Highway Dept Held Liable for Mt. Holly Bridge Death
An Adams county coroner's jury found the Pennsylvania Department of Highways negligent for not having signals or danger lights on construction equipment at night near a new bridge over Big Conewago Creek. Wilbur H. Norge, 53, of Mt. Holly Springs, died when his car struck a water tank and a road roller on the Carlisle pike in fog and darkness.
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Wilbur H. Norge
Mt. Holly Springs
Big Conewago Creek
Carlisle Pike
Hampton
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Edgar A. Miller
Adams County
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Highway Department
Robert E. Eisiininger
Cross Keys
Lincoln Highway
Hampton Meeting House
East Berlin
Sisk
H. L. Cleaver
Holly Springs
Cleaver
Paul Zeigler
Spring Grove
David Weaver
McSherrystown
Glenn S. Cox
State Highway Patrol
R. W. Sieber
Aspers
J. Robert Hartman
M. D. Neidick
John H. Albert
Julius Schimmel
Dale March
Rag Picker Basil Whiteleather Dies in York Cold
Basil Whiteleather a 51 year old rag picker was found on a cot in a sparsely furnished second floor room of a ramshackle York building. Neighbors reported hearing movement the night before. Coroner Zech ruled exposure and alcoholism as the cause of death after checking the scene and frozen bottle remnants.
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York
Basil Whiteleather
James Bridget
Mans
Whitefeather
Zech
Refuses Doctor Death Follows Absalom Albert Dies at 80
Absalom Albert of Reading township Adams county died at home at 6 30 p m last Thursday age about 80 he had refused a physician then. Coroner Dr E A Miller cited cardio renal insufficiency as the cause. Survived by wife Edna Parr Albert and son Absalom Jr Services held Sunday at Barren's church Dillsburg with Rev George A Livingston officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery.
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Absalom Albert
Adams County
Reading Township
Albert
E. A. Miller
Gettysburg
Edna Parr Albert
Absalom, Jr
Barren's Church
Dillsburg
George A. Livingston
Burglars Blow Open Pair of Office Safes in York Yard
Burglars blasted two safes in the Mitzel Brothers coal yard offices at York early Friday, taking only a 32 caliber revolver from a ruined box. Nitroglycerin caused a door jam keeping $350 inside one safe, with $300 in damage to safes and interior.
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Mitzel Brothers
York
Iver-Johnson
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