Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-08
Construction Worker
Killed, ; injured in
Dump Truck Wreck

Edward Drumgold, 40, a colored
construction worker, of 1853 First
street NV, was killed yesterday
when a truck in which he was rid
ing overturned at Georgia avenue
and Ingraham street NV.
Three other workers of seven rid
ing in the rear of the truck were
injured when the driver, Ernest
Haynesworth, 26, colored, of 631 La
mont street NV, swerved the We
hicle to avoid striking another car.
They are Pierce L. Hunt, Is, of
11l2 Montello avenue NE; Oscar
Nance, Is, Of 2437 Nichols avenue
Sc, and Joshua Jackson, 81, of 8O1
O street NV. They were released
from Freedmen's Hospital after
treatment for abrasions.
18th Traffic Fatality.
Mr.. Drumgold is the 25th traffic
fatality of the year. At this time
last year 81 persons had lost their
lives in traffic accidents.
Police said Haynesworth was or
dered held for a coroners jury.
= Another accident resulted in in
jury to a naval officer and inter-
rupted electrical service in the
Bethesda Chevy Chase area for
about an hour early today.
1t occurred when the brakes of
an empty Capital Transit Co. bus
failed at the intersection of Western
and Wisconsin avenues NV. and
the bus caromed off an automobile
and sheared off high tension cleo
trio wire pole.
Released after treatment at Naval
Hospital was Capt. Arthur E. Err
rion, U. S. NJ, 3039 Drummond ave-
nue.. Bethesda, Md, at the wheel
OF the automobile involved.
Transformer ExpIodes.
A short circuit resulting from
crossed wires on the pole caused an
explosion and fire in trolley trans
former at Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street NV. Firemen
quickly extinguished the blaze, but
loss of power kept many lights out
in the vicinity for nearly an hour
after las am.
Driver of the bus, according to
police, was Kenneth E. Cooper, 80,
Of Route /, Burke, Va.
One man was injured seriously
today when lumber truck travel
ing north on the Baltimore boule-
ward sideswiped a parked potato
truck at Ammendale, Md.
Loses Arm in Crash.
The injured man. Richard Allen,
colored, 81, Roseville, Va. lost an
arm and suffered burns when the
cab of the lumber truck caught fire.
He was taken to Leland Memorial
Hospital Riverdale, by a Bladens-
burg Rescue Squad ambulance.
The occupants of the parked truck
were believed to be uninjured.
Maryland State police are investi-
eating.
Three Marine Corps pilots sta
toned at Quantico, Va, were injured
yesterday, one seriously, when their
automobile crashed into a tree on
route l about miles south of Fort
Belvoir.
R. S. Hall, operator of Halls
funeral home, Occoquan. Va, listed
the men as 1t. George Elias, driver
of the car, in critical condition with
internal injuries; 1t. William j.
Schoonmaker, fractured arm and
leg, and Maj. Louis r. Smunk,
broken arm. All were taken to
Quantico Hospital in Mr.. Halls
ambulance.
Pinned In Car. g.
MIR. Hall said Its. Elias and
Schoonmaker were pinned in the
car for about As minutes before he
and his son, R. w. Hall, aided by
passing motorists. extricated them.
In other accidents yesterday and
last night:
Frederick McNair. "a, POI King
George street, Annapolis, Md, was
taken to Emergency Hospital with
possible head injuries after police
said he walked in front of street.
car at New York avenue and Twelfth
street NV. Police listed the street.
car motorman as Thomas w. Nc
Chan, A, 1900 block of Maryland
avenue NE.
John Wasserman, is. 2400 block
OF Tracy place NV, suffered cuts
and bruises when his motor scooter
collided with an automobile police
saids was driven by Dorothy L.
Wyeth, 81, 1900 block of Forty
fourth street NV.
Meanwhile, coroner's jury yes
terday exonerated Bernard E.
Powell, 81, of Mclean, Va, in con-
nection with the death of Chris
TOPPER Gladman, 70, 1435 Good Hope
road Sc. Mr.. Powell was motorman
of a streetcar which struck Mr..
Gladman May 10 as he crossed
Fifteenth street NV, in front of
the Washington Hotel. His death in
Emergency Hospital was ruled ac-
cidental.