The obit says:
"Ben Davies, the well-known jeweler, met death under the most tragic and melancholy circumstances, perishing alone and unaided in the rear of his store, while within a few yards were hundreds of willing hands and hearts who would have rescued him.
A gasoline lamp exploded in Mr. Davies' jewelry store...He threw open the door and cried, "Fire!". Mr. Davies, who was in the front of his store when he turned in the alarm, returned to the building when he saw the flames devouring his stock, and was seen no more for thirty minutes. He was found in a back room of the store by his son and was taken out in a lifeless condition.
His widow soon remarried her first husband, her previous divorce and marriage to Davies had fed Leadville gossip and newspaper accounts."
"Ben Davies, the well-known jeweler, met death under the most tragic and melancholy circumstances, perishing alone and unaided in the rear of his store, while within a few yards were hundreds of willing hands and hearts who would have rescued him.
A gasoline lamp exploded in Mr. Davies' jewelry store...He threw open the door and cried, "Fire!". Mr. Davies, who was in the front of his store when he turned in the alarm, returned to the building when he saw the flames devouring his stock, and was seen no more for thirty minutes. He was found in a back room of the store by his son and was taken out in a lifeless condition.
His widow soon remarried her first husband, her previous divorce and marriage to Davies had fed Leadville gossip and newspaper accounts."
The obit says:
"Ben Davies, the well-known jeweler, met death under the most tragic and melancholy circumstances, perishing alone and unaided in the rear of his store, while within a few yards were hundreds of willing hands and hearts who would have rescued him.
A gasoline lamp exploded in Mr. Davies' jewelry store...He threw open the door and cried, "Fire!". Mr. Davies, who was in the front of his store when he turned in the alarm, returned to the building when he saw the flames devouring his stock, and was seen no more for thirty minutes. He was found in a back room of the store by his son and was taken out in a lifeless condition.
His widow soon remarried her first husband, her previous divorce and marriage to Davies had fed Leadville gossip and newspaper accounts."
"Ben Davies, the well-known jeweler, met death under the most tragic and melancholy circumstances, perishing alone and unaided in the rear of his store, while within a few yards were hundreds of willing hands and hearts who would have rescued him.
A gasoline lamp exploded in Mr. Davies' jewelry store...He threw open the door and cried, "Fire!". Mr. Davies, who was in the front of his store when he turned in the alarm, returned to the building when he saw the flames devouring his stock, and was seen no more for thirty minutes. He was found in a back room of the store by his son and was taken out in a lifeless condition.
His widow soon remarried her first husband, her previous divorce and marriage to Davies had fed Leadville gossip and newspaper accounts."
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56 years old.
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