Traffic Accident Fatalities, 1935–1945
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The following codes are used in these tables:
| |
Code |
Meaning |
|
Code |
Meaning |
|
Code |
Meaning |
| |
AMB |
Ambulance |
|
A |
Auto |
|
BIC |
Bicycle |
| |
CH |
Child |
|
FO |
Fixed Object |
|
MC |
Motorcycle |
| |
OV |
Occupied Vehicle |
|
P |
Pedestrian |
|
RR |
Railroad Train |
| |
St Car |
Street Car |
|
TAXI |
Taxi |
|
TRK |
Truck |
Traffic Accident Fatalities, City of St. Louis, 1935-1945, Page 12
| Name |
Sex |
Address |
Age |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Coroner |
Type |
Class |
Death Date |
Notes |
| [ unk ], Sister Francis Katherin |
F |
Minnesota 6400 |
30 |
20 Dec 1943 |
12:20 a.m. |
Broadway & Holly Hills |
Accident |
P |
A-P |
20 Dec 1943 |
|
| Skilling, Virginia |
F |
County - Webster Groves |
72 |
16 Apr 1941 |
12:57 p.m. |
Express Highway & Tamm Viaduct |
Accident |
OV |
|
17 Apr 1941 |
526 Garden |
| Skinner, Jason |
M |
Oakland 4560 |
39 |
10 Jul 1937 |
4:04 a.m. |
Gravois & Alma |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Skylanski, Amelia |
F |
Knapp 1605 |
19 |
3 Sep 1942 |
8:35 a.m. |
Eighth & Washington |
Accident |
P |
|
3 Sep 1942 |
|
| Slatan, Frene |
F |
Cote Brilliante 4001 |
9 |
28 May 1941 |
8:30 p.m. |
Aldine 4016 |
Accident |
P |
|
28 May 1941 |
|
| Smith, Bentley, Jr. |
M |
Hadley 2713 |
9 |
28 Jul 1942 |
4:50 p.m. |
Dock & Hall |
Accident |
P |
|
28 Jul 1942 |
RR. Train |
| Smith, Alex |
M |
Flad 4221 |
62 |
27 Jul 1937 |
3:45 p.m. |
Fifteenth & Washington |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Smith, Erwin G. |
M |
Louisiana 5238 |
18 |
17 Mar 1938 |
5:50 p.m. |
Grand & Eichelberger |
Undetermined |
P |
|
|
|
| Smith, Frank |
M |
Ozanam Shelter |
50 |
15 May 1940 |
12:02 a.m. |
Grand & Carter |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
16 May 1940 |
Streetcar |
| Smith, Frank H. |
M |
County - Rock Hill |
26 |
10 Mar 1943 |
4:50 p.m. |
Manchester 4181 |
Accident |
OV |
StCar-A |
10 Mar 1943 |
|
| Smith, George |
M |
Cottage 4304a |
69 |
2 Jun 1936 |
|
Easton & Pendleton |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Smith, Harry |
M |
Pine 1500a |
52 |
14 Jan 1945 |
3:02 a.m. |
Natural Bridge & Salisbury |
Accident |
|
A-P |
15 Jan 1945 |
|
| Smith, Jack R. |
M |
Delmar 4011 |
31 |
12 Aug 1941 |
9:55 a.m. |
Lindell 3446 |
Accident |
OV |
|
20 Aug 1941 |
|
| Smith, James |
M |
No Home |
39 |
24 Dec 1941 |
3:00 p.m. |
Sixteenth 322 So. |
Accident |
OV |
|
24 Dec 1941 |
|
| Smith, Joseph C. |
M |
Enright 4603 |
73 |
11 Feb 1938 |
6:15 a.m. |
Page & Union |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Smith, Julia |
F |
Iowa 4020a |
69 |
4 Oct 1944 |
4:20 p.m. |
Meramec & Minnesota |
