John Croskey dead, was working on insulators at H.L. Dixon's experimental plant

John H. Croskey, aged 66 years, died suddenly at his residence in the East End, Pittsburg, last week of neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Croskey had been ailing for several days, but no serious result was anticipated, death coming as a shock to his family and friends. Mr. Croskey became prominent in the glass trade through his several inventions for the manufacture of glass of various kinds. He was formerly employed at the Ripley glass factory on the South Side, where he had charge of the mold-making department. Mr. Croskey, in connection with Joseph Locke, invented a method of making wire glass, the wire netting being covered with asbestos for the utilization of which invention the Besto Glass Works was erected at Latrobe, Pa., but shortly after the factory started Messrs. Locke and Croskey disposed of their interest and at a later date the factory passed into the hands of the Mississippi Glass Co., by which concern it is now being operated. During the past two years Mr. Croskey has been devoting his time to a contrivance for manufacturing insulators, work being conducted at the experimental plant of the H. L. Dixon Co., in Carnegie, Pa. His death will be regretted by his legion of friends. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.