Evening star., 1951-07-03

lObta1ned from service recredClOH
officers or from Sol Lynn, 506 F
street NV; Harold Green, It'll
Pennsylvania avenue NV. and
Mrs. Anna Lansburgh, 2240 Cathe-
dral avenue NV.
Maryland Driver Dies
In Flaming Tanker
lin Crash al BeItsviIIe
A Morningside CMd.) truck
driver was killed instantly this
morning when the fully-loaded
fuel-oil tanker he was driving
crashed into a parked truck and
burned on the Baltimore boule-
ward at Beltsville.
The driver was James William
Ferguson, SOB Allies road, Morn
ingside, who would have been
"a years old Saturday. He was
the father of four children.
Two other men, occupants of
the parked truck, were injured
slightly. They are Theodore
Kusal, So, owner of the parked
vehicle, head and knee injuries
and Joseph Perona, 10. back in
juries. Both are from Egg Harbor
City. N. ].
The body of the dead man was
taken to the Gasch funeral home
in Hyattsville.
Repairing Fuel Pump.
Mr.. Kusal gave this account of
the collision. which occurred at
about 4:30 am:
He had pulled his tractor trailer
virtually off the highway. headed
south, to repair a faulty fuel pump.
On advice Of County Police Pvt.
William F. Little, who happened
to cruise by, he placed two flares
to the rear of his vehicle. He also
sat in his cab waving a lighted
flashlight back down the highway.
Suddenly he saw the other
trailer bearing down on
him. Mr.. Kusal ducked back in
his cab where Mr.. Perona was
cropping for tools, just as the oil
truck struck the left rear of his
own truck, swerved across the
road, crashed into bank and
burst into flames. When Pvt.
Little came back down the high
way flames were leaping 80 feet
above the fuel truck. The driver.
he said. was pinned in the cab.
Traffic was blocked for two
hours, but the Beltsville, Branch
vile, College Park and Berwyn
Fire Departments brought the
flames under control in Is min
utes.
H Identified by Father.
Il Mr.. Ferguson was identified at
Gasch funeral home in Hyatts-
vile by his father, Walter Fl. Fer
Eguson, 1872 Swami road Sc, a
special policeman at the Census
Bureau.
The victim was a member of
the MorningSide MD Volunteer
Fire Department. He served with
the Navy for year during World
j War II.
i Born at Cherrydale, Va, Mr.
Ferguson had lived at Morning
SIDE for five years with his wife
the former Ruth Lambert OF
Berndon, Va, and their four chill
dren, Richard, 6; Linda, 3; Mar
jorie, % months, and Janet. G
months.
A 34-year-old teleman first class
attached to the Patuxent River
Naval Air Base was fatally injured
early yesterday when car he was
driving left Route 235 in St
Marys County, snapped off a
power pole and overturned.
Motorcycle Police Hurt.
Naval base authorities said he
was Joseph r. Kamikow. a reserv-
list recently called up, who was re-
turning to duty after visiting his
family in Baltimore.
He was taken to the base hos
Ipital. where he was pronounced
dead on arrival.
In the District, two motorcycle
policemen were injured in sepa-
rate accidents on South Capito
street.
| Another man suffered undeter.
mined injuries when he "blackec
out" and lost control of his cal
that hit a Whitehurst freewaJ
beam. He was John Curtin. "a, o1
6102 Macarthur boulevard, Brook.
mont, Md, who is in Emergenc,
Hospital with undetermined in
Juries.
Ankle Hurt in Crash.
Pvt. Thomas E. Miller, 80, o.
, 1924 Green street Sc. and Pvt
; Eugene r. Blankenship, 80, o.
, I2713 Arvin street, Wheaton
, Md, were the traffic division mo-
torcycle officers injured in COLI
sions with other cars on South
Capitol streets yesterday after
noon.
Pvt. Blankenship was goinl
south when his motorcycle was il
= collision with a truck police sais
= was driven by Lonnie Williams, SO
= colored, of the 5000 block of ia.
S street NE. The policeman suf
fered a possible fracture of hi
E left ankle and was treated a
l Emergency Hospital. William
= was charged with failure to Civ
( full attention and failure to Civ
a hand signal, police reported.
'rged in Drive