The Oil City Derrick - Thursday morning, February 27, 1908
Frank Mays, in his 56 year, died at his home on East Second Street, last night after an illness of four months. He was born in Salem, Clarion County, where his father was a coal miner and where he followed the same occupation until 1876, when he went to Fagundus, as a pumper for Amy & Son. Five years later, he came to Oil City, and was employed as a stillman at the old Imperial Refinery, and when that plant was removed to Bayonne, New Jersey, he was one of the many faithful employees who were taken with the plant to that place. Mr. Mays remained east for about two years and then engaged in the grocery business at Edenboro, Pennsylvania. Still later, about 1889, he was appointed driver of No. 2 hose wagon, succeeding Harry Daniels, who had been killed by the cart overturning. During his career as a member of the fire department, he took a prominent part in one of the most gallant feats that came to light during the terrible flood and fire here in 1892. The flood of fire that had swept down Oil Creek burned the Center Street bridge spanning Oil Creek, connecting the flats and Third Ward. It set fire to the suspension bridge over the Allegheny River and fired the buildings along Main Street between these two bridges. He was ordered to take the No. 2 hose company to fight the Main Street fire. This compelled his crossing from the north to the south side of town over the Petroleum bridge, down Front Street to the suspension bridge and across it to the north side of the river. When part of the way over, he discovered that the plank roadway of the structure was on fire, but he never faltered. With a yell, he drove the horses through the flames and smoke, forced them to leap a gap in the roadway, several feet wide, where the burned planks had dropped into the river and made the other shore in safety. The firemen were scorched with the heat and the hair was singed on the legs and sides of the horses, but the terrifying journey was made, and with the arrival of the trained firemen and the fire fighting apparatus, volunteers were able to prevent the fire from sweeping the town further west than the present Relief Street. Otherwise, there is no doubt that the magnificent shops of the National Transit Company and the company's yard of big iron tanks filled with oil would have been added to the sum total of great financial loss the community suffered on June 5, 1892. Two years later, Mr. Mays quit his job as driver and worked for a time as a car inspector for Allegheny Valley Railroad, but of late he had been engaged in business as a contracting teamster. His only daughter, died about a year ago from tuberculosis and it is believed that the death of Mr. Mays was caused by his having contracted the disease while caring for her. His wife, who is still living, has been a helpless paralytic for the past ten years and was unable to assist in this labor of love and devotion. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Mays, aged 83, and two sisters, Mrs. M. P. Amy, of Oil City, and Mrs. Sarah Kaber, of Davis City, near Bradford. Mr. Mays was a brave man and a manly man. Blunt and outspoken, a little flashy as to temper sometimes under provocation, but loyal to his friends, his word was inviolate and his honesty was unquestioned. His tenderness to his mother, wife and daughter was one of the most attractive sides of his character. The deceased was one of the charter members of Latonia Lodge, I.O.O.F., and that fraternity will probably have charge of the funeral arrangements for which were not complete last night.
The Oil City Derrick - Friday morning, February 28, 1908
Notice To Odd Fellows
Members of Latonia Lodge, No. 1018, I.O.O.F., our sister lodge and visiting brothers are requested to meet in Latonia Lodge room Sunday at 1:30 p.m. to attend the funeral of our late brother, Past Grand Frank Mays.
J.A. Holtzman, Secy.
W. B. Lewis, N. G.
Death certificate gives age as 55 years, 9 months and 3 days. Wife was informant. Buried on March 1, 1908.
Frank Mays, in his 56 year, died at his home on East Second Street, last night after an illness of four months. He was born in Salem, Clarion County, where his father was a coal miner and where he followed the same occupation until 1876, when he went to Fagundus, as a pumper for Amy & Son. Five years later, he came to Oil City, and was employed as a stillman at the old Imperial Refinery, and when that plant was removed to Bayonne, New Jersey, he was one of the many faithful employees who were taken with the plant to that place. Mr. Mays remained east for about two years and then engaged in the grocery business at Edenboro, Pennsylvania. Still later, about 1889, he was appointed driver of No. 2 hose wagon, succeeding Harry Daniels, who had been killed by the cart overturning. During his career as a member of the fire department, he took a prominent part in one of the most gallant feats that came to light during the terrible flood and fire here in 1892. The flood of fire that had swept down Oil Creek burned the Center Street bridge spanning Oil Creek, connecting the flats and Third Ward. It set fire to the suspension bridge over the Allegheny River and fired the buildings along Main Street between these two bridges. He was ordered to take the No. 2 hose company to fight the Main Street fire. This compelled his crossing from the north to the south side of town over the Petroleum bridge, down Front Street to the suspension bridge and across it to the north side of the river. When part of the way over, he discovered that the plank roadway of the structure was on fire, but he never faltered. With a yell, he drove the horses through the flames and smoke, forced them to leap a gap in the roadway, several feet wide, where the burned planks had dropped into the river and made the other shore in safety. The firemen were scorched with the heat and the hair was singed on the legs and sides of the horses, but the terrifying journey was made, and with the arrival of the trained firemen and the fire fighting apparatus, volunteers were able to prevent the fire from sweeping the town further west than the present Relief Street. Otherwise, there is no doubt that the magnificent shops of the National Transit Company and the company's yard of big iron tanks filled with oil would have been added to the sum total of great financial loss the community suffered on June 5, 1892. Two years later, Mr. Mays quit his job as driver and worked for a time as a car inspector for Allegheny Valley Railroad, but of late he had been engaged in business as a contracting teamster. His only daughter, died about a year ago from tuberculosis and it is believed that the death of Mr. Mays was caused by his having contracted the disease while caring for her. His wife, who is still living, has been a helpless paralytic for the past ten years and was unable to assist in this labor of love and devotion. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Mays, aged 83, and two sisters, Mrs. M. P. Amy, of Oil City, and Mrs. Sarah Kaber, of Davis City, near Bradford. Mr. Mays was a brave man and a manly man. Blunt and outspoken, a little flashy as to temper sometimes under provocation, but loyal to his friends, his word was inviolate and his honesty was unquestioned. His tenderness to his mother, wife and daughter was one of the most attractive sides of his character. The deceased was one of the charter members of Latonia Lodge, I.O.O.F., and that fraternity will probably have charge of the funeral arrangements for which were not complete last night.
