Milford chronicle., 1957-07-12
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them in a two-car collision on
Route is three miles east of Har-
beson.
Hurt at Harbeson We're William
r. Hurdle, u, Milton, driver of one
of the cars, who received a cut on
a toe; Barkley Wilson, possible rib
and shoulder injuries, and EImes.
Wilson, a brother of Barkey,
bruises Of the back. The brothers
were passengers in Hurdles Car.
All were taken to the Beebe Hos
pital, Lewes. Barkley Wilson and
Hurdle were admitted and Elmer
Wilson treated and released.
State police said Charles L.
Schelberg, 80. of Queenstown, Md,
attempting to pass Hurdles car
while Hurdle was preparing to
make left turn.
Both vehicles were damaged ex-
tensively. Schelberg was arrested
on a charge of improper passing.
Raymond Daniels, SO, of near
Georgetown, sustained cuts of the
chin, leg, and head when the auto
mobile he was driving ard that of
R. Bruce Mohler, So, of Columbia,
Pa, eollided on Route 113, five
miles north of Georgetown at LAS
a. m. July 8.
Daniels was treated by George
town physician.
State police said Mohler was
driving north and Daniels south.
Troopers said Daniels car crossed
the center line.
Arrested on a charge of reck-
less driving, Daniels will be ar
raigned before Magistrate Francis
Short of Georgetown today.
Cars driven by Raymond r. By
Ter, Greenwood, and William F.
Thompson, Palatka, Fla, were dam
aged to the extent of approximately
$225 but no one was hurt in a col
lision on Route 13 just north of
Harrington on Tuesday. Byler, who
was driving north, stopped to pick
up a man and the car operated by
Thompson, also going north, ran
into the rear of the first car, state
police at Bridgeville said.
A 101a-ton Delaware National
Guard truck and car collided on
Wednesday at the intersection of
Routes 81 and 20 in Sussex County
resulting in injury to six persons,
three children.
In other nearby accidents a IS
year-old boy was injured in col
lision involving a two2horse team
and a tractor and trailer on U. S.
Route so, two miles east of Cam
bridge, Md, and an Avondale man
suffered broken leg when his
car and a diesel powered freight
train collided north of Avondale,
Pa.
Injured in the Guard truck-auto-
mobile accident were Pfc. Lloyd
Jewell, 81, of Seaford, a guards
man, who suffered fractured skull
and was transferred from the Nan
ticoke Memorial Hospital, SeafOrd,
to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Fhila-
2elphia.
The five injured in the car were:
Harvey Gillespie, 5, of Milford, who
received a fractured skull and was
transferred from the Seaford hos-
pital to the Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington; his mother, Mrs
Margaret Gillespie. SO, possible
fractured skull, fractured should
er and five broken ribs, transfer
red from the Seaford hospital to
the Milford Memorial hospital; her
son, David Alan Gillespie, 10, brok-
en- wrist and deep cuts of the skull,
also taken from the Seaford hospi-
tai to the Milford hospital.
Regina Tingle, SO, of Milford,
driver of the car. was treated for
shock and bruises and held for
observation at the Seaford hospital
and her son, Ronald, 8, was treat
ed for cuts below the left eye.
State troopers said the car was
going to Trappe Pond near Laurel
for a picnic. They said the car ran
through a stop sign at the inter
section into the path of the Guard
truck. Police said the truck was
coming from Bethany Beach, site
of the Delaware National Guards
summer encampment.
The condition of Harvey Giles
pie was reported as critical at the
no1ouyora uocnifal On "Wednesday