Harvey M. Aughinbaugh, 73, of 139 East Washington Street, retired Chambersburg grocer, was struck and fatally injured by an automobile on Philadelphia Avenue, near Commerce Street, at 6:30 o'clock last evening. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Chambersburg Hospital in the Good Will ambulance.
Aughinbaugh had attended the oyster supper given by the Alpha Vowmen's Bible Class of Trinity Lutheran Church and was apparently on his way across the street to board the northbound bus, which returns to the southern section of town by way of Broad and Second Streets, when the accident happened.
Coroner S. D. Shull, making arrangements for an inqest to be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Sellers Funeral Home, swore in this jury, John D. Schaal, Charles C. Heeb, W. H. Shank, Harry A. Walker, Earle McL Miller and Shirley J. Zarger.
Dr. Shull said that Aughinbaugh had sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and internal injuries.
Borough police detained the driver of the car, Isaac F. Huggins, 53, Bainbridge, Lancaster County, until the fatality was investigated by Dr. Shull and Deputy Coroner Frank J. Corbett, Fayetteville. Huggins was then released on his own recognizance for his appearance at the inquest.
The report of Patrolman Earl E. Shrader and Paul L. Grimes indicated that Aughinbaugh stepped from the west curb of Philadelphia Avenue, about 60 feet north of Commerce Street, crossed in front of a southbound vehicle and walked into the path of the northbound Huggins car.
Hussins, an employee of the J. E. Baker Co., York, told police he had been to Inwood, W. Va., to visit his sick mother and had left Inwood early in order to make a leisurely trip home. He told police that he was alone and was driving not over 25 miles an hour and that he did not see Aughinbaugh until he was about three feet in front of the car, and that he did not at first recognize the figure as that of a men.
The car was stopped, police said, in about a half car length. Unsuccessful in efforts to secure the services of a crane to raise the car, several men in the crowd lifted the car from Aughinbaugh's body.
Jacob R. Mummau, Mt. Joy, R. R. 2, told police that his car was following the Huggins auto and that the latter was moving between 20 and 25 miles per hour. Mummau said that he saw Aughinbaugh step from the curb, pass in front of the southbound car and into the path of the Huggins car.
Aughinbaugh was the manager of the Pen-Mar Grocery Store in Broad Street for several years, then operated his own store in South Main Street, near the Thaddeus Stevens School. He was employed at various times over a period of five years in a cerical capacity by the George Sites plumbing Firm, retiring in August of 1943 as bookkeeper.
He was born January 17, 1871, and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Allen, 249 South Main Street, whose husband, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Allen, is stationed with the Army at Fort Knox, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Peterman, East Queen Street, and five grandchildren.
Burial will be Monday in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.
Public Opinion Newspaper
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
December 1, 1944
Aughinbaugh had attended the oyster supper given by the Alpha Vowmen's Bible Class of Trinity Lutheran Church and was apparently on his way across the street to board the northbound bus, which returns to the southern section of town by way of Broad and Second Streets, when the accident happened.
Coroner S. D. Shull, making arrangements for an inqest to be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Sellers Funeral Home, swore in this jury, John D. Schaal, Charles C. Heeb, W. H. Shank, Harry A. Walker, Earle McL Miller and Shirley J. Zarger.
Dr. Shull said that Aughinbaugh had sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and internal injuries.
Borough police detained the driver of the car, Isaac F. Huggins, 53, Bainbridge, Lancaster County, until the fatality was investigated by Dr. Shull and Deputy Coroner Frank J. Corbett, Fayetteville. Huggins was then released on his own recognizance for his appearance at the inquest.
The report of Patrolman Earl E. Shrader and Paul L. Grimes indicated that Aughinbaugh stepped from the west curb of Philadelphia Avenue, about 60 feet north of Commerce Street, crossed in front of a southbound vehicle and walked into the path of the northbound Huggins car.
Hussins, an employee of the J. E. Baker Co., York, told police he had been to Inwood, W. Va., to visit his sick mother and had left Inwood early in order to make a leisurely trip home. He told police that he was alone and was driving not over 25 miles an hour and that he did not see Aughinbaugh until he was about three feet in front of the car, and that he did not at first recognize the figure as that of a men.
The car was stopped, police said, in about a half car length. Unsuccessful in efforts to secure the services of a crane to raise the car, several men in the crowd lifted the car from Aughinbaugh's body.
Jacob R. Mummau, Mt. Joy, R. R. 2, told police that his car was following the Huggins auto and that the latter was moving between 20 and 25 miles per hour. Mummau said that he saw Aughinbaugh step from the curb, pass in front of the southbound car and into the path of the Huggins car.
Aughinbaugh was the manager of the Pen-Mar Grocery Store in Broad Street for several years, then operated his own store in South Main Street, near the Thaddeus Stevens School. He was employed at various times over a period of five years in a cerical capacity by the George Sites plumbing Firm, retiring in August of 1943 as bookkeeper.
He was born January 17, 1871, and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Allen, 249 South Main Street, whose husband, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Allen, is stationed with the Army at Fort Knox, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Peterman, East Queen Street, and five grandchildren.
Burial will be Monday in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.
