Evening star., 1951-01-22
Crashes Kill Six,
One When Car
Hits dollhouse
Woman Returning
From Wedding Dies
Near Morgontown

Automobile accidents in the
Washington area killed six per-
sons yesterday, one of them a
woman returning to her District
home from a wedding party.
She was Mrs. Elizabeth H. Page,
36, colored, of 2212 I street NV,
who was thrown 80 feet from a
convertible which crashed into a
dollhouse on the Potomac River
Bridge near Morgantown, Md.
Another Washington man, Luz.
ther Jackson. "a, colored, of 3111
Sherman avenue NV. was killed
in a collision on Route l near
Laurel, Md; three members of
York (Pa) family died when a
trailer truck crushed their car
and a Herndon (Va0 man was
fatally injured as he walked along
a Virginia highway.
Four other persons were injured
In the bridge smashup on Route
,301 at 4:55 am. yesterday. The
husband of the dead woman and
driver of the Car, Nathaniel T.
Page, AZ, colored, of the I street
address. suffered chest and leg
injuries.
Manslaughter Charged.
State police charged him with
manslaughter, reckless driving
and driving without permit.
The crash on the Maryland end
of the structure nearly demolished
the dollhouse. BY f1attening him
self against the north wall as he
heard the car roaring toward the
house, Sergt. Robert Burton, 80,
of Bel Alton. Md, the toll col
lector. escaped with a wrenched
back.
Two others in the car, Earl H.
Harvey, %, and his wife, Mrs.
Alice f. Harvey, Is, of 2314 g.
street NV, escaped with minor
injuries. The Pages had acted as
best man and maid of honor at
the Harveys' wedding in Annapo-
lis Saturday.
State police identified driver of
the car in which Mr.. Jackson was
fatally injured as Theodore Smith,
colored, of Baltimore, and said
he would be charged with man
slaughter. failing to identify him.
self after the accident and fall
ing to keep to the right side of
the road.
Driver of the second vehicle was
named as Lyman S. Cranson. 26,
300 F street NV, who suffered
minor injuries, as did four others
in the two cars. Police said Smith
left the scene of the accident but
later went to University Hospital
in Baltimore for treatment.
Tractor Trailer Hits Sedan.
Ernest Harbaugh, about 40, and
his two sons, Stanley Ernest, 10,
and Randolph, IA months, were
the York Pao residents killed
when a tractor trailer overturned
on their sedan two miles north of
Thurmont, Md. at 4:45 pm. yes
terday.
Mrs. Maude Harbaugh, "a, suf-
fered a fractured skull, and al
daughter, Patsy, II, was treated
for shock and abrasions.
State Trooper Kenneth D. Bond
said the truck driver, William c.
Dehart, 81, of Steelton, Pa, will
be charged with manslaughter IN
the three deaths. The truck was
headed south for Camp Pickett.
Va, with load of army cots and
the Harbaugh family was going
north. The truck overturned
sq.rely on the car, fattening the
top nearly to the f1oorboards.
Torch Used to Free Family.
The Harbaugh family was
trapped in the car until a garage
crew arrived with an acetylene
torch.
Eppa Hunt, So, of Route 3,
Herndon, died from head injuries
after he was struck by car at
7:20 pm. yesterday az he walked
along Route so one-half mile west
of Pender.
Police charged the driver, Ray
mond Ats, 26, of the 800 block of
Shirley street, Falls Church, with
a technical count of reckless driv-
ing and released him under $500
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