Evening star., 1940-01-21
D. {. Man Is Killed
By Auto; 4 Firemen
Injured in Crash
Coptoin's Leg Broken
When Truck and Bus
Figure in Collision

Figure in Collision
A Washington man was killed In
nearby Virginia, four firemen were
injured in a crash between q bus
and fire truck here, and an Army
ofacer and the chief dietitian at
Walter Reed Hospital were seriously
injured in Silver Spring, Md, in
traf1lc accidents last night.
The four firemen were injured,
three OF them seriously, last night,
in collision with bus on their
way to answer an alarm.
The bus, empty and only block
from its destination, was proceed
ing east on E street when it crashed
into No. 6 Engine Co. hose wagon
at the intersection with Fifth street
NV.
Capt. H. o. Bailey was thrown
to the street and suffered broken
leg when, according to observers, the
hose wagon ran over his leg. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Pvts. Steve Pope and B. w. Kline
also were hurled from the truck as
1T travelled so feet under the force
OF the impact. The hose wagon
knocked over fire hydrant and a
patrol box before smashing into
tree on the Police Court grounds.
Pvt. Pope, who lives at 1924 Otis
street NE, and Pvt. Kline of 1912
Burke street Sc, were said to be
IN a serious condition at Casualty
Hospital.
Driver Suffers From Shock.
The driver of the hose wagon.
E. T. Hammill, of 2l9 Eighth street
S.W, tainted on his return to the
station and was taken to Casualty
Hospital suffering from shock.
F1remen at the station said Pvt.
Kline had been the driver of the fire
truck that was involved in an acci-
dent last March at Fourth and G
streets NV. 1t. J. c. Slime was seri-
ously injured in that accident and
ACtACO A1OIl tIlc IOrCc.
The driver of the bus in last
nights accident, Arthur Meade of
Bethesda, Md, said he didn't see or
hear the engines until the hose
wagon caught the front of the bus
and knocked 1t to the curb. The fire
truck was crossing on the red light.
Witnesses said both the bus and
the truck were going fast. but that
the fire engines had the sirens wide
open as they came down Fifth street.
They were on their way to answer
a fire call at Seventh and Constitu-
ton avenue NV. The two wagons
of the company never got to the call,
which turned out to be false alarm.
Both Legs Broken.
Gustav E. Magnusson, 80, of 1856
Thirty-first street NV. suffered
fractured skull and two broken legs
when he was struck by q car on the
Chain Bridge road about half a
mile north of Langley, Va. He was
in taxicab with William Nc
Carley OF Vienna, en- route to the
latter's home about II pm. when
they stopped beside the road. As
Mr.. Magnusson got out Of the cab.
he was struck by . car going toward
Washington operated by John E.
Peabody, 81, of 1913 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
Mr.. Peabody stopped and brought
Mr.. Magnusson to Georgetown Hos
pital, but he was dead upon arrival.
Mr.. Peabody then surrendered to
Metropolitan police at the seventh
precinct and was held for Fairfax
County authorities.
Crash Into Steel Supports.
In the other accident, Col. John
P. Wade. United States Army, re-
tired, secretary of the Soldiers
Home, was seriously injured and his
companion, Miss Helen Burns, chief
dietitian at Walter Reed Hospital,
received cuts and bruises when their
car crashed head-on into the steel
support OF the underpass at the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on Geor-
gia avenue in Silver Spring.
Both Of Col. Wade's legs were
broken and he suffered cuts on the
head and chest. Miss Burns was
not seriously injured.
Charles S. Pryor, So, of 22l5 N
street NV, sustained minor in
juries when his car collided with a
coal truck operated by Walter Will
liams, 36, of 1921 South Eleventh
street, Arlington, Va, last night.
Mr.. Williams was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital. The accident oc-
CURED on Arlington Ridge road just
south of the Arlington National
Cemetery main gate.
Bennie j. Casper, 6 years old, was
struck and slightly injured by
hit-and-run driver near his home,
BIS L street NV, last night. He
was treated at home for a bruise
on the right cheek.