the car. Miss
Georgette Ford. II. Miami, suffered q
possible skull fracture and was taken
to st. Agnes Hospital Her father,
George Ford, named as the driver, was
unhurt.
Three occupants Of the other car
received minor injuries. They were
Aoram Rhodes. 80, Long Island. N. Y,
suffering a possible rib fracture: Mrs.
Rnodes, his wife, lacerations and the
loss OF two teeth, and Anna Tintle, II,
also OF Long Island, lacerations.
Two Policemen in Crash, .
Two Washington policemen nar.-
rowly escaped death or serious injury
on U. S. Highway No. l at Potomac
Yards, in Alexandria. early today
When the scout car in which they
were chasing q stolen automobile was
forced by the fugitive into . truck
and trailer.
Ihe officers reported they were pur-
suing stolen car toward Alexandria
after picking up the trail at Ninth
ana Water streets in Washington.
The policemen fred several shots at
the fleeing automobile during the
chase. The police, Myrl T. Clark,
driver, and L. Holstead OF the fourth.
precinct. said some OF their bullets
struck the car.
At the overhead in Potomac Yards
Clark caught up with the fleeing au-
tomobile and attempted to crowd it
to stop. The driver Of he machine
swerved toward the scout car, forcing
1t into northbound freight truck.
and trailer.
Neither the truck nor the fugitive
slowed their speed after the crash.
Clark said. About 5000 damage waS
done to the scout car. f.
Bus Crashes Truck.
Slight injuries were suffered nv
three passengers on q Baltimore.
Norfolk Peninsular Lines bus when tho
vehicle collided with a lumber truck
on the Grain highway near Upper
Marlboro yesterday.
The injured were treated for lacera.'
lions and bruises by the local rescue
squad before proceeding to their des.
Una tions. They are James Fish, ~.
Willow Springs, N. c.; Mrs. T. R. Cop
pedge. about 40. Lillian, Va, and w.
B. Newman, 81, Portsmouth, Va.
The accident occurred on a sliehf'
curve in the highway near the towns
southern limits after heavy rain had
orenched the road, According to the
ous driver. E. L. Groce of Portsmouth.
Va, the two heavy machines side
swiped, the truck climbing a steep en-.
oankment and partially uprootine an
electric power pole
The impact broke half 4 doz.n
windows IN the bus and stripped
away large section of the outer,
covering OF its frame below thu
window line. Six passengers wers in
the vehicle. ;.
Two Injured in District,
Neither the bus driver nor tbs
operator OF the lumber laden truck,
driven by Milton H. Rodgers Of Wav.
side, was held by Prince George,
County police.
only two persons received iniuries
OF any consequence In traffic accident,
reported In the District during ther
last "a hours.
Anne Smith, 81, of 37oe Thirteenth
street, suffered a twisted left ankle
and body bruises when struck bv an
automobile as she was waiting for a
street car at Fourteenth and L street,
yesterday. Police said the machine did
not stop
Ethel Mae Burrows, 10, Of 80 Long,
fellow street, also was struck yester-
day while waiting for a street car She
suffered cuts to the arm and neck when
hit by a car In the 5000 block of
Georgia avenue. Police said the driver
was Bessie May Beck. 81, Of 1921
Georgia avenue.