Evening star., 1941-03-03
Traffic Accidents
In Maryland and
Virginia Kill Five
Two Pedestrians and z
Fort BeIvoir Soldiers
Are Among Victims

Weekend traffic took the lives Of
two men in nearby Virginia late yes
terday, two Fort Belvoir soldiers were
killed in an accident at Natural
Bridge, Va, while fifth man died
at Casualty Hospital of injuries re-
ceived in a Maryland accident Fri
day.
H. C. Burge, so, of 1926 North
Vance street, Arlington, Va, was
struck down by a motorist while
crossing Lee highway at North
Veitch street to catch bus, Arling-
ton police reported. He was pro-
nounced dead on arrival at George
town Hospital.
Police said the driver of the auto
mobile was William F. Young, 81,
bricklayer, 3607 North Seventeenth
street, Arlington. He was released
under $1,000 bond to appear today
for hearing in the County Trial
Justice Court, Arlington police said.
George C. Frazier, 81, Falls
Church, Va, died at Georgetown
Hospital after being struck by an
automobile on the Leesburg pike
near Shreves road in Fairfax
County yesterday afternoon.
Police released the driver,
Washingtonian, without charge, to
appear at an inquest today. Falls
Church polise said they were told
Mr.. Frazier stepped into the path
of the automobile.
IT, CoId;ar. K;IIad
The two Fort Belvoir soldiers
were in a car that collided with a
truck late Saturday night in front
of the Natural Bridge Hotel at the
intersection of Lee highway and
Route 249.
Sergt. Lee Stewart, "a, Company
"E," 5th Engineers, was killed in
stantly and Corpl James Carter
was taken to Lexington Hospital
where he died early yesterday
morning. Sergt. Stewards home
was reported as Oceania, w. Va,
while the address of Corpl. Carter
was not determined, the Associated
Press reported.
The truck driver was uninjured.
Christian Hoffman, 40, Belmar,
N. j., died at Casualty Hospital yes
terday afternoon of injuries
sustained Friday in an accident near
Laurel, Md His wife and 4-year-
old son, Christian, jr., also were in
jured, but have been released from
the hospital.
AIexandrian Hurt,
Aubrey Lee Downs, 18, Alexandria,
was in serious condition in Alex
andria Hospital with injuries suf-
fered when the automobile in which
he was a passenger overturned twice
after a tWo-car collision, Fairfax
County police reported.
Hospital officials reported Downs
condition as fair and his injuries as
a fractured shoulder blade, possible
chest injuries and head injuries.
Fairfax County police said Downs
was riding in a car driven by Will
mot Franklin Todd, II, Alexandria,
which collided with a car driven by
Arthur Peeler, 46, colored, of near
Alexandria. Neither driver was in
| Jured, police declared.
Four Hurt i'm Collision.
Foul persons from nearby Vir-
ginia were injured yesterday after
noon on the Lee Highway at Mount
Jackson when a Washing
ton bus collided with an automobile.
The injured, removed to a Wood
stock hospital, were: Clarence VOL
frey, 80, Clifton Station, internal in
| juries, and his wife, head injuries;
R. L. Wolfrey, rs, head and chest
injuries. All were riding in the au-
tomobile.
Louise Cave, 16, passenger on
the bus, was suffering from shock.
Her condition was undetermined.
Miss Cave, who is employed in Ar
lington, had just boarded the north
bound bus at Mount Jackson.
The bus careened SO feet across
lawn after striking the car, which
was a twisted mass of wreckage.
The bus stopped against a heavy
hedge and the passengers were dis
charged through an emergency door,
the Associated Press reported.
Washington escaped with COM
paratively minor traffic accidents
yesterday. Daniel Dupree, 10, COL
ored, of the 1900 block of G street
NE, received shoulder injuries and
was treated at Emergency Hospital
after his motor cycle collided with
an automobile at Fourteenth and
Decatur streets NV.