Individual Details

Death

FURR. ALBERT L.. of Beltsville, Md. on November 26. 1950, son of James L. and Ruby P. Furr, brother of James, Jr., Margaret, Joann, Donald, Mary, Jean, Ray, William, Dorothy, Jerry, Judy and Fay. Services at Chambers’ Funeral Home, 5801 Cleveland ave., Riverdale, Md., on Wednesday. November 29, at 11:30 a.m. Interment George Washington Memorial Park.
Evening Star, Washington, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950

A 10-year-old Beltsville boy was killed yesterday when he was struck by an express train as he crossed the Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks near his home. Prince Georges County police at Hyattsville said the boy, Albert Lee Furr, son of James L. Furr, a Beltsville barber, and Mrs. Furr, started to ride his bicycle across the tracks, but tried to dismount when the train was less than 100 yards away. The boy’s body was hurled more than 75 yards, police said. He was pronounced dead by Dr. J. T. Maloney, county coroner. James was one of 13 children, police said. The road used by the boy, an old route to the Beltsville experimental farm, had been abandoned, police said. There is an overpass nearby. The boy's bicycle was carried under the Jersey City-Washington train for about three-quarters of a mile before it was brought to a halt by Engineer William E. Carroll, 65, of White Marsh, Md.
Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950