Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Woman Dead,
14Are Injured
In Accidents
Mrs. Ann Privott, So,
Succumbs After Crash
Near Quontico

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traffic accidents in the Washington
area yesterday while one victim died
In Garfield Hospital of injuries suf-
fered Saturday afternoon near
Quantico, Va.
Mrs. Ann Louise Privott, SO, of
21O6 N street NV. received head in
juries and a broken left arm and
right leg when the car in which
she was riding with Dee Hammer,
80. Navy Yard employee. struck an
other car occupied by three colored
persons on Highway No. /, few
miles south of Quantico, about Ills
pm. Saturday.
Mrs. Privott was taken to the Ma
rine Base Hospital at Quantico for
emergency treatment and later re-
moved to Garfield Hospital by Halls
ambulance. Her body was taken to
the District morgue for an autopsy.
She is survived by two daughters.
Mr.. Hammer escaped serious injury
and the occupants of the other. ma
chine suffered minor cuts and
bruises.
Throughout the Nation, accord
ing to the Associated Press, 221
persons have met death so far in
the Labor Day week end in automo-
bile mishaps. New York leads the
list with % dead.
Pearl Gibbs. %, colored nurse at
FOL TN1
Manigaulte, IS. IS Quincy place
NV, remained in serious condition
at Georgetown Hospital this morn
ing after the automobile in which
they were riding crashed into
bridge abutment at the foot of a
steep hill between KenSington and
Garrett Park, Md.
Miss Gibbs suffered severe back
and head injuries and Manigaulte
sustained a possible fractured skull.
Kensington volunteer firemen took
the injured pair to the hospital. The
rescuers said the car was a complete
wreck.
Struck in Safety Zone.
Garland Andrews, 10, of Airing
ton, Va, was struck down while
standing in a safety zone at Fiji
teenth street and Constitution ave-
nue. by an automobile which police
said was operated by Jesse Moore,
As, colored, also of Arlington. Young
Andrews was taken to Emergency
Hospital where he was found to
have sustained head and leg injuries.
Moore was charged by police with
leaving the scene OF an accident and
driving an automobile with defec-
tive brakes.
While crossing against red light
at California street and Connecticut
avenue a pedestrian, Charlie Chin
Sam, "a, of 172l Ninth street NV,
was struck by an automobile. A
fractured right leg and possible head
injuries we're sustained by Mr.. Sam.
Katherine Captain, "a, of IA T
street NE. was brought to Emer-
gency Hospital from an accident
near Manassas, Va, in which she
received a broken right arm. Nellie
Oliphant, 80, of 14O6 Columbia road
NV. was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital with fractured pelvis after an
accident on Good Hope road at the
Maryland line.
In a freak accident, 12-year-
old bicyclist, Joseph Duva1l, OF Bla-
densburg, Md, was slightly injured
when he collided with a pedestrian.
Rosario Bucca, of 1898 Bladensburg
road NE, while cycling near his
home. The boy was treated At
Casualty.
Less seriously injured in other
accidents were Evelyn Wildman. 10.
and Doris Wilsoncraft, IS. both OF
1l6 Twelfth street Sc; Emma
Click, %, 40 U street NV; Nancy
Bergen. 81, 1920 Park road NV;
Lillian K. Peck, SO, Vienna, Va;
ROLAND Miller, IS, Arlington, Va,
and Mabel Mourfeld, At, 1343 Cliff
ton street NV.
Killed in Virginia.
Highway accidents in Virginia
took the lives of William Blair, 40,
of Mount Ephraim. N. Y, and VIII
liam H. Hood, 81, and Bernice
Blount both of Richmond. Mr..
Blair was fatally hurt in an accident
north of Lexington, and Mr.. Hood
died when his automobile over
turned on the Petersburg Pike near
Richmond. Miss Blount was killed
when the car in which she was
riding left the highway at War
wick Courthouse and struck pole.
John w. Matheny, 10, c. c. G.
enrollee at Camp Couthat, Va, was
found dead on a Bath County high
way, apparently the victim Of hit
run driver.