Evening star., 1937-09-20
Dozen Hurt Seriously in Ac-
cldents Here and in Mary
land and Virginia.
FAIRFAX FARMER, HIT
IN ROAD BY CAR, DIES
District Woman Victim as Car
Carrying Six Persons Strikes
Tree at Laurel.

persons in nearby Virginia and Mary
land and injured more than 80 others,
dozen of them seriously in sthe
Capital and surrounding area.
The dead were:
Mrs. Joan Darby, "a, of the 1900
block of Twentieth street.
o. B. Allison, 60, farmer, of Fair
fax, Va.
J. B. Redman, 56, of Gainesville, Va
Ashby Quade, So, Oakley, Md,
farmer.
Marian Vass, is. colored, 1000 block
Of Madison street, Alexandria, Va.
Seabod Brown, colored, 800 block Of
NJ street southwest
Those most seriously injured in
cluded:
Frederick Iandwehr, 49, of 2425
Perry street northeast; William Trader.
%, Salisbury, Md; Priscilla Trader,
%. also of Salisbury; Holmes Halber-
stine, So, of 1923 l. street; Harvey
Schmier, 90 Landover, Md; Lonnie
McConner, rs, colored, 613 L street
northeast; Samuel Prince, %, colored,
1918 Corcoran street northeast: Har-
per Smith, IS, colored, Alexandria;
Anna M Speers, 81, Brooklyn, N. Y;
George Frederick, IA, of 5428 Fourth
street; Charles A. Merrill, So, of 80
q street, and Josephine Miles, Is, COL
ored, 800 block of M street southwest
Crash in Laurel Fatal.
Mrs. Darby died in Providence
Hospital early today of injuries re-
ceived when the automobile in which
abe was riding with Halberstine and
four other persons crashed into tree
after failing to make turn at Tenth
and Main streets in Laurel, Md
Halberstine was in serious condition
from internal and head injuries.
Francis Halberstine, 13; Mrs. Nellie
Wheeler, 45. Of Laurs sl, and her two
children were hurt less seriously.
Allison was killed instantly when
struck by an automobile while he was
walking on Little River Turnpike, Just
outside the town of Fairfax. Sheriff
! p. Kirby said the car was driven by
James H. Thompson, "a, colored, 1900
block Of Georgia avenue. Thompson
was held pending further investigation. |
Redman was killed instantly when
struck last night on the Lee Highway,
hear Gainesville. by = taxicab which
police said was driven by Elwood Mer-
Der, AZ, Of the TOO block of Hobart
place, Warrington. A technical charge
OF mAnslaugther was placed against
Mercer and he was released on his
personal bond pending q hearing
today.
Quade, father Of nine children
ranging in age from two months to
is years, was injured fatally when run
. over early yesterday as he was lying
In the road near Oakley The driver
OF the car, Deputy Sheriff j. B. Love,
5r., OF st. Marys County, was ex-
onerated by coroner's jury, which
returned verdict of unavoidable ac-
cident.' Quade died late yesterday in
st. Marys Hospital, Leonardtown.
Car Plunges Into Water.
The vass girl and Brown were
drowned when the automobile in
which they were riding crashed
through guard rail while attempting
to pass truck and plunged down an
embankment into deep water of Four
Mile Run, just this side of the Alex
andria city limits last night.
The girls body was recovered by
rescue workers after Franklin Bustle,
Clarendon. Va. and Sidney Hemsley,
Alexandria, rescued three other per-
sons from the submerged automobile.
Police were searching for Browns
body today.
Those rescued. all colored, were the
Miles girl, whose skull was believed
fractured; Kirk Smith, 81. and Mrs.
Helen Smith, both of the 300 block of
M street southwest, who received pain
ful cuts. They were treated at Alex
andria Hospital
LAndwehr and the Traders were
among six persons hurt in a head-on
collision of two automobiles on the
Annapolis road near Lanham, Md
Landwehrs left leg and arm were
fractured; William Trader received
brain conclusion and possible skull
fracture, and Priscilla Trader received
bad cuts on her left leg which may
have been fractured. Louise Land
wehr, 20, and Emma Landwehr, 81, of
Santa Barbara. Calf, and Elizabeth
Missick, 18, Salisbury, Nd, were hurt
less seriously. They were treated at
Casualty.
Defense Highway Accident.
Schmier received severe head in
1uries in an accident on the Defense
Highway. Taken with him to Cas-
ualty, where they were treated for
cuts on the face, were Helen Mclean,
81. and Hugh McCean, 36, both of
Annapolis.
McConner and Prince were said to
have been struck by a hit-and-run
driver while walking on the Defense
Highway about miles east of Bla-
densburg. They were treated at CAL
linger Hospital for severe head in
juries and cuts.
Mrs. Speers was reported ir serious
condition at Casualty from spinal in
turies received in an automobile COLI
sion at Seventh ard E streets north
east. Charles E. Stimmell, 81, also
of Brooklyn. was bruised in the acci-
Brooklyn, and Chester r. Hockensmith
OF Johnstown. Pa, listed by police as
drivers Of the cars involved, escaped
injury.
Skates Into Side of Car.
The Frederick boy fractured his jaw
and his right wrist and badly cut his
lip when he repeatedly skated into this
side of an automobile which police
said WAS driven by Violet Nicholson
81, OF 442 Emerson street The acci.
dent occurred in the 500 block o,
Emerson street.
Merrill's leg was fractured when h.
was knocked down by 4 hit-and-rur