Evening star., 1950-09-02
7 Dead in Area
Auto Crashes as
Holidays Start
Mother of 5 Killed,
Family HospitoIized
InMontgomery County
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MESHOPPEN, Pa tP). -
James A. Corrie of Berwyn, Md,
was killed and Jesse Bowers of
Arlington, Va, was critically
injured in an automobile acci-
dent near here today. A funeral
home at Wyalusing said the
bodies of two unidentified
women killed in the same crash
had been brought there. State
police said all four were in
car which was crushed against
a steel bridge by a truck near
this North Central Pennsylvania
town.
Seven persons were killed and
there were numerous injuries in
a series of automobile crashes last
night and early today on nearby
highways crowded with holiday
traffic.
In the latest accident, Mrs,
Edith Stevens, 40, colored, of
Martinsburg, Md, was killed and
her husband and five children were
injured when their automobile left
the highway near Poolesville, Md,
shortly before II am.
The injured were taken to Su-
burban Hospital, Bethesda. The
husband, Alva Stevens, 60. suf-
fered heda injuries anda broken
leg. He and the children, all of
whom also suffered head injuries,
were admitted to the hospital.
Two Killed on Route /.
Two men killed in an accident
on Route /, at Valley Camp, a
few miles north of Dumfries, Va,
were identified as Robert Harrell,
about "a, and his brother Clyde
Harrell, %, both colored, of New
York City.
One of the man was said to
have been hurled into tree when
their automobile left the highway. !.
Four other occupants of the car
were taken to Alexandria Hos
pital.
Three persons. including two
Norfolk Navy men, were killed
near Upperyille, Va. last night
when the car in which they were
riding went out of control on q
mountain road and crashed into
q tree.
Ernest Henry Jones, 26, of the
Naval Operating Base. was killed
instantly in the crash, and Calvin
C. Lyons, 81, of the U. S. S. Sa-
bine, died early today in Win
chester Memorial Hospital. A thiro
man, Vincent Gazlick Of Little
Creek, Va, died at the hospital
this morning.
Woman Killed by Car.
Another fatality occurred or
Route l. nine miles south of Fred
ericksburg early today, when ar
unidentified colored woman wa.
struck by a car and killed in
stantly. Driver of the car wa'
listed by police as Daniel P. Cul'
berhouse of Cherry Point, N. c
Robert A. Lee of Portsmouth
operator of the car that crashed
near Upperville, and his wife Shir-
ley are in serious condition in the
Winchester Hospital.
The Valley Camp accident sent
four persons to Alexandria Hos
pital.
Mrs. Helen Harrell. 26, wife OF
Robert Harrell. suffered multiple
lacerations, a possible thigh frac-
ture and a back injury, while
her -month-old baby La
mona received a cut forehead
Mrs. Mamie Tyler, 48. also suf-
fered a back injury and multiple
abrasions, while Garland Edwards
%, sustained hip injury and face
cut. All of the injured are col
ored and from New York, and al
except Mr.. Edwards were admitted
to the hospital.
Streetcar Hits Ambulance.
In the District this morning, 6
streetcar collided with Soldiers
Home ambulance at Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, sending one streetcar pas.
senger to Emergency Hospital fol
treatment.
Police said the streetcar, east.
bound on Pennsylvania avenue
(See ACCIDENTS Page A-5.)