Evening star., 1951-06-30
% THE EVENING STAR
Kill
Retired Printer
And DC. Girl, II
Truck and Wagon
Figure in Collisions
On Nearby Roads
washington, D. G.
SATURDAY. JUNE 80. 1861

tNS&sSI N0A&S
Two automobile smashups on
nearby highways have caused the
deaths Of a young Coolidge High
School girl graduate and q re-
tired printer.
Miss Mary H. Basiliko. II. of
6211 Eighth street NV. was killed
instantly yesterday near Warren
ton, Va. when the automobile in
which she was riding rammed a
tractor drawn wagon. Her father,
Oscar Basiliko, is q Washington
investment broker.
Fenton w. Crown, So, Of 126
Kentucky avenue Sc, died in the
Peninsula General Hospital at
Salisbury, Md. Thursday night
after the car in which he was
riding collided with a truck near
Westover, Md. A printer for more
than so years. he retired in 1948.
Struck by Board.
Virginia State Trooper L. E.
Wetsel said Miss Basiliko was en-
route to Washington in an auto
mobile driven by Theodore A.
1vey. 10. of 728 Roxboro place
NV. when the car struck the
dirt-laden wagon. A board from
the wagon smashed through the
windshield, striking the girl. he
added.
-...r car overturned and plunged
into a field, slightly injuring an
other passenger, Robert F. Man.
zanares. %, 8718 Cameron street,
Silver Spring.
Police charged Mr.. Ivey with
reckless driving and operating an
automobile on revoked permit.
A hearing was set for July 13 at
Warrenton.
Miss Basiliko was graduated
from Coolidge High School last
year. After attending a private
school in Bristol, Va, for a semes-
ter. she began working in her
fathers Office.
Victim on Fishing Trip.
Mr.. Crown was on a fishing trip
with a friend. Harry M. Freeman,
So. of 1926 Sixteenth street Sc,
who was driving. They were on
fthe way to CriSf1eld, Md.
Police said the car collided with
a vegetable truck driven by Clar-
ence Miles. So. of Westover, Md,
lat a junction near Westover. Mr..
Freeman's car smashed into pole
after the crash. He was not hurt.
Mr.. Crown was taken to the
Salisbury Hospital and died five
thours later. He suffered fractured
ribs and punctured lung.
A native of the District, Mr..
Crown had worked for the Law
Reporter Printing Co. for more
than 40 years. His last position
was with the Doyle Printing Co.
HE is survived by three sons, Fem
Iton w. Crown, jr., of 1888 Ely
lplace Sc; Arthur B. Crown, 1915
Twenty-third street Sc, and
Stanley C.. Crown, 116 Fourth
street Sc; a daughter, Mrs. Vir-
gi1lia Kuzma of Tampa, Fla; IA
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Two Children Hurt.
Two children were hurt in acci-
dents in the District yesterday.
police reported.
John B. Murphy, 6, Of ATS
Orange street Sc. was struck by
an automobile driven by Sergt.
Richard L. Post, 26, of Boiling Air
Force Base. at Nichols avenue and
Portland street Sc. The boy was
admitted to the Boiling Hospital
with head injuries and broken
collarbone.
Sergt. Post was charged with
failing to give full time and at
tention to his driving and posted
500 collateral for an appearance
August is in Municipal Court.
Ted Lawshe, Is. of $500 Sixth
street NV. was riding his bicycle
at Eighth and Underwood streets
NV. when he collided with an
automobile driven by John w
cooper, 81, of 301 Dearborn ave.
nue., Silver Spring. He was ad-
.mitted to Washington Sanitarium
with a broken collarbone ane
head injuries.
Couple in Truck Injured.
A District couple was admitted
to Suburban Hospital after thei
panel truck ran off Beech roat
just over the District Line in Be
thesda and crashed into a tire,
early today.
Police identified the injure,
persons as Mr.. and Mrs. Eli
Scarboro, of the 1700 block O
Euclid street NV. Mrs. Scarbore
%, suffered face and abdomina
cuts and bruises of the knee an,
chest. Mr.. Scarboro, 81, was suf
fering from shock and cuts o
the legs and elbow.
Police said the man was at tn
wheel of the panel truck, which
knocked down one tree eigh
inches in diameter before striking
q larger one.
Monticello Guard Unit