Evening star., 1947-03-17
Naval Worker
And Woman Die
In nAutoCrashes
Stenogrupher Riding
Home to Baltimore
Killed as Car Hits Bus

A Baltimore Stenographer and
an employe Of the Naval Gun
Factory were killed in separate
automobile accidents in the
Washington area this morning
and yesterday.
The dead:
Miss Rose Mary Quinn. "a, OF
Baltimore.
Albert Welch Adams, "a, of Fair
fax Station, Va, employe of the
Naval Gun Factory.
Miss Quinn was returning to Bal
timore with James e. Casey, 36, also
of Baltimore, when their automo-
bile collided with Capital Transit
Co. bus about am. today at
Thirteenth street and Maryland
avenue NE. Miss Quinn had spent
Sunday with her sister, Miss Mar
garet Quinn, a dental assistant who
lives at 314 Second street NE.
Driver Not Injured.
Mr.. Casey was not injured. Miss
Quinn died at Casualty Hospital
several hours after the accident.
Besides her sister, she leaves her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Quinn Of Keyser, w. Va; two BROTH
ers, Francis j. Quinn and Thomas
Quinn Of Keyser, and another sister,
Miss Katherine Quinn, an Army
nurse now in Germany.
Mr.. Casey was held for action
OF the coroner and charged with
colliding. The driver of the bus
was listed by police as Melvin B.
Sayer, jr, of 1874 Lewis street NE
Her death brings the total of
traffic deaths in the District to 16
this year. At the same time last
year 9 persons had been killed. A
total of 70 were killed last year.
Car Leaves Road.
Mr.. Adams, the father of four
children, was killed when his car
left the road yesterday afternoon on
Route 423, about a mile south of
Fairfax, county police reported. He
was pronounced dead on arrival at
Arlington Hospital.
William r. Harwood, 10, of 1907
Girard street NE, and William
David McCampbell, 81, of 210 Over
look drive, Silver Spring, were in
jured yesterday in a motor cycle ac-
cident on New Hampshire avenue
extended, near Avenel, according to
Silver Spring police.
Police said Mr.. Harwood started
to turn his motorcycle around and
struck Mr.. McCampbel who was
following him on another motor
cycle.
Mr.. Harwood was admitted to
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park, suffering with a compound
fracture of the left leg and thigh.
Mr.. McCampbell was treated for
face cuts.
Car Catches Fire After Crash.
Three men escaped serious injury
when the automobile in which they
we're riding caught fire after col
lision with a taxicab at Potomac
avenue and Sixteenth street Sc.
yesterday. Firemen extinguished
the blaze before much damage re-
suited.
All three men were treated at
Gallinger Hospital and released.
They were James G. Ellis, 27, 3746
Foote street NE; Edward Patter-
son, %, 1919 Vermont avenue NV,
and Joe Thomas, %, 1872 H place
NE, all colored.
Police said the driver of the taxi
cab, Raleigh Jackson, 81. colored,
29o9 Pomeroy road Sc, and pas
senger, Miss Margaret Spencer, "a.
colored, 1920 Twenty first street
NE, also we're treated at Gallinger
Hospital for minor injuries and re-
leased.
George R. Simms, 80, colored, of
the 200 block of Brooks court NV.
was charged by police with being
drunk after he walked into the path
Of motorcycle at New Jersey ave-
nue. and N street NV. yesterday.
He suffered head lacerations. Police
said the driver of the motorcycle
was Jacob Bemory, jr., 38, colored,
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