The Tribune - Florence, AZ
Saturday - 13 April 1901
Page 3 - Column 4
Death of Ben Fairbanks.
[From the Tucson Citizen.]
Benjamin D. Fairbanks, proprietor of The Fashion, met with an accident late Monday afternoon which resulted in death a short time after it occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were driving about the city and turning onto Congress street their horse become frightened and started to run away. The animal was almost uncontrollable, but Mr. Fairbanks would no doubt have been able to stop the horse had it not been for the accident which overturned the buggy precipitating both occupants upon the ground.
At the corner of Stone avenue and Congress street the wheels of the buggy caught in the groove of the street car which tightened upon the felloe of the wheel like a vice and the sudden stop threw both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks into the air and they fell heavily upon the ground. Mr. Fairbanks sustained fatal injuries, his skull being crushed and his body horribly bruised. He was taken to Dr. Fenner's office where a hasty examination was pronounced fatal. A few minutes later he was removed to his home on Alameda street and at 8 o'clock life left his body and the intense suffering of the injured man came to an end. Mrs. Fairbanks received several severe gashes which stunned her, but she was not seriously injured. The terrible shock of her husband's death made her condition more serious, but she will recover.
Benjamin D. Fairbanks was one of the oldest residents of Tucson. He came here in 1869 and engaged in freighting and contract work before the railroad came to Tucson. He was a hard working man, enterprising, progressive and eminently successful in every way. During the later years of his life he engaged in gambling, for years conducting the gaming tables at Congress Hall. Later he established the Fashion, which he conducted up to the time of his death. During the past two years he had been unfortunate, having twice broken his leg, and was injured by shooting himself in the hand. He was in excellent health, a man of robust build, and possessing great vitality and vigor. He was born January 25, 1837 [sic], in Branch county, Michigan.
Deceased was a man of kindly disposition, generous to a fault, helpful where his friends needed assistance, and always ready to advance Tucson.
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Saturday - 13 April 1901
Page 3 - Column 4
Death of Ben Fairbanks.
[From the Tucson Citizen.]
Benjamin D. Fairbanks, proprietor of The Fashion, met with an accident late Monday afternoon which resulted in death a short time after it occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were driving about the city and turning onto Congress street their horse become frightened and started to run away. The animal was almost uncontrollable, but Mr. Fairbanks would no doubt have been able to stop the horse had it not been for the accident which overturned the buggy precipitating both occupants upon the ground.
At the corner of Stone avenue and Congress street the wheels of the buggy caught in the groove of the street car which tightened upon the felloe of the wheel like a vice and the sudden stop threw both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks into the air and they fell heavily upon the ground. Mr. Fairbanks sustained fatal injuries, his skull being crushed and his body horribly bruised. He was taken to Dr. Fenner's office where a hasty examination was pronounced fatal. A few minutes later he was removed to his home on Alameda street and at 8 o'clock life left his body and the intense suffering of the injured man came to an end. Mrs. Fairbanks received several severe gashes which stunned her, but she was not seriously injured. The terrible shock of her husband's death made her condition more serious, but she will recover.
Benjamin D. Fairbanks was one of the oldest residents of Tucson. He came here in 1869 and engaged in freighting and contract work before the railroad came to Tucson. He was a hard working man, enterprising, progressive and eminently successful in every way. During the later years of his life he engaged in gambling, for years conducting the gaming tables at Congress Hall. Later he established the Fashion, which he conducted up to the time of his death. During the past two years he had been unfortunate, having twice broken his leg, and was injured by shooting himself in the hand. He was in excellent health, a man of robust build, and possessing great vitality and vigor. He was born January 25, 1837 [sic], in Branch county, Michigan.
Deceased was a man of kindly disposition, generous to a fault, helpful where his friends needed assistance, and always ready to advance Tucson.
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The Tribune - Florence, AZ
Saturday - 13 April 1901
Page 3 - Column 4
Death of Ben Fairbanks.
[From the Tucson Citizen.]
Benjamin D. Fairbanks, proprietor of The Fashion, met with an accident late Monday afternoon which resulted in death a short time after it occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were driving about the city and turning onto Congress street their horse become frightened and started to run away. The animal was almost uncontrollable, but Mr. Fairbanks would no doubt have been able to stop the horse had it not been for the accident which overturned the buggy precipitating both occupants upon the ground.
At the corner of Stone avenue and Congress street the wheels of the buggy caught in the groove of the street car which tightened upon the felloe of the wheel like a vice and the sudden stop threw both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks into the air and they fell heavily upon the ground. Mr. Fairbanks sustained fatal injuries, his skull being crushed and his body horribly bruised. He was taken to Dr. Fenner's office where a hasty examination was pronounced fatal. A few minutes later he was removed to his home on Alameda street and at 8 o'clock life left his body and the intense suffering of the injured man came to an end. Mrs. Fairbanks received several severe gashes which stunned her, but she was not seriously injured. The terrible shock of her husband's death made her condition more serious, but she will recover.
Benjamin D. Fairbanks was one of the oldest residents of Tucson. He came here in 1869 and engaged in freighting and contract work before the railroad came to Tucson. He was a hard working man, enterprising, progressive and eminently successful in every way. During the later years of his life he engaged in gambling, for years conducting the gaming tables at Congress Hall. Later he established the Fashion, which he conducted up to the time of his death. During the past two years he had been unfortunate, having twice broken his leg, and was injured by shooting himself in the hand. He was in excellent health, a man of robust build, and possessing great vitality and vigor. He was born January 25, 1837 [sic], in Branch county, Michigan.
Deceased was a man of kindly disposition, generous to a fault, helpful where his friends needed assistance, and always ready to advance Tucson.
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Saturday - 13 April 1901
Page 3 - Column 4
Death of Ben Fairbanks.
[From the Tucson Citizen.]
Benjamin D. Fairbanks, proprietor of The Fashion, met with an accident late Monday afternoon which resulted in death a short time after it occurred.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were driving about the city and turning onto Congress street their horse become frightened and started to run away. The animal was almost uncontrollable, but Mr. Fairbanks would no doubt have been able to stop the horse had it not been for the accident which overturned the buggy precipitating both occupants upon the ground.
At the corner of Stone avenue and Congress street the wheels of the buggy caught in the groove of the street car which tightened upon the felloe of the wheel like a vice and the sudden stop threw both Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks into the air and they fell heavily upon the ground. Mr. Fairbanks sustained fatal injuries, his skull being crushed and his body horribly bruised. He was taken to Dr. Fenner's office where a hasty examination was pronounced fatal. A few minutes later he was removed to his home on Alameda street and at 8 o'clock life left his body and the intense suffering of the injured man came to an end. Mrs. Fairbanks received several severe gashes which stunned her, but she was not seriously injured. The terrible shock of her husband's death made her condition more serious, but she will recover.
Benjamin D. Fairbanks was one of the oldest residents of Tucson. He came here in 1869 and engaged in freighting and contract work before the railroad came to Tucson. He was a hard working man, enterprising, progressive and eminently successful in every way. During the later years of his life he engaged in gambling, for years conducting the gaming tables at Congress Hall. Later he established the Fashion, which he conducted up to the time of his death. During the past two years he had been unfortunate, having twice broken his leg, and was injured by shooting himself in the hand. He was in excellent health, a man of robust build, and possessing great vitality and vigor. He was born January 25, 1837 [sic], in Branch county, Michigan.
Deceased was a man of kindly disposition, generous to a fault, helpful where his friends needed assistance, and always ready to advance Tucson.
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