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Harper Bast

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Harper Bast

Birth
Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Jan 1901 (aged 28)
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Find A Grave contributor Pat D. has made a suggestion
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried an article of his accidental death in Reading, with an illustration of the circumstances, and his obituary on January 13, 1901. Page 1. Excerpted as follows:

"Killed by a Falling Log from a Telephone Pole"
"Dropped by a Lineman from a height of 60 Feet-Landed on the head of Harper Bast, Who Was Passing at the Time- His Death in Ten Minutes."

Deceased was born in Kutztown, and is survived by a brother Roger of that place; a brother Charles of Lebanon; and a sister Lillie of the West. His parents preceded him in death several years.
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Find A Grave contributor Pat D. has made a suggestion
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The Reading Eagle Newspaper carried an article of his accidental death in Reading, with an illustration of the circumstances, and his obituary on January 13, 1901. Page 1. Excerpted as follows:

"Killed by a Falling Log from a Telephone Pole"
"Dropped by a Lineman from a height of 60 Feet-Landed on the head of Harper Bast, Who Was Passing at the Time- His Death in Ten Minutes."

Deceased was born in Kutztown, and is survived by a brother Roger of that place; a brother Charles of Lebanon; and a sister Lillie of the West. His parents preceded him in death several years.
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