PHYSICIAN IS FATALLY INJURED
WEST READING MAN'S CAR SKIDS AT 4 A. M. WHILE EN-ROUTE TO GEORGIA
WEIGHED 450 POUNDS
Dr. Conrad S. Reber, 54, of West Reading, Pa., died in the Harrisburg hospital today from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile in Dillsburg early yesterday morning.
Dr. Reber, who weighed 450 pounds, was hurled to the sidewalk when his car skidded and hit a curb. Several ribs were fractured and a lung punctured.
The accident occurred about 4 a. m. on East Harrisburg street, Dillsburg, as Dr. Reber and his wife were passing through, the town on the Harrisburg-Gettysburg road en-route to Georgia on a vacation trip. Mrs. Reber was uninjured.
Noise of the accident and calls of the West Reading physician's wife aroused people in the neighborhood and Dr. W. L. Crawford was called. He treated the man's injuries and took care of him at his home until about 6:30 a. m. when he felt it would be possible to move Dr. Reber. He then called for an ambulance from Harrisburg and had him removed to the Harrisburg hospital.
Mrs. Reber, in explaining the accident, said she and her husband were driving at nighttime and during the cool hours of the morning in order to avoid the heat of the day. She said they were both wide awake and were watching the road closely. They failed to note the bend in the road on East Harrisburg street and Dr. Reber turned to late to avoid an accident. The car swerved and skidded along the side of the road, the rear end crashing into a tree and throwing man and wife to the ground.
Dr. and Mrs. Reber were motoring to Georgia to visit one of three orphan boys they raised and educated. They had no children of their own. Mrs. Reber said the trip had been for some time and Dr. Reber was overjoyed at being able to get started. She said he looked forward to the trip for months.
Published in The York Dispatch (York, Pennsylvania) - Thursday, July 31, 1930.
WEST READING MAN'S CAR SKIDS AT 4 A. M. WHILE EN-ROUTE TO GEORGIA
WEIGHED 450 POUNDS
Dr. Conrad S. Reber, 54, of West Reading, Pa., died in the Harrisburg hospital today from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile in Dillsburg early yesterday morning.
Dr. Reber, who weighed 450 pounds, was hurled to the sidewalk when his car skidded and hit a curb. Several ribs were fractured and a lung punctured.
The accident occurred about 4 a. m. on East Harrisburg street, Dillsburg, as Dr. Reber and his wife were passing through, the town on the Harrisburg-Gettysburg road en-route to Georgia on a vacation trip. Mrs. Reber was uninjured.
Noise of the accident and calls of the West Reading physician's wife aroused people in the neighborhood and Dr. W. L. Crawford was called. He treated the man's injuries and took care of him at his home until about 6:30 a. m. when he felt it would be possible to move Dr. Reber. He then called for an ambulance from Harrisburg and had him removed to the Harrisburg hospital.
Mrs. Reber, in explaining the accident, said she and her husband were driving at nighttime and during the cool hours of the morning in order to avoid the heat of the day. She said they were both wide awake and were watching the road closely. They failed to note the bend in the road on East Harrisburg street and Dr. Reber turned to late to avoid an accident. The car swerved and skidded along the side of the road, the rear end crashing into a tree and throwing man and wife to the ground.
Dr. and Mrs. Reber were motoring to Georgia to visit one of three orphan boys they raised and educated. They had no children of their own. Mrs. Reber said the trip had been for some time and Dr. Reber was overjoyed at being able to get started. She said he looked forward to the trip for months.
Published in The York Dispatch (York, Pennsylvania) - Thursday, July 31, 1930.
PHYSICIAN IS FATALLY INJURED
WEST READING MAN'S CAR SKIDS AT 4 A. M. WHILE EN-ROUTE TO GEORGIA
WEIGHED 450 POUNDS
Dr. Conrad S. Reber, 54, of West Reading, Pa., died in the Harrisburg hospital today from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile in Dillsburg early yesterday morning.
Dr. Reber, who weighed 450 pounds, was hurled to the sidewalk when his car skidded and hit a curb. Several ribs were fractured and a lung punctured.
The accident occurred about 4 a. m. on East Harrisburg street, Dillsburg, as Dr. Reber and his wife were passing through, the town on the Harrisburg-Gettysburg road en-route to Georgia on a vacation trip. Mrs. Reber was uninjured.
Noise of the accident and calls of the West Reading physician's wife aroused people in the neighborhood and Dr. W. L. Crawford was called. He treated the man's injuries and took care of him at his home until about 6:30 a. m. when he felt it would be possible to move Dr. Reber. He then called for an ambulance from Harrisburg and had him removed to the Harrisburg hospital.
Mrs. Reber, in explaining the accident, said she and her husband were driving at nighttime and during the cool hours of the morning in order to avoid the heat of the day. She said they were both wide awake and were watching the road closely. They failed to note the bend in the road on East Harrisburg street and Dr. Reber turned to late to avoid an accident. The car swerved and skidded along the side of the road, the rear end crashing into a tree and throwing man and wife to the ground.
Dr. and Mrs. Reber were motoring to Georgia to visit one of three orphan boys they raised and educated. They had no children of their own. Mrs. Reber said the trip had been for some time and Dr. Reber was overjoyed at being able to get started. She said he looked forward to the trip for months.
Published in The York Dispatch (York, Pennsylvania) - Thursday, July 31, 1930.
WEST READING MAN'S CAR SKIDS AT 4 A. M. WHILE EN-ROUTE TO GEORGIA
WEIGHED 450 POUNDS
Dr. Conrad S. Reber, 54, of West Reading, Pa., died in the Harrisburg hospital today from injuries received when he was thrown from his automobile in Dillsburg early yesterday morning.
Dr. Reber, who weighed 450 pounds, was hurled to the sidewalk when his car skidded and hit a curb. Several ribs were fractured and a lung punctured.
The accident occurred about 4 a. m. on East Harrisburg street, Dillsburg, as Dr. Reber and his wife were passing through, the town on the Harrisburg-Gettysburg road en-route to Georgia on a vacation trip. Mrs. Reber was uninjured.
Noise of the accident and calls of the West Reading physician's wife aroused people in the neighborhood and Dr. W. L. Crawford was called. He treated the man's injuries and took care of him at his home until about 6:30 a. m. when he felt it would be possible to move Dr. Reber. He then called for an ambulance from Harrisburg and had him removed to the Harrisburg hospital.
Mrs. Reber, in explaining the accident, said she and her husband were driving at nighttime and during the cool hours of the morning in order to avoid the heat of the day. She said they were both wide awake and were watching the road closely. They failed to note the bend in the road on East Harrisburg street and Dr. Reber turned to late to avoid an accident. The car swerved and skidded along the side of the road, the rear end crashing into a tree and throwing man and wife to the ground.
Dr. and Mrs. Reber were motoring to Georgia to visit one of three orphan boys they raised and educated. They had no children of their own. Mrs. Reber said the trip had been for some time and Dr. Reber was overjoyed at being able to get started. She said he looked forward to the trip for months.
Published in The York Dispatch (York, Pennsylvania) - Thursday, July 31, 1930.
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