Milford chronicle., 1957-08-02
II Are Killed Many Hurt
In Peninsula Accidents
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driving crashed into a railways
bus on Route 40 near North East,
Md.
Robert l. Lewis, 81, of New York
City, killed in the same accident.
John Comitini, about so, Of
BrooklyE, n. Y, killed in the same
accident
Badger was pronounced dead on
arrival at Beebe Hospital, Lewes,
at 1870 D. m last Saturday from
shock sustained when hit by an
automobile on the Dewey Beach
cutoff. State police said James L..
Farenn, Milton, driver of the car,
was blinded by headlights of an
other car.
The accident occurred 24O feet
west of the drawbridge over the
Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. Badger S
body was released to Sussex COun-
ty Coroner VoIlie Gray, MillsborO.
Murphy was killed as he was
driving west, just west of EiktOn.
and failed to make turn in the
road.
Murphy is the son of Mayor and
Mrs William R. Murphy, Sr., of
Milford.
Everett Shupe, 80, also of New
ark, a passenger in Murphy's car,
received severe cuts of the head, a
fractured skull, and fractured left
leg. His condition at Union Hospi-
tai in Elkton is fair, according to
reports.
Murphy's funeral was held at z
b. m, Wednesday, at the William
A. Berry Funeral Home, Milford
The Rev. F. Douglas Milbury, pas
tor of Calvary Methodist Church
officiated. Interment in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery, Milford.
A graduate of Milford High
School and veteran of World War
II, Murphy was a member of Mil
ford's Blue Hen Post, VFW. and
was employed for II years at the
Dupont Company's Seaford nylon
plant He had been operating an ice
cream bar at Newark for. the past
few years.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred
Murphy; two children, William r
Murphy, III, 9, and Patricia, 4.
and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Lingo
of Milford and Mrs. Everett Har-
ringtOn of Harrington.
Yerger and his wife were killed
in a car that went through a stoT
sign and was struck brOadside by
another automobile at the inter
section of State Routes and "a
about eight miles northeast of
MillsbOro.
Arthur Reed, 54, of Schwenks-
vile, Pa, driver of the car, was
placed under $4,000 bail on q
charge of manslaughter and also
charged with failing to stop at e
stop sign.
Donald Green, 40, of Claymont
was driving the other car. Both
vehicles were demolished.
Green and his wife, Violet, As
and a fourth passenger in Reeds
car, Miss Helen Grauthamel, 55
Of Schwenksville, were taken to
Beebe Hospital Mr.. and Mrs. Green
were released after treatment The
condition of Miss Grauthamel is
good today.
In the Accomac, Va, two-car
collision, four passengers were
killed-three of them instantly
and both drivers were hOspitalized.
State police said the wreck oc-
Cured at 1915, a. M, Sunday, on
State Route sos at the intersection
of Route 701, one mile south of
Jenkins Bridge in Accomac Coun-
ty on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Police said the three teenagers
killed White, Linton, and Goodwin
were passengers in a 1949 model
sedan operated by Jimmy Wilmor
of Sanford, Va.
Austin, the other fatality was a
Austin, the other fatality, was a
driver by Samuel Dorsey of Hall
wood. Va.
Both drivers, the only survivors
were hospitalized at Accomac-
Northampton Hospital at Nassa-
wadox, Va.
Trooper ]. S. Baird said Austin,
White and Linton were killed out
right in the crash. Goodwin was
dead on arrival at the hospital
State police said the high school
boys car apparently ran through
a stop sign shortly after midnight.
The car hit the right front of a
car in which two men were riding.
bounced off and landed in a ditch
at the other side of the 'intersec-