Evening star., 1940-07-05
129 Fatalities
Mark July 4
In Nation
Washington Area
Escapes With Only
Few Casualties

though the Washington areS
escaped with a comparatively light
casualty list.
Traffic accidents led with a tcta
OF "a deaths and there were 50
drownings. One man was killed in
nearby Maryland, presumably by ali
automobile, and II other persons
were injured in this area, one ser4
iously. 4
The Washington police ban Cd
dangerous and noisy fireworks sub,
dued the celebration here, but failed
to prevent minor injuries to at least
II persons treated at hospitals for
burns, cuts and bruises.
The man killed in nearby Mary
land was Dominic Turner, colored,
At, of Queen Anne, Md, who was
found dead shortly before midnight
beside Central avenue near Queen
Anne Bridge in Prince Georges
County. He had fractures Of the
skull, jaw and neck.
Corpl. John F. Dent of the Prince
Georges County force and DR..
James I. Boyd, county deputy med.
lcal examiner. were making an in.
vestigation today. The man pre-.
sumably was killed by a hit-and.
run driver.
Perhaps the most seriously in
jured in the Washington area was
31-month-old Carol McGill. 110S
Holbrook terrace NE, who fell from
his fathers automobile on Central
avenue near Jacksonville, Md, yes
| terday afternoon. The child Was
brought TO- Casualty Hospital, whele
she is under treatment for a frac-
| tured skull.
Plenty of Fireworks.
Despite the police ban, Washing
ton celebrators burned a lot of
gunpowder yesterday. Frecrackers,
whistle bombs and huge sky rockets
were set off all over the city.
Scores of the stands had COM
pletely disposed of large stocks by
midafternoon. In Prince Georges
County fireworks were sold by fire.
men for the benefit of company
funds.
Metropolitan Police, acting under
special orders, kept after the nois-
lest celebrants. The officers usually
let minors off with a reprimand
while arresting the adults. Fifty
four of the latter were taken to
the various precincts and required
to post s5 or $40 collateral for
shooting off fireworks.
A Nationwide survey Of fireworks
fatalities by the Associated Press
revealed there were only two ia
talities from this cause, one in
Colorado and another in Maine.
At Fort Worth CTex) fireworks
celebration section of boardwalk
collapsed, injuring 40 persons. At
least 200 spectators fell IS feet.
The traffic death toll for the Ma
ton was under the normal average
of rs estimated by the National
Safety Council.
Mother and Son Hurt.
An l8-year- r-old mother and her
infant son were among those in
jured in the heavy traffic in the
Washington area yesterday. The
mother. Mrs. Anna Ryan of 35O7
Baker street, Brentwood, Md, and
her son. Ernest, months old, were
brought to Casualty Hospital after
they were struck by an automobile
on Rhode Island avenue in Brent
wood. The mother was wheeling
her son across the street at the
time.
Six-year-old Dolores Dennison of
Capitol Heights, Md, was treated
at Casualty Hospital for bruises and
contusions, suffered in an automo-
bile accident near her home yester-
day afternoon
Ruth E. Beall. 27, of 4746 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV. and Joseph G..
Witt, "a, of Bethesda, Md, were
slightly cut and bruised yesterday
afternoon when their automobile
skidded in the 1900 block of Wis
consin avenue NV. and struck a
pole.
Reckless Driving Charged.
Four young Washington residents
were injured last night when an au-
tomobile driven, police said, by
David S. Mobley. %, of 2013 Hillyer
place NV, struck a parked car
owned by Bradley B. Smith of For
est Glen, Md, on the Colesville pike
in Silver Spring.
Mr.. Mobley received scalp lacera-
tlons, while Miss Marian NTH, %,
OF 4707 Connecticut avenue NV.
suffered cuts about the face; Miss
Billie Lanston, %, 1417 Park road
NV, bruises and shock, and Doug
las Baker, %, 144S Park road NV.
bruises about the body.
They were treated at the Wash.
ington Sanitarium in Takoma Park,
Md. Montgomery County Police
men Ralph Howard and William
Broschart placed a charge of reck-
less driving against Mr.. Mobley.
Those treated at local hospitals
Tor burns from fireworks included
Baird Snyder, II, of Chevy Chase,
Md; Melvin Weaver, 10, 48OO block
of Wisconsin avenue NV, and Peter
Massano, 26, Arlington, Va, treated
at Emergency Hospital
James Newton, 7, of 327 c street
Sc, and Ruby Perry, 8, of 1903
D street NE, were treated at Provi-
dence Hospital; James Powers, S, of
17O9 West Virginia avenue NE,
treated at Sibley Hospital; Oscar
Chernofsky, Is, of the 1900 block of
K street NE; Maggie Bell Givens,
Z, OF 536 New Jersey avenue NV:
William Van Dyke, 16, of 1905 B
street Sc, and Robert Pace, IA, 100
block of Fifth street S. E.; Ed Rea-
gan, Is, of the 600 block of E street
NE; Peggy Kelly, II, of the 1900
block of r street NE; Bernice Stew
art, II, 1902 A street NE; Dolores
Ruth, of 407 East Capitol street:
Bessie Mae Rlack % of e1o Na1lar