Evening star., 1938-09-05
BRIDE IS KILLED
|NTRAFF|CCRASH;
TWO MEN DROWN
Army Officer on Duty Here
Also Among Victims of
Pre-HoIiday Traffic.
TWO HURT FRIDAY DIE,
MAKING YEAR TOLL 64
Man Struck Down by Taxicab
That Did Not Stop Among
Several Badly Injured.

A bride Of three months and an
Army ofhcer stationed here were
among four persons who lost their
lives in pre-holiday accidents. Two
Of the victims drowned and the others
were killed in highway mishaps. Two
other deaths, resulting from q crash
Friday, were recorded during the last
"a hours, bringing the Districts traf-
fic toll for the year to 81, while half
. dozen others were injured, three
seriously.
Dead from automobile accidents are
Mrs. Marie Falck, "a, of 1882 G
street NE, the bride; Capt Ray S.
Hunsberger, 26, on duty at Walter
Reed Hospital; Muriel June Lanham,
2, Of 526 Ninth street Sc, and
Marion Woods, 20, of $40 Tenth street
Sc. Drowned were Dwight Souder,
42-year-old mailman, of 3218 Tenth
street NE, and Joe Harris, As, COL
ored, 3639 N street NV.
Among those seriously injured was
Henry A. Denhan, 56, Of 48 H street
NV, struck down by taxicab that
police said failed to stop.
Falck Car Overturns.
Mrs. Falck, an Associated Press dis
patch said, was fatally injured yester-
day when q machine driven by her
husband, George Falck, employe Of a
yeast plant here, overturned near
Wilmington, Del. They were en- route
to New York State to visit her parents.
Mr.. Falck and his wife's brother,
Edward Flanagan, 18, Peeksville, N. Y,
who was riding with the couple, were
uninjured, the dispatch said.
Capt. Hunsberger. whose home was
in Souderton, Pa. died in an accident
near Port Clinton. Ohio, in which a
woman also was killed and six other
persons were injured. The woman
was Mrs. Minnie Laney, IS. of Port
Clinton.
Those injured included Pvt. Russell
States, 20, also attached to Walter
Reed. He suffered fractures Of the
arm and leg Capt. Hunsberger, Pvt.
States and two other soldiers were as
signed to the Erie Ordnance Depot
Hospital at Port Clinton for duty dur
ing the national rife matches at Camp
Perry.
The Lanham child and the Woods
youth were injured Friday night when
the automobile in which they were
seated was struck by q fleeing liquor
laden car on Nichols avenue Sc. They
were thrown from the machine by the
impact and the car caught fire. Six
others were hurt in the same crash.
which occurred while Treasury agents
we're chasing the rum-runner.
Stricken Standing in Water.
Mr.. Souder was drowned when he
was stricken suddenly while stand
ing in shoulder-deep water at North
Beach, Md, according to an Associated
Press dispatch. He had been push
ing a boat in an effort to get its
motor started, and when others came
to help he told them to tow the boat
ashore.
Some time later, friends noticed he
was missing and began a search. His
body was found about mile and
q half away. Death was indirectly
attributed to exhaustion and probably
. heart attack.
Mr.. Souder and two other Washing
tonians. E. L. Wilson, 608 Keefer
place NV, and w. l. Thomas, 42l
Fourth street NE. had rented the
motor boat and had started on a
fishing trip when the motor trouble
developed. Mr.. Souder is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Alice P. Souder.
The body of the drowned colored
man was recovered from the George
town Canal. at Thirty-sixth and M
streets NV, early yesterday. Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald issued
a certificate of accidental death after
he said he learned Mr.. Harris had
gone fishing alone about 4 am.
Knocked Down Near Curve.
Mr.. Denham, the hit-run victim.
was knocked down near the curb in
front of his home early today. Police
said the taxicab that struck him later
was found abandoned at Fourth and
R streets NV. A colored man who re-
ported the taxicab stolen was arrested
when he appeared at the second pre-
cinct. Although police said he ad-
mitted he was driving the car at the
time Of the accident, he was not
charged. At Emergency Hospital, Mr..
Denham was said to be suffering from
stomach lacerations and shock.
The others seriously hurt in trafic
were Mrs Addie C. Nicely, 80, Temple
Heights, Md, and George w. Back.
A, of 1880 Prospect street NV. At
Providence Hospital, where she was
taken following a collision at Fourth
and F streets NV. Mrs. Nicely was
said to have head injuries, perhaps a
fractured skull. Mr.. Back was taken
to Georgetown Hospital with severe
head injuries. He was injured in
crash at Bank and Prospect streets
NV.
Hugh Kicks, II, Seat Pleasant, Nd,
was injured, possibly internally, when
police reported he ran into the side of
an automobile at Fairlawn, in South
east Washington, while being chased
by friend. He was taken to Provi-
dence.