Samuel HARDY (1883-1919)
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was killed in the mine accident at Mount Braddock will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family residence at Mount Braddock, with Rev. D. E. Minerd and Rev. Theodore Darnell, both of Dunbar, officiating. Following the services the funeral party will leave Mount Braddock in a special street car for Dunbar where the interment will be made in Mount Auburn cemetery. Mr. Hardy was 36 years old. His widow, four children, Bertha, Emma, Mary and Harry Hardy, all at home, his mother, Mrs. Lewis Hardy of Dunbar, two brothers, W. J. and James Hardy, both of Dunbar, and the following sisters; Mrs. Sadie Bryner of Dunbar; Mrs. Catherine Rhodes of Gray's Landing; Mrs. Mary Thomas of Tucker Run and Mrs. Gordon Coffman of Dunbar survive.
he Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Tuesday Evening, January 21, 1919, page 1, column 1,
continued to page 8, column 1
THE HIGHEST FORM OF SERVICE
The death of Samuel Hardy and Clyde Foltz, two volunteer rescuers at the Mr. Braddock mine, and the ready response of the Frick, Orient, and other mine rescue teams, inspectors, officials and mine workers, to the call for (unreadable) proves again, as has so frequently been done, that men who follow mining, are ready at a moment's notice to risk their lives to save others.
Fully aware that their journey into the mine would imperil their own safety, these men counted that as nothing against their desire to rescue other men from what was believed to be even greater danger. Without fear or hesitation they boarded the "trip' and descended the slope in the hope that they might penetrate the cloud of poisonous smoke and fumes and bring the men entrapped behind it to a place of safety. Passing through this cloud they themselves were asphyxiated and when the trip was pulled up the slope to the surface, both were found to be beyond restoration.
Later the rescue teams, with more prudent caution, but impelled by the same earnest desire, entered the mine, braved all its dangers for hours and successfully brought the entrapped men to safety outside.
This, in brief, is the simple story of their heroism that has had its counterpart in the mining regions times without number. Men were in danger. Comrades knew the fate awaiting them if succor were not given promptly. They unostentatiously volunteered to give that help, assuming all the risk of the venture with no thought other than to reach the imperiled men and rescue them if possible. The two unfortunate volunteers made the attempt and failed, not because of unwillingness or lack of determination to succeed, but because they encountered a danger so great that they became victims instead of rescuers.
What these men did, and the cost of it to them, will attract comparatively little attention or be long remembered save by their near friends, the event having been one of common occurrence and as mine workers say, "All in a day's work." The incident reminds us, however, that it is not only on the battlefield that men face dangers courageously and stand ready to make that sacrifice which is the measure of the highest form of service men can render.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Wednesday, January 22, 1919, page 4, column 1
Samuel Hardy's Funeral
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was one of the victims of the Mount Braddock mine disaster, were held yesterday afternoon at his home at Mount Braddock. The funeral party left Mount Braddock by special West Penn street car and at Dunbar was transferred to cabs for the trip to Mount Auburn cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives made up the party. The service was in charge of Rev. Theodore Darnell, assisted by Rev. D. E. Minerd.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Friday, January 24, 1919, page 6, column 3
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was killed in the mine accident at Mount Braddock will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family residence at Mount Braddock, with Rev. D. E. Minerd and Rev. Theodore Darnell, both of Dunbar, officiating. Following the services the funeral party will leave Mount Braddock in a special street car for Dunbar where the interment will be made in Mount Auburn cemetery. Mr. Hardy was 36 years old. His widow, four children, Bertha, Emma, Mary and Harry Hardy, all at home, his mother, Mrs. Lewis Hardy of Dunbar, two brothers, W. J. and James Hardy, both of Dunbar, and the following sisters; Mrs. Sadie Bryner of Dunbar; Mrs. Catherine Rhodes of Gray's Landing; Mrs. Mary Thomas of Tucker Run and Mrs. Gordon Coffman of Dunbar survive.
he Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Tuesday Evening, January 21, 1919, page 1, column 1,
continued to page 8, column 1
THE HIGHEST FORM OF SERVICE
The death of Samuel Hardy and Clyde Foltz, two volunteer rescuers at the Mr. Braddock mine, and the ready response of the Frick, Orient, and other mine rescue teams, inspectors, officials and mine workers, to the call for (unreadable) proves again, as has so frequently been done, that men who follow mining, are ready at a moment's notice to risk their lives to save others.
