Evening star., 1943-11-08
Man, IS, Is Killed
On Road in Virginia;
Many Hurt in D. {.

Emmett Anderson, 65, of Spring.
field, Va, was killed instantly yes.
terday when he was struck by cal
while walking on the road on Route
GIT near Springfield in Fairfa,
County. Va. police reported today
Mr.. Anderson was struck when 6
car, driven by Erving Crawn, 26
also of Springfield, passed an ap.
preaching car, police reported. NJ
charges have been placed against
Mr.. Crawn. police said.
In the District, Miss Frances ]
Campbell, "a, of 500 Sixth street
S.W., suffered serious injuries wher
struck by northbound streetcar al
Seventh street and Washington
drive NV. yesterday.
The motorman was listed by police
as Peter w. Scully, 26, of 3O4(
Cambridge place NV. Miss Camp
bell suffered a brain conclusion
possible skull fracture and severe
bruises and was reported still in g
serious condition today at Casualty
Hospital.
Taxicab Hits Tree.
Five persons received minor iniu-
rles shortly after 6 o'clock this
morning, police reported, when a
taxicab driven by James B. Bladen
35, Palace Hotel, 11O2 Fourteenth
street NV, collided with a tree on
Massachusetts, avenue near Ware
Circle NV. during a light rain.
The injured, treated at Emergency
Hospital, were Mr.. Bladen, cuts on
mouth and knee; Mrs. Merle Lands
1901 N street NV, bruises on knees;
Claudia Tinsley, 80, 1923 Massachus.
etts avenue NV, cuts on eye and
head injuries; John w. Bruffy, 48
1435 Harvard street NV possibly a
fractured nose, and Pearl Greene
80, of North Vernon. Ind, head in
Jurles and fracture of knee.
The tree was partially uprooted
police said
Bus Hits Tree at Laurel.
A Trailways bus driver and seven
soldiers stationed at Fort George
G. Meade, Md, were injured early
today when their bus failed to nego-
tiate a curve and crashed into a tree
near the Laurel, Md, railroad sta
ton State police reported.
Edward Markley, 80, Laurel. driver
OF the bus, suffered a fractured leg
and was treated at the Fort Meade
post hospital. Members of the
Branchville Rescue Squad, who took
the injured to the post hospital, said
Mr.. Markley had to be cut from the
Wreckage by hack saws.
The names of the seven soldiers,
all of whom were treated at the post
hospital, were not Immediately re-
leased by Army officials at Fort
Meade
OfflcialS of the Trailways Bus Co.
here said the bus left Washington at
l2:l5 a m. on scheduled run to
Fort Meade with 35 passengers
They estimated damage to the bus
at about $4,000
Crash Cuts Street Lights.
Streetlights on the west side of
Georgia avenue, from Florida ave-
nue. to Columbia road NV, were
extinguished at 2:l5 am. yesterday,
according to police, when a car op-
Grated south on Georgia avenue by
Floyd Fennell, colored, 30, of 2212
q street NV. ran over the west
curb just north of Howard place anc
collided with streetlight pole
knocking both the light and fix
lures from the pole
MI. Fennell, his wife, Evelyn, 26
and Daniel Adams, colored. 81, OF
Goldsboro, N. c.. were taken to
Freedmen's Hospital. The couple
suffered cuts and bruises, while Mr.
Adams was treated for leg injuries.
Magnolia johnson, colored, So
was injured early today when struck
by a car police said was operated
by Morris Abraham, 46, of 315 Ken
nedy street NV, as she was cross
ing Queen and Columbus streets
Alexandria. She was treated for a