February 1940
Events that took place in Fairfax County in February, 1940:
- February 4 – 28-year-old Archie W. Melvin is killed when he crashes the car he is driving into one driven by 37-year-old Thomas E. Everhart on the Leesburg Pike two miles west of Tyson's Corner.[1]
- February 9 – Following an argument with his wife, 33-year-old farmer Medford G. Lick hangs himself in a barn on the Jouett Shouse estate near Vienna where he was a tenant.[2]
- February 18 – 27-year-old Dee Marr VanCott is killed by an early morning fire that starts in his room at the Lord Fairfax Clubhouse at Mount Eagle. 32-year-old Richard Weedon unintentionally kills himself and fatally injures one of his passengers, 33-year-old Thomas Mercer, when he crashes into a telegraph pole on Franconia Road while chasing an engine of the Franconia Volunteer Fire Department on its way to fight the fire. Mercer is taken to Alexandria Hospital, where he dies that evening.[3]
References
- ↑ "Motorist Is Killed; 5 Hurt in Collision On Leesburg Pike" Evening Star, 5 Feb. 1940, Three Star, p. 17. NewsBank. Accessed 19 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Farmer a Suicide After Quarrel with Mother of 3." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 3. Feb 10 1940. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Web. 4 Sep. 2012.
- ↑ "3 Deaths Caused By Lord Fairfax Clubhouse Fire" Evening Star, 19 Feb. 1940, Three Star, p. 17. NewsBank. Accessed 19 Dec. 2017.
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