Evening star., 1941-07-05
Six Fatalities
Recordedin
Area Over 4th
Two Drown as Boot
Upsets;; Two Die
In Traffic Mishops

vicinity died yesterday IN the cele-
bration of a Fourth of July MADE
more hazardous by slippery high
ways. At least II persons were
injured in traffic mishaps.
Two persons. drowned, two died
from alterations and two from
automobile accidents.
In Alexandria, Va, police reported
two men drowned after their row.
boat overturned in Hunting Creek.
They were identified as Hildreth
Randall, 25, of Herndon, Va, and
Elmer Mason, %, of Alexandria.
According to witnesses, Mr.. Mason
stepped into deep water in an at
tempt to rescue a basket of fishing
equipment after the boat capSiZed.
Mr.. Randall, they said, went to his
aid and they both sank. The bodies
were locked together when recov-
cred, police reported.
Struck With a Brick.
In Washington Robert Fowler.
alias Robert Martin, 80, colored, of
1410 Ninth street NV. was struck
over the head with brick and
fatally injured in an alley behind
the TOO block of Eleventh street
NV. following an argument over a
game of cards. Police are search
ing for a 21-year-old colored man
as his assailant.
A crash between two cars Thurs
day that claimed the lives of two
persons took a third life YESTERDAY
when Walter Wink, 35, of Richmond,
Va, succumbed to injuries in Bal
timore hospital. Miss Mary Keke-
nan of Washington, now in serious
condition in the same hospital, was
hurt in the accident. The crash,
which occurred on the Baltimore
boulevard near Savage, Md, also
took the lives of Thomas c. Hall, 81.
Richmond, Va, and Samuel r.
Young, 40, Emporia, Va. Maurice
S. Young, 25, of the Argyle Terrace
was under treatment at UniversitF
Hospital in Baltimore for injuricj
sustained in this crash.
George Davis, 80, of Baltimoro,
was killed while walking along III
Washngton-B Baltimore Boulevard
about a mile south of the Waterloo
State police station. Police said the
driver of a truck that hit Mr.. Davis
continued on his way unaware of the
accident until overtaken by patrol
men. They gave his name as Gra-
ham Berry of Falmouth, Va, and
reported that technical charge OF
manslaughter had been placed
against him pending a hearing.
August WeiSser, 40, Of l767 q
street NV, was treated at Eme. =
gency Hospital for a fracture of the
right leg and abrasions after he had
been struck by an automobile po-
lice said was driven by LoWenburg
H. Moore, "a, of 1929 New Hampshire
avenue NV. The driver was charged
with failing to give the right OF way
to a pedestrian. The accident oc-
Cured at Eighteenth and @ streets
NV.
Police reported that William A
Harris, so, of 58l0 East Capitol
street, was injured when he walked
into the side of an automobile at
Sixty-first and Dix streets NE. at
II o'clock last night. He was treated
at Casualty Hospital for fractured
rib.
Paul J. Martin, SO, and Mrs. Sallie
Martin, 40, both of 705 Quincy street
NV, were struck by an automobile,
according to police, while crossing
the street at Fourteenth and G
streets NV. Mrs. Martin was
treated at Casualty Hospital for
shock and Mr.. Martin for injured
ribs and lacerations Of the arm.
An automobile struck James H.
Bell. so. of 2403 I street NV. as he
was crossing the street at Washing
ton Circle and New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. early this morning, police
reported He was treated at Emer-
gency Hispital for possible fracture
of the hip and leg.
Two Hurt as Car Leaps Road.
Two colored men were in serious
condition and three others we're re-
leased after treatment for injuries
received in an accident on u. S.
Route 211 near Warrenton, Va.
Herbert Green, 80, of the HOO block
of Twenty third street NV, re-
ceived a possible fracture of the
skull and Robert Gartrell, %, of the
23OO block of N street NV,
broken left arm and abrasions to
the leg. Both men are in George
town Hospital.
In an accident on Lee highway
three miles south of Washington,
Charles Donahue and Mrs. Eliza
beth Donahue, both %, of the 2700
block of o street NV, we're cut
and bruised about the face and
arms. Police said the automobile
in which they were riding ran into
a ditch.
Three women, Elsie Nixon, 38, of
the 1900 block of Military road.
Arlington, Va; Lucy Michel, 10, of
Milwaukee, and Mary Kugi, 63, also
of Milwaukee, were injured. none
critically, in an accident in the
1400 block of Jefferson Davis high
way, in nearby Virginia.
Michael BagdaSian, "a, Of l406
Harvard street NV, received a
broken nose and severe face lacera-
tions when his auto went out of con-
troll and crashed into a tree at Largo,
Md, police reported. He was taken
to Gallinger Hospital. A passenger
in the same vehicle, Charles Ford.
%, of 1923 Park road NV, was
treated for rib injuries.
Leon Kuryk, 18, of Baltimore, was
taken to Casualty Hospital suffering
from conclusion and abrasionS about
the face received in an accident at
Laurel, Md.
William Assmussen, 18, of Brandy
wine, Nd, was treated for internal
injuries and a fractured shoulder at
the La Plata (Md0 Hospital. He was
injured in an accident at T. B., Md,
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