Richard "Dick" Hart
Obituaries
RED CLiFF BOY KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT . Dick Hart , One of Party Returning From Dance at Leadv 5 , llc , tHe Victim
A . tragedy winch has caused , a pall of grioi to aettlo over ( lie town of Red Chi ! took _plru-i ; hist Tikibday Dioriii » _£ at about two o clock when _liichnnl Hart , only boh of B . A . Hart , one of the _le-fuliziji ; _mining men of Battle Mountain , was instantly killed when « n automobile in which he v / _as riding turned over sun . embankment on a _liill three miles east of _Pomlo . Young Hart , tcgetlier with / ive companions , had attended theriimcy l _^ _ivcn by . the American -Legion in celebration of Colorado ; Day lit Leadville Monday night and they were returnjn _^ hoine . _Tlio tragedy oc « nr « d on the long grade sifter _crossing the oast fork of the- Euglo river three miles abovo Pan < 1 o , It was raining at thetime ami the car was running down tlio hill slowly , when for sonic unaccountable reason it bocauio _uiiuiiiungoiibltt _suni ran off the road over the embankment turning completely over . Hnrt _% _vao _riditijs oh the rij , ht hand side of the front scat with Jake Zoiler and Oari _Dismant , the _. latter driving , _Stailerwas thrown twenty
feet from where the car landed ami Hart was cangl . it by the car atid life instantly _crushed from his body ; none of tlie other _occupaijtj ? wore thrown from the car or recoivett the _eiijjhtepi scratch ol i »; - jnry . Ah booh as the young peppio , could toko stock . of thoir yccidtiiit ., Hart was discovered to be _nrulor tin ; car nnd tlioy . _iristuntly freed hie body , lie was then uiicoriHcious and life wasextinctwitliin a few _iiiitiutea . A cur _wus fi ( - cured froni tlio Pope ranch about on « niilo _distant and . the body together with tin ; _eaddenetl party of . yo « i _>(^ people conveyed tolled Cliff . The other oc . oupanlH of tfie cur wenj Merrit ] Jisinunl , < I ; iy _Fleming _mitl _Rlifls Joycu Hnrt , a sister oi r _tlx . _! dead man , The _deceased was born nt Cilenvvood Hprin _^ s twe nty-two years a _^ o today , AriRUBt 5 , 18 S ) _J , his parents
_tht-m . _living at BoII b Camp on Battl < i rnountain , He _wua uu exemp lary _yoiuij ? man , of induslriousiiai » it » , _iumI very _ijopulur _amonfj ; the _youriK peopled Red Cliff wherohe fuw . l _npent his entire life , He was _operating a lciise on his father s mining properties , the Percy Chester group of mines in tho Eagle rivor canon uttliotiineof his death . B . A . Hart , his _fatlier , has been in _l _^ oor health for many months , and at tho tho time ofthofatnlticeident to tlicir Hon ho und Mm , Hurt were in Denver , whero ho had just come thru ( i _Bcriouii surgical operation uud they had planned to Totura homo this week . Owing _to-thedo _* _luywl trains on the D . & It , G . railroad this week , Mr . and Mrs . _Hurtlutcl not . _boen able to renoh home yet Thursday evening bo that fuuornl _nrrengonifints bad not _Vietin m > . de nt tho time tiiis is written , _Thuradfiy evening .
game was over . There was a big crowd of fans from Eagle attending the same , seven or eight car loads of people driving up and enjoying the game . : . _: .. ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ¦> , ¦ _ ¦ Before the game was called ; the teams composed of theyoungatera of Eagle played a four inning gaine , which _resulted in a tie w . orc ~ -4 to 4—and every kid on both teams insist _* that if the game had gone one more inning their side would have won .