Fully aware that their journey into the mine would imperil their own safety, these men counted that as nothing against their desire to rescue other men from what was believed to be even greater danger. Without fear or hesitation they boarded the "trip' and descended the slope in the hope that they might penetrate the cloud of poisonous smoke and fumes and bring the men entrapped behind it to a place of safety. Passing through this cloud they themselves were asphyxiated and when the trip was pulled up the slope to the surface, both were found to be beyond restoration.
Later the rescue teams, with more prudent caution, but impelled by the same earnest desire, entered the mine, braved all its dangers for hours and successfully brought the entrapped men to safety outside.
This, in brief, is the simple story of their heroism that has had its counterpart in the mining regions times without number. Men were in danger. Comrades knew the fate awaiting them if succor were not given promptly. They unostentatiously volunteered to give that help, assuming all the risk of the venture with no thought other than to reach the imperiled men and rescue them if possible. The two unfortunate volunteers made the attempt and failed, not because of unwillingness or lack of determination to succeed, but because they encountered a danger so great that they became victims instead of rescuers.
What these men did, and the cost of it to them, will attract comparatively little attention or be long remembered save by their near friends, the event having been one of common occurrence and as mine workers say, "All in a day's work." The incident reminds us, however, that it is not only on the battlefield that men face dangers courageously and stand ready to make that sacrifice which is the measure of the highest form of service men can render.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Wednesday, January 22, 1919, page 4, column 1
Samuel Hardy's Funeral
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was one of the victims of the Mount Braddock mine disaster, were held yesterday afternoon at his home at Mount Braddock. The funeral party left Mount Braddock by special West Penn street car and at Dunbar was transferred to cabs for the trip to Mount Auburn cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives made up the party. The service was in charge of Rev. Theodore Darnell, assisted by Rev. D. E. Minerd.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Friday, January 24, 1919, page 6, column 3
Samuel HARDY (1883-1919)
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was killed in the mine accident at Mount Braddock will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family residence at Mount Braddock, with Rev. D. E. Minerd and Rev. Theodore Darnell, both of Dunbar, officiating. Following the services the funeral party will leave Mount Braddock in a special street car for Dunbar where the interment will be made in Mount Auburn cemetery. Mr. Hardy was 36 years old. His widow, four children, Bertha, Emma, Mary and Harry Hardy, all at home, his mother, Mrs. Lewis Hardy of Dunbar, two brothers, W. J. and James Hardy, both of Dunbar, and the following sisters; Mrs. Sadie Bryner of Dunbar; Mrs. Catherine Rhodes of Gray's Landing; Mrs. Mary Thomas of Tucker Run and Mrs. Gordon Coffman of Dunbar survive.
he Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Tuesday Evening, January 21, 1919, page 1, column 1,
continued to page 8, column 1
THE HIGHEST FORM OF SERVICE
The death of Samuel Hardy and Clyde Foltz, two volunteer rescuers at the Mr. Braddock mine, and the ready response of the Frick, Orient, and other mine rescue teams, inspectors, officials and mine workers, to the call for (unreadable) proves again, as has so frequently been done, that men who follow mining, are ready at a moment's notice to risk their lives to save others.
Fully aware that their journey into the mine would imperil their own safety, these men counted that as nothing against their desire to rescue other men from what was believed to be even greater danger. Without fear or hesitation they boarded the "trip' and descended the slope in the hope that they might penetrate the cloud of poisonous smoke and fumes and bring the men entrapped behind it to a place of safety. Passing through this cloud they themselves were asphyxiated and when the trip was pulled up the slope to the surface, both were found to be beyond restoration.
Later the rescue teams, with more prudent caution, but impelled by the same earnest desire, entered the mine, braved all its dangers for hours and successfully brought the entrapped men to safety outside.
This, in brief, is the simple story of their heroism that has had its counterpart in the mining regions times without number. Men were in danger. Comrades knew the fate awaiting them if succor were not given promptly. They unostentatiously volunteered to give that help, assuming all the risk of the venture with no thought other than to reach the imperiled men and rescue them if possible. The two unfortunate volunteers made the attempt and failed, not because of unwillingness or lack of determination to succeed, but because they encountered a danger so great that they became victims instead of rescuers.