Accident |
|
StCar-P |
4 Oct 1944 |
Streetcar |
| Smith, Louise |
F |
Victor 154 |
58 |
3 Sep 1937 |
7:00 a.m. |
Alfred & Delor |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Smith, Margaret |
F |
Virginia 5231a |
82 |
2 Jan 1940 |
12:45 p.m. |
Virginia & Eichelberger |
Accident |
P |
|
3 Jan 1940 |
|
| Smith, Thomas |
M |
County - Richmond Hts. |
44 |
17 Oct 1935 |
|
|
Accident |
P |
|
|
Streetcar |
| Smith, Thomas |
M |
Lucas 3326 |
49 |
30 Jul 1935 |
|
|
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Sneed, William |
M |
Waterman 5204 |
78 |
20 Jun 1939 |
7:52 a.m. |
Lake & Waterman |
Accident |
P |
|
|
Streetcar |
| Snell, Anna |
F |
Henrietta 2700 |
44 |
18 Oct 1936 |
|
California & St. Vincent |
Homicide |
P |
|
|
|
| Sontag, John |
M |
Tower Grove 1633a |
74 |
31 May 1945 |
5:20 a.m. |
Eighteenth & Olive |
Accident |
|
A-P |
1 Jun 1945 |
|
| Soukup, John |
M |
Allen 1817 |
17 |
25 Dec 1941 |
1:15 a.m. |
Allen & Ninth |
Accident |
OV |
|
25 Dec 1941 |
|
| Spagnola, Alex. |
M |
Odell 5369 |
4 |
13 Jan 1938 |
7:20 p.m. |
Columbia & Macklind |
Homicide |
P |
|
|
|
| Spakowski, Walter |
M |
Sidney 408a |
56 |
9 Jun 1936 |
|
Broadway & Sidney |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Splitt, Peter |
M |
Fourth 112 So. |
70 |
24 Dec 1943 |
7:30 p.m. |
Broadway & Elm |
Crim Careless |
P |
A-P |
24 Dec 1943 |
|
| Spraul, Hugo |
M |
Arsenal 1106a |
61 |
2 Nov 1941 |
12:30 a.m. |
Arsenal 1106 |
Accident |
P |
|
9 Nov 1941 |
|
| Spriesterbach, Oswald |
M |
Pestalozzi 5511 |
90 |
12 May 1944 |
8:55 a.m. |
Grand & Pestalozzi |
Accident |
P |
StCar-P |
12 May 1944 |
Streetcar |
| Spriggs, Charles |
M |
Garrison 2626 No. |
19 |
15 Mar 1937 |
11:25 a.m. |
Jefferson & Chouteau |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Squires, June Doris |
F |
Twelfth 2342 South |
18 |
23 Dec 1945 |
8:00 p.m. |
Barton & Twelfth |
Accident |
|
A-2P |
23 Dec 1945 |
|
| Stahlman, Magdelena |
F |
Illinois - Waterloo |
65 |
14 Jan 1936 |
|
Chippewa 5500 |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Stanley, John |
M |
Sixth 815 No. |
41 |
24 Dec 1935 |
|
|
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Starek, Louis E. |
M |
Minnesota 4734 |
11 |
29 Aug 1945 |
9:45 a.m. |
Page 4704 |
Accident |
|
B-Tr |
29 Aug 1945 |
|
| Stark, Jack E. |
M |
Meramec 2909 |
18 |
1 Jan 1939 |
4:50 a.m. |
Vail & Broadway |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Stavis, Walter |
M |
Garrison 1347 No. |
55 |
23 Mar 1936 |
|
Franklin 1817 |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Steele, Finney |
M |
Warren 1454 Rear |
76 |
5 Dec 1941 |
3:32 p.m. |
Florissant 2516 No. |
Accident |
P |
|
5 Dec 1941 |
|
| Stege, Charles |
M |
County - Wellston |