Public Opinion Newspaper
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
December 1, 1944
Harvey M. Aughinbaugh, 73, of 139 East Washington Street, retired Chambersburg grocer, was struck and fatally injured by an automobile on Philadelphia Avenue, near Commerce Street, at 6:30 o'clock last evening. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Chambersburg Hospital in the Good Will ambulance.
Aughinbaugh had attended the oyster supper given by the Alpha Vowmen's Bible Class of Trinity Lutheran Church and was apparently on his way across the street to board the northbound bus, which returns to the southern section of town by way of Broad and Second Streets, when the accident happened.
Coroner S. D. Shull, making arrangements for an inqest to be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Sellers Funeral Home, swore in this jury, John D. Schaal, Charles C. Heeb, W. H. Shank, Harry A. Walker, Earle McL Miller and Shirley J. Zarger.
Dr. Shull said that Aughinbaugh had sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and internal injuries.
Borough police detained the driver of the car, Isaac F. Huggins, 53, Bainbridge, Lancaster County, until the fatality was investigated by Dr. Shull and Deputy Coroner Frank J. Corbett, Fayetteville. Huggins was then released on his own recognizance for his appearance at the inquest.
The report of Patrolman Earl E. Shrader and Paul L. Grimes indicated that Aughinbaugh stepped from the west curb of Philadelphia Avenue, about 60 feet north of Commerce Street, crossed in front of a southbound vehicle and walked into the path of the northbound Huggins car.
Hussins, an employee of the J. E. Baker Co., York, told police he had been to Inwood, W. Va., to visit his sick mother and had left Inwood early in order to make a leisurely trip home. He told police that he was alone and was driving not over 25 miles an hour and that he did not see Aughinbaugh until he was about three feet in front of the car, and that he did not at first recognize the figure as that of a men.
The car was stopped, police said, in about a half car length. Unsuccessful in efforts to secure the services of a crane to raise the car, several men in the crowd lifted the car from Aughinbaugh's body.
Jacob R. Mummau, Mt. Joy, R. R. 2, told police that his car was following the Huggins auto and that the latter was moving between 20 and 25 miles per hour. Mummau said that he saw Aughinbaugh step from the curb, pass in front of the southbound car and into the path of the Huggins car.
Aughinbaugh was the manager of the Pen-Mar Grocery Store in Broad Street for several years, then operated his own store in South Main Street, near the Thaddeus Stevens School. He was employed at various times over a period of five years in a cerical capacity by the George Sites plumbing Firm, retiring in August of 1943 as bookkeeper.
He was born January 17, 1871, and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Allen, 249 South Main Street, whose husband, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Allen, is stationed with the Army at Fort Knox, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Peterman, East Queen Street, and five grandchildren.
Burial will be Monday in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.
Public Opinion Newspaper
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
December 1, 1944
Aughinbaugh had attended the oyster supper given by the Alpha Vowmen's Bible Class of Trinity Lutheran Church and was apparently on his way across the street to board the northbound bus, which returns to the southern section of town by way of Broad and Second Streets, when the accident happened.
Coroner S. D. Shull, making arrangements for an inqest to be held at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Sellers Funeral Home, swore in this jury, John D. Schaal, Charles C. Heeb, W. H. Shank, Harry A. Walker, Earle McL Miller and Shirley J. Zarger.
Dr. Shull said that Aughinbaugh had sustained a fracture at the base of the skull and internal injuries.
Borough police detained the driver of the car, Isaac F. Huggins, 53, Bainbridge, Lancaster County, until the fatality was investigated by Dr. Shull and Deputy Coroner Frank J. Corbett, Fayetteville. Huggins was then released on his own recognizance for his appearance at the inquest.
The report of Patrolman Earl E. Shrader and Paul L. Grimes indicated that Aughinbaugh stepped from the west curb of Philadelphia Avenue, about 60 feet north of Commerce Street, crossed in front of a southbound vehicle and walked into the path of the northbound Huggins car.
Hussins, an employee of the J. E. Baker Co., York, told police he had been to Inwood, W. Va., to visit his sick mother and had left Inwood early in order to make a leisurely trip home. He told police that he was alone and was driving not over 25 miles an hour and that he did not see Aughinbaugh until he was about three feet in front of the car, and that he did not at first recognize the figure as that of a men.
The car was stopped, police said, in about a half car length. Unsuccessful in efforts to secure the services of a crane to raise the car, several men in the crowd lifted the car from Aughinbaugh's body.
Jacob R. Mummau, Mt. Joy, R. R. 2, told police that his car was following the Huggins auto and that the latter was moving between 20 and 25 miles per hour. Mummau said that he saw Aughinbaugh step from the curb, pass in front of the southbound car and into the path of the Huggins car.
Aughinbaugh was the manager of the Pen-Mar Grocery Store in Broad Street for several years, then operated his own store in South Main Street, near the Thaddeus Stevens School. He was employed at various times over a period of five years in a cerical capacity by the George Sites plumbing Firm, retiring in August of 1943 as bookkeeper.
He was born January 17, 1871, and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Helen M. Allen, 249 South Main Street, whose husband, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Allen, is stationed with the Army at Fort Knox, Ky.; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Peterman, East Queen Street, and five grandchildren.
Burial will be Monday in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.
Public Opinion Newspaper
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
December 1, 1944
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