Two Deaths Mar Celebrations of Independence Day; Boy Eats Firecracker and Man is Killed by An [A]Utomobile Truck, p.16
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Two Deaths Mar Celebrations of Independence Day; Boy Eats Firecracker and Man is Killed by An [A]Utomobile Truck, p.16
Description
"Two deaths and the serious wounding of another by acci-dents somewhat marred the celebration of Independence Day here Saturday.
Man killed by truck
Robert Curtis, 1116 Calhoun St., was struck by an automobile truck Saturday and died before he could be ushered to the Colonial Hospital. Curtis was employed by the American Ice Company and was helping to serve ice at the time of the accident which occurred at key and Green Springs Avenues. He had just stepped from the rear of his truck with a piece of ice and was attempting to cross the street when another truck ran him down and fractured his skull.
The truck which struck Curtis was the property of the Fairfield Farms Dairy and was being operated by Charles Somers, white, 233 Cedar Avenue.
Boy May Die
Walter Smith, age 12, 1416 Myrtle Avenue, was struck by a taxi owned by the Premier Company as he was crossing the street Saturday and lies in the Colonial Hospital with a probable fractured skull as the result.
The taxi was driven by Edward Harp, white.
Eats Firecracker, Dies
Charles Wall, age 3, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, from phosphorus poisoning Saturday night. Wall’s death was caused by his eating a firecracker earlier that day.
Although the child had complained, he did not tell his mother, Mrs. Hattie Wall that he had eaten the poison until she was putting him to bed."
Man killed by truck
Robert Curtis, 1116 Calhoun St., was struck by an automobile truck Saturday and died before he could be ushered to the Colonial Hospital. Curtis was employed by the American Ice Company and was helping to serve ice at the time of the accident which occurred at key and Green Springs Avenues. He had just stepped from the rear of his truck with a piece of ice and was attempting to cross the street when another truck ran him down and fractured his skull.
The truck which struck Curtis was the property of the Fairfield Farms Dairy and was being operated by Charles Somers, white, 233 Cedar Avenue.
Boy May Die
Walter Smith, age 12, 1416 Myrtle Avenue, was struck by a taxi owned by the Premier Company as he was crossing the street Saturday and lies in the Colonial Hospital with a probable fractured skull as the result.
The taxi was driven by Edward Harp, white.
Eats Firecracker, Dies
Charles Wall, age 3, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, from phosphorus poisoning Saturday night. Wall’s death was caused by his eating a firecracker earlier that day.
Although the child had complained, he did not tell his mother, Mrs. Hattie Wall that he had eaten the poison until she was putting him to bed."
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N/A
Publisher
Baltimore Afro-American
Date
1925-7-11
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Citation
N/A, “Two Deaths Mar Celebrations of Independence Day; Boy Eats Firecracker and Man is Killed by An [A]Utomobile Truck, p.16,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 29, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/228.