Evening star., 1940-05-06
; Persons Die
0f|njuriesin
Auto Mishaps
District Official and
Unidentified Women
Are Among Victims

NSS VSsIVtIS V1~tIuS
The death toll from traffic acci-
dents in nearby areas was raised to
three today with the death Of Will
liam j. Keeling, SO, of Rockville,
Md, in Emergency Hospital.
The other two are an unidentified
weu-dressed woman who died in
Casualty Hospital today Of injuries
suffered when she was struck by an
automobile in Prince Georges Coun-
ty shortly after last midnight, and
Henry Oliver Russell, Sc, for 20
years superintendent of the District
of Columbia disposal plant, who was
killed yesterday in Virginia.
Mr.. Keeling suffered fractures of
the skull and shoulder and internal
injuries last Wednesday when his
automobile crashed into the side of
an underpass at the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway and Lee
boulevard, near Arlington Memorial
Bridge.
The unidentified woman, about IS,
wore a wedding ring bearing the
inscription, "R. T. c. to M. E. E." :"
through which Prince Georges
County police hope to identify her.
Was to Meet Friends.
Mr.. Russell. who lived at Cherry
Hill, Va, was crossing the Wash
ington- Richmond highway at Tri-
angle, Va, to meet friends arriving
by bus, when an automobile said by
police to have been driven by Rob-
ert L. Richardson, 80, of Alexandria,
struck him.
The body was removed to Halls
funeral home at Occoquan, where
DR.. E. M. Marstellar, Prince William
County coroner, was to conduct an
inquest today.
=, Mr.. Russell is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mildred Lehman, who made
her home with her father, and a
brother. Bert R. Russell of st.
Petersburg, Fla His wife died two
years ago. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed today.
The woman in Casualty Hospital
was struck about l o'clock this
morning on Central avenue, about
mile from the District line, suffer-
ing a broken left leg, internal in
juries and Injuries about the head.
County Policeman Allen Richards
said the driver, William Tyler, col
ored, 26, Of 514 M street NV, told
police the woman walked across the
road in the path Of his machine and
he was unable to stop in time to
avoid striking her.
Driver Is Held.
She was taken to the hospital by
John E. Ward of Seat Pleasant. The
driver of the car was arrested by
Policemen w. j. Purdy and Richards
on a reckless driving charge and was
released under $500 bond.
The woman is said to be feet 3
inches In height, weighs about 100
pounds, and has dark eyes and
brown hair. She was wearing black
suit with fur cuffs, a white satin
blouse. brown hose and black shoes.
Five d. C. Residents Hurt.
Five residents of the District we're
injured when an automobile in
which they were riding overturned
In a collision with another car near
-Four Mile Run.
Those hurt are Mr.. and Mrs. c. E..
Lawrence and their daughter, Miss
Betty Jane Lawrence, 10, of 1909 K
street NV, and Mr.. and Mrs T. r.
Houston of 1904 K street NV.
All were taken to Alexandria Hos
pital, where they were given first
aid. Mrs. Lawrence and her daugh-
ter later were transferred to George
town University Hospital, while the
others were discharged.
Mr.. Lawrence was the driver of
one car, police said, while the other
was David woodward, 80, of Wood
bridge, Va.
Another Virginia Accident.
Another accident in Virginia sent
three persons to Emergency Hos
pital. The collision occurred on
South Glebe road between Sixth and
Seventh streets in Arlington County.
Milton Devers, 81, of 4203 Six
teenth street NV; Raymond Clay,
colored, 26, of 500 Randolph street,
Arlington, and Beatrice johnson.
colored, %, OF GOT Twenty-seccnd
street NV, are the injured. They
were treated at Emergency Hospital
and discharged.
Philip Finelli and John Cam
panaro of 401 G street NE, who
suffered minor injuries in an auto
mobile accident, escaped further
hurts when a machine in which
they were being rushed to hos
pital with five other motorists
caught fire near Allentown, Pa. No
one was injured in the fire.
Transferred to another car, the
seven persons were taken to a hos
pital where six were discharged
after first-aid treatment. Phyllis
Savacool, 10, of Telford, Pa, re-
manned in the hospital In a serious
condition
Sergt Robert F. Sutton, 80, of the
I'd Bombing Squadron, Boiling Field,
was injured early today when his
automobile crashed into a retaining
wall near Dorsey on the Washington
boulevard
At st. Agnes Hospital it was said
Sergt Sutton suffered decorations Of
the head and possible internal in
juries. Police said he apparently
fell asleep while driving.
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