48 |
10 Aug 1935 |
|
|
Open Verdict |
OV |
|
|
|
| Steinburg, Laura |
F |
Vernon 4733 |
62 |
24 Jul 1937 |
8:20 p.m. |
Walton 1205 |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Steins, Harry, Jr. |
M |
Canaan 1011 |
21 |
8 Dec 1938 |
4:20 p.m. |
Broadway 6800 No. |
Crim Careless |
OV |
|
|
|
| Stemp, George |
M |
Natural Bridge 4125 W. |
80 |
21 Oct 1945 |
12:30 a.m. |
Natural Bridge 4111 West |
Accident |
|
Taxi-P |
4 Nov 1945 |
|
| Stenson, John M. |
M |
Hospital - City |
62 |
17 Jan 1943 |
7:35 p.m. |
Hickory & Thirteenth |
Accident |
P |
A-P |
24 Jan 1943 |
|
| Stephenson, Elsie E. |
F |
Maple 5928 |
60 |
9 Sep 1942 |
3:30 p.m. |
Hampton & Manchester |
Accident |
P |
|
10 Sep 1942 |
Streetcar |
| Stern, Marjorie |
F |
Waterman 6170 |
1 |
4 Jul 1945 |
12:00 p.m. |
Waterman 6170 |
Accident |
|
A-Ch |
4 Jul 1945 |
Age 1-1/2 |
| Steuterman, Geo. |
M |
Thirty-ninth 2340 S. |
75 |
28 Dec 1936 |
|
Thirty-ninth & Botanical |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Stevens, Louis |
M |
Vandeventer 1421 So. |
48 |
21 Mar 1937 |
3:15 a.m. |
Vandeventer & Enright |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Steward, Fannie |
F |
School 3106 |
56 |
15 Dec 1941 |
10:35 p.m. |
Compton & School |
Accident |
P |
|
7 Jan 1942 |
|
| Steward, Margaretta |
F |
Cora 605 |
70 |
22 Oct 1941 |
7:30 p.m. |
Marcus 3013 |
Accident |
P |
|
22 Oct 1941 |
|
| Stewart, Louis |
M |
Hadley 1126-1/2 |
49 |
17 Nov 1943 |
7:00 p.m. |
Biddle & Twelfth |
Accident |
P |
A-P |
17 Nov 1943 |
|
| Stiemel, Shirley M. |
F |
Papin 1030 |
12 |
15 Sep 1940 |
8:50 a.m. |
Chouteau & Twelfth |
Accident |
P |
|
15 Sep 1940 |
|
| Stiern, Arthur |
M |
Milentz 4762 |
48 |
1 Jan 1941 |
3:00 a.m. |
Chippewa & Meramec |
Accident |
OV |
|
1 Jan 1941 |
|
| Stocker, Fred H. |
M |
Primm 3652 |
57 |
27 Sep 1945 |
1:45 a.m. |
River des Peres & Primm |
Homicide |
|
A-P |
27 Sep 1945 |
|
| Stoltman, Birdie |
F |
Hartford 4021 |
66 |
10 Apr 1937 |
11:00 p.m. |
Twelfth & Lafayette |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Stone, Henry |
M |
Delmar 5622 |
76 |
24 Oct 1935 |
|
|
Open Verdict |
P |
|
|
|
| Stone, Susie |
F |
Broadway 3115a So. |
38 |
11 Sep 1938 |
12:10 p.m. |
Broadway & Arsenal |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Stoppelman, Anna |
F |
Pointe 5759 No. |
71 |
1 Dec 1941 |
4:10 p.m. |
Natural Bridge & Shreve |
Accident |
OV |
|
9 Dec 1941 |
|
| Storm, Barbara |
F |
Broadway 2313 No. |
70 |
28 Jul 1939 |
12:10 a.m. |
Vandeventer & Olive |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Strattmann, Frank |
M |
O'Dell 6606 |
76 |
11 Apr 1943 |
10:05 p.m. |
Arsenal & Ivanhoe |
Accident |
P |
A-P |
23 Apr 1943 |
|
| Strobach, Fred |
M |
Locust 3127 |
79 |
7 Feb 1937 |