What these men did, and the cost of it to them, will attract comparatively little attention or be long remembered save by their near friends, the event having been one of common occurrence and as mine workers say, "All in a day's work." The incident reminds us, however, that it is not only on the battlefield that men face dangers courageously and stand ready to make that sacrifice which is the measure of the highest form of service men can render.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Wednesday, January 22, 1919, page 4, column 1
Samuel Hardy's Funeral
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was one of the victims of the Mount Braddock mine disaster, were held yesterday afternoon at his home at Mount Braddock. The funeral party left Mount Braddock by special West Penn street car and at Dunbar was transferred to cabs for the trip to Mount Auburn cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives made up the party. The service was in charge of Rev. Theodore Darnell, assisted by Rev. D. E. Minerd.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Friday, January 24, 1919, page 6, column 3
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was killed in the mine accident at Mount Braddock will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family residence at Mount Braddock, with Rev. D. E. Minerd and Rev. Theodore Darnell, both of Dunbar, officiating. Following the services the funeral party will leave Mount Braddock in a special street car for Dunbar where the interment will be made in Mount Auburn cemetery. Mr. Hardy was 36 years old. His widow, four children, Bertha, Emma, Mary and Harry Hardy, all at home, his mother, Mrs. Lewis Hardy of Dunbar, two brothers, W. J. and James Hardy, both of Dunbar, and the following sisters; Mrs. Sadie Bryner of Dunbar; Mrs. Catherine Rhodes of Gray's Landing; Mrs. Mary Thomas of Tucker Run and Mrs. Gordon Coffman of Dunbar survive.
he Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Tuesday Evening, January 21, 1919, page 1, column 1,
continued to page 8, column 1
THE HIGHEST FORM OF SERVICE
The death of Samuel Hardy and Clyde Foltz, two volunteer rescuers at the Mr. Braddock mine, and the ready response of the Frick, Orient, and other mine rescue teams, inspectors, officials and mine workers, to the call for (unreadable) proves again, as has so frequently been done, that men who follow mining, are ready at a moment's notice to risk their lives to save others.
Fully aware that their journey into the mine would imperil their own safety, these men counted that as nothing against their desire to rescue other men from what was believed to be even greater danger. Without fear or hesitation they boarded the "trip' and descended the slope in the hope that they might penetrate the cloud of poisonous smoke and fumes and bring the men entrapped behind it to a place of safety. Passing through this cloud they themselves were asphyxiated and when the trip was pulled up the slope to the surface, both were found to be beyond restoration.
Later the rescue teams, with more prudent caution, but impelled by the same earnest desire, entered the mine, braved all its dangers for hours and successfully brought the entrapped men to safety outside.
This, in brief, is the simple story of their heroism that has had its counterpart in the mining regions times without number. Men were in danger. Comrades knew the fate awaiting them if succor were not given promptly. They unostentatiously volunteered to give that help, assuming all the risk of the venture with no thought other than to reach the imperiled men and rescue them if possible. The two unfortunate volunteers made the attempt and failed, not because of unwillingness or lack of determination to succeed, but because they encountered a danger so great that they became victims instead of rescuers.
What these men did, and the cost of it to them, will attract comparatively little attention or be long remembered save by their near friends, the event having been one of common occurrence and as mine workers say, "All in a day's work." The incident reminds us, however, that it is not only on the battlefield that men face dangers courageously and stand ready to make that sacrifice which is the measure of the highest form of service men can render.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Wednesday, January 22, 1919, page 4, column 1
Samuel Hardy's Funeral
Funeral services for Samuel Hardy, who was one of the victims of the Mount Braddock mine disaster, were held yesterday afternoon at his home at Mount Braddock. The funeral party left Mount Braddock by special West Penn street car and at Dunbar was transferred to cabs for the trip to Mount Auburn cemetery. A large number of friends and relatives made up the party. The service was in charge of Rev. Theodore Darnell, assisted by Rev. D. E. Minerd.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Friday, January 24, 1919, page 6, column 3
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