Harstad, Tallak c1888 – 1913

HARSTAD

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:28

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer July 25, 1913, P-6, C-3

Fatal Auto Accident at Harmony.
Tallak Harstad is dead as the result of an automobile accident Thursday. This is in brief the sad news that came to our citizens a few hours ago. It sits us thinking seriously when accidents of this kind happen so near home. The facts in the case are this:
Tallak Harstad and Chas. McCarty were going west this side of the flour mill a fair rate of speed when suddenly the steering apparatus failed to work and faster than man can think the car was in the ditch upside down. Chas. was pinned under the car but with the greatest exertion he managed to crawl out from under and found Tallak lying unconscoius{sp} and bleeding a few feet away. Chas. hurriedly went for help and another car was sent to get the injured party.
Medical aid was immediately available and upon examination Tallak was found having sustained a broken collar bone, an ugly cut in the head and a crushing injury to the chest. He rallied for a few minutes but his internal injuries were such that recovery was impossible and he died at 9:15, about an hour and a half after the accident, He was conscious nearly to the last and seemed to suffer much pain.
The car which belonged to Oscar Hegg, was badly demolished and Chas. McCarty received only slight bruises and scratches. Tallak was only 25 years old and his sudden death seems indeed very sad. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Harstad and conducted a harness shop here.—Harmony News