Evening star., 1952-03-10
|MechanicsyiIIe GirI,4,
Dies in Hospital as
Result Of Crash Injury

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A 4 year : old Mechanicsville
(Md.) girl died yesterday at .
Leonardtown hospital from in
juries suffered in a auto collision
near Leonardtown.
The child. Mary Virginia Quade.
was riding In a car driven by her
mother. Mrs. Margaret c. Quade.
Police said a car operated by
Samuel j. Faunce. 26, of Palmers,
Nd. crashed into the rear Of Mrs.
Quade's car. He was charged with
manslaughter, driving while in.
toxicated, reckless driving, dis
orderly conduct and operating on
a revoked permit. The accident
occurred Saturday on Route 5.
Faunce and a passenger in his
car, Harold Lumpkins, also were
taken to st. Mary's Hospital at
Leonardtown, where they were
treated for head injuries. Mr..
Lumpkins was admitted.
3-Year-OId Girl Hurt.
Three-year-old Sally E. Fowler
of 1907 Old Bladensburg road, Sill
yer Spring, was in fair condition
today at Washington Sanitarium
after suffering a skull fracture in
an accident early yesterday.
Sally was a passenger in q car
driven by her father, Morgan I.
Fowler, %, which struck a parked
Car in front of TOO Sligo avenue
about 3:l5 am. according to the
accident report.
Police said the owner Of the
parked car was Harry B. Dixon.
jr., lS. of 2Ol4 Perry street NE.
Mr.. Fowler was charged with
reckless driving. He faces a hear
ing March 18 in Silver Spring
Police Court.
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A couple was injured yesterday
when their car crashed into the
rear of a truck on Shirley high.
way near Seminary road in Alex
andria. ......
Joseph p. Bachman III, 10, Of
3709 Military road NV. who po-
lice said was driving the car, and
Miss Fran Suddutb. 10. Of 800 up
shur street NV, both were adj
mitted to Alexandria Hospital
after the accident. which occurred
about $3.50 am. They suffered
multiple cuts and shock.
Police said Mr.. Bachman told
them he fell asleep at the wheel.
Injured i'm District.
Five persons were injured yes
terday when the car in which they
were riding hit the edge Of a
streetcar loading platform in the
1000 block of Connecticut avenue.
police said.
The car was driven by Anthony
j. Sarrc, %, Of 1901 r street
NV. a Georgetown University
Medical School student, who was
sdmitted to Georgetown University
Hospital with head injuries, ac-
cording to the report.
i In critical condition at Emer-
|gency Hospital was Arnold Steck-
Iler, "a, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Will
liam Hargrove, %. a soldier sta
toned at Fort Slocum. N. Y, was
transferred from Emergency to
Walter Reed Hospital with head
injuries. Miss Ann Southall. 81.
of the r street address was re-
ported in fair condition at Emer-
gency with foot and kidney in
Ijuries. Miss Alma Wyvill, "a. 81
5341 Twenty-eigh street NV,
was treated at Emergency for q
leg injury and released.
i Cars Collide Here.
A Florida vacation was held up
by another accident yesterday at
Fourteenth street and Constitu.
ton avenue NV, when Mrs.
Caroline Boxill, 81, Of Bellerose.
N. Y, was taken to Emergency
with shoulder and rib injuries.
The car in which Mrs. Boxill
was riding was driven by Mrs.
Jessie c. Muck. SO. of Brooklyn.
N. Y, police reported. It collided
with another car. driven by Albert
P. Jacobs. 10, of 100 Second ave-
nue.. Takoma Park. Md. police
said. Mrs. Mary Jacobs of the
Takoma Park address was treated
lat Emergency for forehead and
fright knee injuries.
A corporation counsel's hearing
was scheduled March IL on tho
accident.