Harvey W. Shue, 62 year old retired cigar maker of Schaefferstown, was almost instantly killed at 8:45 o'clock Friday evening when his automobile collided with a car driven by Milton L. Hartman, 63, Schaefferstown merchant, on a county highway about a mile south of Schaefferstown. Shue expired within a few minutes after the crash before medical aid could be summoned. His death was caused by a badly crushed chest and a punctured lung, according to a statement issued by Dr. John J. Light, deputy coroner, who investigated the accident. According to the details as pieced together by local highway patrolmen who investigated, Shue was traveling south along a road that leads to the Schaefferstown-Brickerville highway and Hartman was driving toward Schaefferstown in the opposite direction. Hartman reported that Shue's car appeared to be zig-zagging from one side of the highway to the other and Hartman drove along the extreme right side of the highway for a distance of one hundred feet to permit the approaching car plenty of driving space. Shue's car continued along the left side of the road, Hartman said, and crashed head-on into Hartman's machine when the latter was unable to veer any further to the right. Both drivers were thrown violently against their steering wheels by the impact, which virtually demolished both machines. Shue, a heavy-set man, was thrown into his wheel with such force, which, together with his ponderous weight, caused his chest to completely cave in, puncturing a lung and causing an internal hemorrhage, which resulted in almost instant death. Hartman suffered a laceration of the nose and a badly bruised chest and was taken to the office of Dr. Frank D. Zimmerman, at Schaefferstown, where he was treated and taken to his home. The accident was investigated by Sergeant Rhine, of the Harrisburg highway patrol station, who was in this city at the time, and Patrolman F. J. Bonnenberger and G. W. Wilson, both attached to the local substation. The patrolmen notified Dr. Light, who rendered a verdict exonerating Hartman following his investigation. The dead man was a Schaefferstown resident for some time, and well known throughout the region. He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, of Schaefferstown, and is survived by two sons, Wilmer and Leon, both of Reading; two brothers, Albert, of Lakewood, N. J., and Samuel, of Reading, and three grandchildren. [Lebanon Daily News, Saturday November 10, 1934]
Harvey W. Shue, 62 year old retired cigar maker of Schaefferstown, was almost instantly killed at 8:45 o'clock Friday evening when his automobile collided with a car driven by Milton L. Hartman, 63, Schaefferstown merchant, on a county highway about a mile south of Schaefferstown. Shue expired within a few minutes after the crash before medical aid could be summoned. His death was caused by a badly crushed chest and a punctured lung, according to a statement issued by Dr. John J. Light, deputy coroner, who investigated the accident. According to the details as pieced together by local highway patrolmen who investigated, Shue was traveling south along a road that leads to the Schaefferstown-Brickerville highway and Hartman was driving toward Schaefferstown in the opposite direction. Hartman reported that Shue's car appeared to be zig-zagging from one side of the highway to the other and Hartman drove along the extreme right side of the highway for a distance of one hundred feet to permit the approaching car plenty of driving space. Shue's car continued along the left side of the road, Hartman said, and crashed head-on into Hartman's machine when the latter was unable to veer any further to the right. Both drivers were thrown violently against their steering wheels by the impact, which virtually demolished both machines. Shue, a heavy-set man, was thrown into his wheel with such force, which, together with his ponderous weight, caused his chest to completely cave in, puncturing a lung and causing an internal hemorrhage, which resulted in almost instant death. Hartman suffered a laceration of the nose and a badly bruised chest and was taken to the office of Dr. Frank D. Zimmerman, at Schaefferstown, where he was treated and taken to his home. The accident was investigated by Sergeant Rhine, of the Harrisburg highway patrol station, who was in this city at the time, and Patrolman F. J. Bonnenberger and G. W. Wilson, both attached to the local substation. The patrolmen notified Dr. Light, who rendered a verdict exonerating Hartman following his investigation. The dead man was a Schaefferstown resident for some time, and well known throughout the region. He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, of Schaefferstown, and is survived by two sons, Wilmer and Leon, both of Reading; two brothers, Albert, of Lakewood, N. J., and Samuel, of Reading, and three grandchildren. [Lebanon Daily News, Saturday November 10, 1934]
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