Sunday, November 28, 2010

Death of Harry Wasilchak (1894-1929)


Scranton Times Annual
15 Jan 1929
JESSUP DAIRY OWNER IS KILLED IN MOTOR CRASH
"WASILCHAK'S CAR PLUNGES OVER 15-FOOT BANK ON MONTDALE ROAD - FOUND BY PASSERBY
Harry Wasilchak, thirty-eight, of 208 Hand-street, Jessup, proprietor of the Jessup Dairy, was instantly killed last night about 10 o'clock when the truck he was operating plunged over a fifteen foot embankment on the Montdale Road.
The wrecked truck and Wasilchak's body were found by Charles Brown, of Peckville, as he passed along the highway in his automobile. Constable Ralph Hunt, of Chapman Lake, was notified and he made an investigation.
The body was removed to the Turko morgue, where it was examined by Deputy Coroner Murray Finkelstein. Wasilchak, who is survived by his widow, and four children was widely known throughout the mid-valley."