Dr . J . P . Krueger , a noted divine of Freemont , Neb . , _wlllhold preaching services at the Lutheran church in Gypsum nextSanday morning , August 8 , at 11 o clock , to which the pub
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A Terrible Accident on Tennessee Pass Grade In Which Richard B . Hart is Killed 5 Others Narrowly Escape
Our quiet little city was startled and stunned early Tuesday A . M ., when they learned of the terrible accident that had befallen the party of six young peoDle win were returning from the American Legion Dance at Leadville and while on the grade between Mitchell and Pando _, close to the Jones Gulch . The car started skidding . After several attempts to place the car back into the rut and failing , Carl Dismant , the driver , called to his companions , warning them that he could no longer hold the car , to save themselves , and at that the car started rolling , turning a complete _summer-sault righting itself the occupants were all in at that time , the driver tightly clutching the steering wheel trying to hold it , then it started the second roll — and turned bottom side up lodging against three pine trees which held the car from further rolling . They found that Jake Zieler who was sitting m the front seat between Carl Dismant and Dick Hart was thrown twenty _fuet clear of the car , landing on his feet . The three occupants of the
back seat were Miss Joyce Hart , Jay Fleming and Merrill _Dismant who were all able to creep out of the wreckage and Carl Dismant did likewise from the front seat and lifting the car enough to get Dick Hart out , found him seriously injured . After rendering first aid to Dick , Zieler and M . Dismant started on a run to Mr . Ohas . Polk a ranch to secure his truck , sending Mr . Polk , with his Chalmers to get Dr . Harrison at Gilman . Returning with the truck to the scene of the accident , they brought the injured and rest of party to Mr . _Polk s ranch to ; uvait l ) r . Harrison , who on his arrival pronounced Dick Hart dead , death resulting from internal hemorrhage . Dick was the only son of Air . and Mrs . B . A . Hart who were in Denver waiting for Mr . Hart to gain enough strength from his major operation which had been performed a few weeks previous . The other five occupants of the cur escaped miraculously with minor bruises and scratches . I stand Amid the Eternal WaysBurrough .
Richard Bryant Hart , a native son of Colorado , was born in Glenwood , August 5 , 1 S _99 , was the only son of Mr . and Mrs . B . A . Hart and reared to his noble manhood by a most devoted and conscientious mother and in a Christian home . Dick as he was _fimiliarily known to everyone was such a splendid examplg / jf _manhoodiieing of fine large physique , towering over his six feet , with a beautiful character and always a gentlemen in its truest sense of the word . No Bocial function was complete without Dick as he was a great favorite with old and voung alike and will be greatly missed by all the y jung people , as he never was known to carry a grouch raiher a smile for all . He was a graduate of the Class of 2911 ) of Red Cliff High School , re- ^ _JSceivingi _. a scholarship for his faithful efforts . All during his high school years he made nuny a grand hit with his dramatic talent . Dick was planning on a College career of two years at Boulder , finishing in some Eastern College , but owing to his father s poor health , and having acquired a thirst for mining , he put his shoulder to the wheel and very ably and successfully helped his father manange tho Percy Chester Group of Mines with an _occasional lease of his own . Dick also was one of Red Cliff s best baseball players ably filling third base and left field and made some famous hits with the bat . Here too a vacancy that will be
hard to fill . Much might be written , but as he was ao well know / to everyone in the community in which he practically livet his life , that with one accord all holding the same opinioi that Dick was a true friend , a most loving and devoted sor and brother and one of the _moat dependable boys of oui community , whose loss will be so greatly and keenly foil by all and whose memory will long he cherished and live in the heart of his fellov > men , Richard leaves to mourn his Early _Croasinir of the Bar , a father and mother , two sisters Helen and Joyce , a grandmother and aunt of Denver . Mr . and Mrs . G . D . Roberts , Mrs . Centner and Mr . and Mra . Robert Bryant who are here at present , all aunts and uncles . To weary heart p , to mourning homes God s meekest _ango . l gently comes ; No power has ho to banish pain , Or give us back our lost again ; And yet in _tendirest love , our dear And heavenly Father sends him here , O thou , who mourneBt on thy way With longings for the close of day ; He walks with thce _, that angel kind And gently whispers , Bo resigned . Bear up , bear on , the end shall tell ; The dear Lord ordoreth all things well ,
