Evening star., 1939-05-08
Fireman Dies;
II Injured
In Traffic
W. A. Bronson Of
Tuxedo, Nd, Is
Killed in Crash

William August Branson, 3l-year-
old volunteer fireman, was dead, and
II others were suffering from in
turies today following a series Of
weekend traffic accidents in Wash.
ington and nearby Maryland.
Mr.. Branson, member OF the Tux
edo CMdD Fire Department, was
killed when an automobile he was
driving overturned after striking an
embankment on Sheriff road, near
Tuxedo. Unmarried, he lived at the
fire house.
Riding beside the driver. John Nc
Kinney of South Cheverly. Md,
owner of the machine, suffered slight
injuries. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital for first aid by the Bla.
densburg Rescue Squad.
The accident occurred shortly
after am. yesterday, according to
Prince Georges County Policeman
L. j. Mackall, but was not discov-
cred until more than three hours
later when milk truck happened
upon the scene. Both men were
pinned beneath the car.
A head-on collision on the WASH
ington- Baltimore boulevard, about
80 miles from the District line,
caused the injury of seven persons,
six of them members of the same
| family.
Jerome Whitmer, a. Of Jessups,
Md, driver of one machine: his wife
and their children, Kenneth, 4:
Gloria, 7; Martin, IA, and Edith, 3,
suffered minor hurts. Hershell D.
Pender, 25, driver of the second car,
also escaped with slight injury.
Boy Struck by Auto.
Benny Arthur, 6, of 26l Sixteenth
street Sc. was under observation
today at Providence Hospital for q
possible skull fracture and treat
ment of abrasions of the forehead
and right knee injuries, which police
reported were received yesterday
afternoon when the boy was struck
by an automobile in the 200 block
of Sixteenth street NE.
Another possible skull fracture in
pedestrian-car mishap was re-
ported in the case of Edward Till
man. colored, OF 2307 Eighteenth
street NV, at Casualty Hospital.
Tillman was hit on New Jersey ave-
nue. near H street NV.
Three persons received minor in
juries in a patrol wagon automobile
collision at D street and Louisiana
avenue at HAS pm. yesterday
Mildred S. Anderson, 26, Of 1901
Massachusetts, avenue NV, and
Hazel Spencer, "a, nurse at Sibley
Hospital, both occupants of the pas
senger car. were treated for shock
and lacerations at Sibley Hospital.
Pvt. Olin D. Rogers, IS, of 246 First
street S. w.. occupant of the patrol
car, was treated at Casualty Hospital
| for shock.
Motor Cycle Rider Injured.
William R. Sans, 23. of sos r
street NV, riding a motor cycle
on the 100 block California street
NV. received fractured knee in
collision with AN automobile yes
terday. He was admitted to Sibley
Hospital for treatment.
Two other pedestrians suffered
minor injuries. They were Rachel
Franklin, 7. colored, of 1850 Nichols
avenue Sc. who, police said. ran
into the side of car in front of her
residence. She was treated at CAL
linger Hospital for cuts and bruises.
E. Erwin Dollar, 36, of l412 Chaplin
street NV, was treated for bruises
at Garfield Hospital. He told police
he was struck by an automobile at
Fourteenth street and Park road
NV.
Jaqueline Fentress, 6, Of 1472 Og-
den street NV. suffered face cuts
in an automobile collision at Four
teenth and S streets NV. She was
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Cornelius Huitt of l Florida ave-
nue., passenger in one of two cars
that collided at Benning road and
Minnesota avenue NE, was treated
for face lacerations at Casualty
Hospital.