Smyrna times., 1947-09-04
DEL. COUNTS 4
HOLIDAY DEAD
Accident Near Leipsic Results
In Two Labor Day
Fatalities
CYCLIST HURT HERE

Delaware contributed four deaths
to the nations 421 accident fatal
tiles over the Labor Day weekend.
In addition, one woman died of a
heart attack soon after seeing her
great-grandson hit by an automo-
bile. and 21 other persons were in
jured in highway accidents. AS
traffic gradually returned to norm-
al on highways that had been JAM
med from Monday afternoon to
early Tuesday morning, police said
that Labor Day had been the
states most disastrous holiday of
the year, with the four highway
deaths bringing to AT the number
of persons killed in motor acci-
dents this year.
Dover Residents Killed
The dead are: Albert Cohee, Do
yer, passenger in car which
plunged off a bridge into Leipsic
Creek Saturday night. Mrs. Sarah
Faulkner, also of Dover, another
passenger in the same automobile.
Otis Billlingsley, 39, Millsboro, VIC
tim of a hit-run driver. Clarence
M. Dyer, 35, Dover, killed when his
car overturned on Route 113, near
Frederica. Mrs. Alonzo Evans, IA,
of Bethany Beach, victim of the
heart attack. Although beaches
were jamned with record crowds
-Rehoboth Beach alone estimat-
ing attendance at 10000 = no
drownings were reported. Though
thousands of motorists began leav-
mig Delaware and Eastern Shore
resorts early Monday afternoon to
beat the nighttime traffic jam,
state police reported highways in
all sections of the state contested
throughout the night. The heavy
traffic continued through the early
morning hours on highway and
trains, before normal conditions
were restored.
Autos Kill 266 i'm Nation
Highway accidents accounted for
266 of the nations Labor Day dead,
in comparison with 246 last year.
Also included in the death toll
were so drownings, rs in other ac-
cidents, and 81 killed in plane
crashes. The body of Cohee was
recovered from Leipsic Creek Mon
day. Mrs. Faulkner's body was
found in the car when it was lifted
from the stream three hours after
the accident. Vernon E. Cook,
Cool Springs, near Dover, driver of
the car, and William Thompson,
25, Dover, passenger, escaped
with minor cuts and bruises. They
We're treated at the Kent General
Hospital. The accident occurred
on the narrow bridge at curve in
the road, and Cook apparently lost
control of the car before it crash
ed through a protective rail. Sam
Fox, Leipsic merchant, took the in
jured to the hospital at Dover
Dyer was killed when the automo-
bile he was operating went out of
control on a shoulder of the road
on Route 113, two miles south of
Frederick early Sunday morning.
Road Under Repair
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital. The road is being repaired
at the point where the accident oc-
Cured. The car left the road and
rolled over several times. Dyer
was salesman for the Coca-Cola
Bottling Company, Dover, and a
member of the Robbins Hose Com
pany of that town. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Louise Dyer, a
son, Clarence M. Dyer, Jr., and
three brothers. Billingsley is be-
lieved to have been struck by an
automobile operated by hit-run
driver. He was found unconscious
on Marshall Street, Milford, Sat
urday morning and died in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital of head
and internal injuries. Mrs. Evans
collapsed on the porch of her Beth
any Beach home when she saw her
great-grandson, David Hynick, IL,