Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Three Students
Burned 10 Death
In Auto Crash
Girl, Youth Trapped
As Cover Slams on
Rear Compartment

Three Washington high school
students we're burned to death, two
of them trapped in the baggage
compartment of a light coupe, and
17-year-old Arlington County
youth was fatally injured in traffic
accidents in nearby Virginia yes
terday.
Six other persons were injured
in the tragedy on the Lee highway
near Fairfax early yesterday, which
followed party for a group of
high school students at a barn
dance.
The dead were Doris Finlayson.
Is, of 1889 Newton street NV;
Aeneas Anthony Collins. 16, of 1927
Park road NV, and Dennis Bur-
dis, Is, of 1895 Newton street NV,
all students at Central High School
According to Fairfax County police,
young Burdis was driving the car.
Miss Finlayson and the Collins
youth were riding in the baggage
compartment with the cover propped
up. The cover slammed down and
locked automatically at the impact,
trapping them in the burning ma
chine
William Remington, IA, of 1924
Otis place NV, and Robert Carl
ton, jr., IA, of 1908 Nineteenth street
NV, classmates at Powell Junior
High School, we're in the Burdis car
and suffered severe burns, but were
removed by friends in another ma
chine.
Backed Into Other Lane.
AS police reconstructed the acct
dent, the Burdis machine was going
east and was passing the car bear
ing Paul Brewington, 10, of 1873
Irving street NV, and Helen Peter
son, II, of 1889 Newton street NV.
The two cars sideswiped and the
BurdiS car careened onto the park
way which separates the dual high
way and stopped. To get back onto
the road, young BurdiS backed his
car onto the west-bound lane, where
it was struck from behind by a car
operated by r. w. Jackson, 26, of
Aldie, Va.
AS the Burdis car burst into
flames, Mr.. Jackson's machine ran
off the right side of the west-bound
lane and plunged down a 25-foot
embankment.
Mr. Jackson suffered a head in
jury, possibly fractured skull, and
multiple cuts and bruises and was
taken to Emergency Hospital with
his wife, Hattie. %; their 4-year-old
son James, and Robert Gottling, IT,
also of Aide, who were in the
Jackson car The child and the
Gottling youth were released after
f1rst-aid treatment, but Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson remained. Mr.. Jack
sons condition was reported serious
today.
A tin box containing more than
$500 in bills and coin was found at
the scene of the accident by Fred
Little, who lives nearby, and turned
over to Fairfax County police. 1t
was later returned to Mr.. Jackson,
who is part owner of filling station
at Aide and had taken the days
receipts with him when he closed up
Saturday night.
Youth, II, Killed.
William Remington was taken to
Georgetown Hospital and the Carl
ton boy to Alexandria Hospital. The
condition of both was reported Sc
riouS.
Loud D. Laughlin, II, of BIT South
Third street, Arlington, Va, died in
the Base Hospital at the Quantico
Marine Barracks yesterday of in
juries received when a car in which
he was riding with two companions
was involved in an accident near
Stafford Courthouse, Va, yesterday.
With him were Eyre Damer of IL
South Carlyn road. Arlington, and
Joseph Hopkins of Bancroft, Va, who
escaped serious injury.
Four sailors from the U. S. S.
Vincennes, based at Norfolk, Va,
were hurt, one Of them seriously,
when their car ran over the en-
bankment near Woodbridge, Va,
early yesterday and plunged so feet
before 1t struck a tree. which kept
1t from rolling into Occoquan Run.
The driver, .Hoyt Milligan, Is, and
George Babylon were hurt seriously,
the latter internally. r. C. Kump
and w. E. Scroggins escaped with
cuts and bruises. officials of the