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Simon Samuel “Sam” Ash

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Simon Samuel “Sam” Ash

Birth
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Death
15 Jan 1895 (aged 38–39)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Burial
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA Add to Map
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He was a fireman killed in the line of duty at the explosion of the Kenyon-Connell Warehouse, which took the lives of 57 people including 13 firemen and a policeman.

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Was one of 57 people were killed in an explosion in Butte Montana on 15 Jan
1895. Short services were held over the grave in which Chief Cameron and Firemen
Ash, Moses and Norling and Officer Krambeck were laid to rest. Always together
in life, always fighting fire side by side, no matter what the peril, Cameron,
Moses, Ash and Norling are united in death. They lived together, they fought
fire side by side for years, they met death together; brave men, heroes every
one of them, and their heroic remains were carried to the cemetary In one casket
and placed for all eternity in one grave.''--Obituaries of the Intermountain
West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard


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For more info in the explosion go to :

http://mtstandard.com/news/local/deadly-disaster-firefighters-onlookers-perish-in-explosion/article_1baf0ff6-e502-11e1-91c6-0019bb2963f4.html
He was a fireman killed in the line of duty at the explosion of the Kenyon-Connell Warehouse, which took the lives of 57 people including 13 firemen and a policeman.

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Was one of 57 people were killed in an explosion in Butte Montana on 15 Jan
1895. Short services were held over the grave in which Chief Cameron and Firemen
Ash, Moses and Norling and Officer Krambeck were laid to rest. Always together
in life, always fighting fire side by side, no matter what the peril, Cameron,
Moses, Ash and Norling are united in death. They lived together, they fought
fire side by side for years, they met death together; brave men, heroes every
one of them, and their heroic remains were carried to the cemetary In one casket
and placed for all eternity in one grave.''--Obituaries of the Intermountain
West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard


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For more info in the explosion go to :

http://mtstandard.com/news/local/deadly-disaster-firefighters-onlookers-perish-in-explosion/article_1baf0ff6-e502-11e1-91c6-0019bb2963f4.html


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  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42313171/simon_samuel-ash: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Samuel “Sam” Ash (1856–15 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42313171, citing Mount Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA; Maintained by ADD (contributor 46942490).