6:30 a.m. |
Compton & Olive |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Suess, Clifford |
M |
Varrelman 4562a |
27 |
11 Jun 1936 |
|
Eleventh & Market |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Sullivan, Michael |
M |
Taylor 1047 So. |
63 |
2 Nov 1935 |
|
|
Homicide |
P |
|
|
|
| Sullivan, William |
M |
Farlin 4279 |
55 |
6 Oct 1942 |
10:15 a.m. |
Eighth & Washington |
Accident |
P |
|
26 Oct 1942 |
|
| Suren, Henry |
M |
Itaska 3509 |
68 |
13 Mar 1937 |
4:15 p.m. |
Itaska 3509 |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Svehla, Katherine |
F |
Ohio 1801 |
66 |
23 Dec 1936 |
|
Ohio & Lafayette |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Svejkovsky, A. |
M |
Twelfth 1830 So. |
42 |
26 Jul 1935 |
|
|
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Swetitsch, Mary |
F |
Partridge 5578 |
71 |
15 May 1941 |
4:32 p.m. |
Kingshighway & Wabada |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Swiski, Joseph |
M |
Illinois - East St. Louis |
38 |
14 Oct 1941 |
5:30 p.m. |
Papin & Jefferson Viaduct |
Accident |
OV |
|
16 Oct 1941 |
229 Exchange |
| Sykes, George |
M |
Market 905 |
62 |
20 May 1940 |
11:35 a.m. |
Seventh & Washington |
Accident |
P |
|
14 Jun 1940 |
|
| Szarzynski, Boleslus |
M |
Third 1811 So. |
72 |
27 Dec 1942 |
2:40 a.m. |
Broadway 1726 So. |
Accident |
P |
|
28 Dec 1942 |
|
| Tabachwick, David |
M |
County - Richmond Hghts. |
52 |
23 Jun 1944 |
6:27 p.m. |
Louisville & West Park |
Accident |
OV |
A-Trk |
23 Jun 1944 |
|
| Tannebaum, Morris |
M |
County - University City |
53 |
13 Feb 1943 |
12:35 p.m. |
Easton 4022 |
Accident |
P |
Trk-A-A |
16 Feb 1943 |
7332 Wellington |
| Tarantola, Martha |
F |
Sublette 2521 |
17 |
9 Feb 1944 |
11:10 a.m. |
Arsenal 4980 |
Accident |
OV |
Trk |
10 Feb 1944 |
|
| Taylor, Cecil |
M |
Salisbury 1421 |
3 |
1 Jun 1937 |
3:40 p.m. |
Blair No. of Salisbury |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Taylor, Ernest |
M |
Garrison 1011a No. |
27 |
24 Feb 1936 |
|
Garrison & Franklin |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Taylor, James |
M |
Seventh 1005 So. |
71 |
28 Dec 1935 |
|
|
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Taylor, John |
M |
Chestnut 2207 |
51 |
25 Jan 1941 |
9:15 p.m. |
Folsom & Tower Grove |
Accident |
P |
|
30 Jan 1941 |
|
| Taylor, Kelly |
M |
Cozens 3505 |
87 |
13 Jul 1942 |
11:45 a.m. |
Cozens 3511 Alley Rear of |
Accident |
P |
|
13 Jul 1942 |
|
| Taylor, Lloyd |
M |
West Belle Pl. 4184 |
44 |
6 Jun 1936 |
|
Eighteenth & Pine |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Taylor, Temple |
F |
Easton 4309 |
75 |
9 Dec 1940 |
6:20 p.m. |
Easton 4336 |
Accident |
P |
|
13 Dec 1940 |
|
| Taylor, Thomas |
M |
Unkown Address |
