Evening star., 1943-09-08
District Area Toll
In Wreck Raised
To 10 Dead, 13 Hurt

Four more persons from the
Washington area, including Mrs.
Joseph j. Saunders, who was unsc-
counted for yesterday. were added
to the death list today in the wreck
of the Pennsylvania crack Con-
gressional Limited few miles north
of Philadelphia Monday evening.
The District area toll now stands
at 10 dead and l3 injured. Two of
the bodies identified we're those of
servicemen stationed in or near
Washington.
Added to the list of dead from this
area in addition to Mrs. Saunders
were
Second 1t. Edwin B. Updike, Sd,
%, Marine Barracks.
Pvt. George J, Ryan, Fort Belvoir.
Va.
Mrs. Rose Gruenstein. Al, Be-
thesda, Md.
Husband Identifies Body.
The body of Mrs. Saunders was
identified yesterday by her hus-
band. an auditor in the Internal
Revenue Bureau, and a son, Joseph.
A native of Nanticoke, Pa. Mrs.
Saunders had lived in Washington 10
years. At the time of the wreck she
was en- route to New York to be at
the bedside of her sister. Mrs. Ed
win Krast of Brooklyn. who under
went a serious operation Monday
morning.
Still dangerously ill. Mrs. Krast
has not been informed of her sisters
death, according to member of the
family.
Mrs. Saunders, whose home was at
28l5 Thirty ninth street NV. is
survived by four children, in addi- !
ton to her husband; Joseph, 20;
Mary Patricia, II; Robert, IL, and
William, 8.
Funeral arrangements have not |
been completed.
Updike Recently Commissioned.
1t. Updike was commissioned |
only three months ago after enlist
ing in the Marine Corps April l,
1912. Born at Lexington, KY, his
legal address was Birmingham, Ala,
where his mother, Mrs. Cecile Cole
man, resides.
The young officer had attended i
Birmingham-Southern College and
was unmarried,
The six persons from this area |
previously reported killed included |
two marine privates stationed here,
Pfc. Joseph r. Kolb of New York
and Alvin l.. Shunkwiler of Erie. Pa. |
Others were Maj Alfred F. Cole |
man, CO. of 2400 Sixteenth street |
NV, who formerly was associated |
with the British Ministry of Supply; |
John Rufus Hurlburt, about So, of /
25l3 Tunlaw road NV, and Calvin
J. Oberdoff, about So, formerly of |
1901 Fifteenth street NV, and Mrs. |
Helen Chaney, whose husband lives
IN Alexandria.
Mr.. Hurlburt was advertising man.
ager of an industrial paper with of
fees in the Munsey Building. His
widow has been in the hospital with
a nervous breakdown for about a
year, according to friends. and s.
year -old son Is in private nursing
home. Mr.. Hurlburt also was re-
ported to have daughter, Char
lotte Hurlburt, living in New York.
Obcrdorf Was With PWA.
At MIR. Oberdorfs former address
1t was said he had been employed
with the Public Works Administra-
tion, but had left Washington early
last winter.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Miss Christina Nix. Is, of Long Is
land City, heroine of the wreck, who
lived six hours trapped in a man.
gled ctach, had been visiting her
sister and the latter's baby in Lynn
Haven, Va, near Alexandria.
Miss Madge Audley, a friend of
the dead woman, said she was born
in County Limerick, Ireland, and
had come to this country when quite
young. She said her sister was Miss
Helen Walsh, whose husband is
serving in the Army.
Miss Audley said Miss Nix, who
told rescuers to take their time
about getting her out and to attend
to others first because II can take
1t, was teller in a New York bank.
She arrived in Washington Satur-
Gay afternoon for a week end visit.