Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bash, Harry L.  February 12, 1936
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Latrobe Bulletin  Wed, Feb 12, 1936 Page 1
Harry L. Bash, aged 29 years, of Tarr, formerly of near New Alexandria, was
fatally injured in a railroad crossing accident at Smithton at 9:30 o'clock this
morning. A loaded coal truck be was driving was truck by a freight train at the
Brewery crossing.
Frank Greig, aged 15 years, and Ray Ramsey, aged 15 years, riding in the truck
with Mr. Bash, miraculously escaped with cuts and bruises, and while they
received medical attention, were not seriously injured. The truck was
demolished. The cab hooked onto the train and was carried 2,000 feet with the
youths still in it. Mr. Bash's body was picked up 200 feet from the wreck.
Mr. Bash was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bash, who formerly resided on a farm
five or six miles north of New Alexandria. Later they moved to Delmont and nine
or ten years ago left there to locate at Tarr. 
The victim of this mornings accident is a married man and is survived by his
wife and one child. 
His parents and the following brother and sisters also survive: Mrs. Henry
Hellman, of New Alexandria; Mrs. Blanche Kersten, of Whitsett, near Uniontown,-
Mrs. Pearl Baldwin, of Mt. Pleasant township and Paul Bash, at home.



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