65 |
27 Aug 1936 |
|
Thirteenth & Clark |
Homicide |
P |
|
|
|
| Teasdale, Thomas B. |
M |
Cates 5830 |
79 |
30 Jun 1941 |
4:58 p.m. |
Clemens 5553 |
Accident |
OV |
|
5 Jul 1941 |
|
| Tecumseh, Roy |
M |
Clark 2720 |
30 |
2 Jan 1938 |
1:15 a.m. |
Market 2746 |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Tennel, Margaret |
F |
Cass 919a |
64 |
18 Nov 1938 |
7:45 a.m. |
Twelfth & O'Fallon |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Terry, Albert |
M |
Garfield 4436a |
58 |
23 Sep 1939 |
5:55 p.m. |
Easton 3309 |
Crim Careless |
OV |
|
|
|
| Terry, James |
M |
West Belle 4021 |
80 |
26 Sep 1939 |
9:00 p.m. |
Vandeventer 1029 No. |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Tessmer, Marie C. |
F |
Laclede 4512 |
78 |
29 Sep 1942 |
7:25 p.m. |
Grand So. of Cherokee |
Accident |
P |
|
29 Sep 1942 |
Streetcar |
| Texier, Jean B. |
M |
McDonald 3720 |
60 |
24 Dec 1937 |
9:45 p.m. |
Chippewa West of Texas |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Thaier, Lawrence |
M |
Frey 1020 |
4 |
25 Feb 1942 |
4:30 p.m. |
Chouteau 1200 Alley in Rear |
Accident |
P |
|
25 Feb 1942 |
|
| Thias, Julius F. |
M |
Holiday 3828 |
56 |
29 Dec 1937 |
6:59 p.m. |
Twenty-first 719 No. |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Thiebault, Edward |
M |
Chouteau 4396 |
57 |
11 Feb 1942 |
5:00 a.m. |
Olive & Twelfth |
Accident |
P |
|
13 Feb 1942 |
|
| Thiesmann, Elizabeth |
F |
Thiesmann Pl. 4529 |
79 |
23 Dec 1939 |
10:00 p.m. |
Bircher Bl. & Bircher Pl. |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Thomas, James W. |
M |
Brooklyn 929 |
27 |
29 May 1937 |
12:05 a.m. |
Thirteenth & O'Fallon |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Thomas, Nancy |
F |
Fifteenth 807 No. |
64 |
26 Dec 1936 |
|
Frankllin 1505 |
Accident |
P |
|
|
|
| Thomas, William |
M |
Illinois - E. St. Louis |
20 |
31 May 1936 |
|
Twelfth & Market |
Accident |
OV |
|
|
|
| Thompson, Alexander |
M |
Sidney 2918 |
38 |
10 Apr 1938 |
12:15 a.m. |
Jefferson & Chouteau |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Thompson, George |
M |
Rutger 3644 |
34 |
15 Nov 1944 |
8:34 p.m. |
Grand & Olive |
Accident |
P |
StCar-P |
17 Nov 1944 |
Streetcar |
| Thompson, Wilfred |
M |
Water 6226 |
28 |
25 Aug 1942 |
7:13 p.m. |
Iron & Missouri Pacific RR. |
Accident |
P |
|
26 Aug 1942 |
RR. Train |
| Thorpe, Precious |
F |
Illinois - East St. Louis |
32 |
11 Oct 1941 |
3:35 a.m. |
Chouteau 3002 |
Accident |
OV |
|
11 Oct 1941 |
1227 Division |
| Thum, Robert |
M |
Terrace 4805 |
3 |
15 Jun 1938 |
5:25 p.m. |
Terrace 4801 |
Crim Careless |
P |
|
|
|
| Thuneman, Harry |
M |
Lafayette 3840 |
76 |
6 Oct 1940 |
7:10 p.m. |
Carter & Prairie East |
Accident |
P |
|
7 Oct 1940 |
|