The Oil City Derrick - Friday morning, February 28, 1908
Notice To Odd Fellows
Members of Latonia Lodge, No. 1018, I.O.O.F., our sister lodge and visiting brothers are requested to meet in Latonia Lodge room Sunday at 1:30 p.m. to attend the funeral of our late brother, Past Grand Frank Mays.
J.A. Holtzman, Secy.
W. B. Lewis, N. G.
Death certificate gives age as 55 years, 9 months and 3 days. Wife was informant. Buried on March 1, 1908.
The Oil City Derrick - Thursday morning, February 27, 1908
Frank Mays, in his 56 year, died at his home on East Second Street, last night after an illness of four months. He was born in Salem, Clarion County, where his father was a coal miner and where he followed the same occupation until 1876, when he went to Fagundus, as a pumper for Amy & Son. Five years later, he came to Oil City, and was employed as a stillman at the old Imperial Refinery, and when that plant was removed to Bayonne, New Jersey, he was one of the many faithful employees who were taken with the plant to that place. Mr. Mays remained east for about two years and then engaged in the grocery business at Edenboro, Pennsylvania. Still later, about 1889, he was appointed driver of No. 2 hose wagon, succeeding Harry Daniels, who had been killed by the cart overturning. During his career as a member of the fire department, he took a prominent part in one of the most gallant feats that came to light during the terrible flood and fire here in 1892. The flood of fire that had swept down Oil Creek burned the Center Street bridge spanning Oil Creek, connecting the flats and Third Ward. It set fire to the suspension bridge over the Allegheny River and fired the buildings along Main Street between these two bridges. He was ordered to take the No. 2 hose company to fight the Main Street fire. This compelled his crossing from the north to the south side of town over the Petroleum bridge, down Front Street to the suspension bridge and across it to the north side of the river. When part of the way over, he discovered that the plank roadway of the structure was on fire, but he never faltered. With a yell, he drove the horses through the flames and smoke, forced them to leap a gap in the roadway, several feet wide, where the burned planks had dropped into the river and made the other shore in safety. The firemen were scorched with the heat and the hair was singed on the legs and sides of the horses, but the terrifying journey was made, and with the arrival of the trained firemen and the fire fighting apparatus, volunteers were able to prevent the fire from sweeping the town further west than the present Relief Street. Otherwise, there is no doubt that the magnificent shops of the National Transit Company and the company's yard of big iron tanks filled with oil would have been added to the sum total of great financial loss the community suffered on June 5, 1892. Two years later, Mr. Mays quit his job as driver and worked for a time as a car inspector for Allegheny Valley Railroad, but of late he had been engaged in business as a contracting teamster. His only daughter, died about a year ago from tuberculosis and it is believed that the death of Mr. Mays was caused by his having contracted the disease while caring for her. His wife, who is still living, has been a helpless paralytic for the past ten years and was unable to assist in this labor of love and devotion. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Mays, aged 83, and two sisters, Mrs. M. P. Amy, of Oil City, and Mrs. Sarah Kaber, of Davis City, near Bradford. Mr. Mays was a brave man and a manly man. Blunt and outspoken, a little flashy as to temper sometimes under provocation, but loyal to his friends, his word was inviolate and his honesty was unquestioned. His tenderness to his mother, wife and daughter was one of the most attractive sides of his character. The deceased was one of the charter members of Latonia Lodge, I.O.O.F., and that fraternity will probably have charge of the funeral arrangements for which were not complete last night.
The Oil City Derrick - Friday morning, February 28, 1908
Notice To Odd Fellows
Members of Latonia Lodge, No. 1018, I.O.O.F., our sister lodge and visiting brothers are requested to meet in Latonia Lodge room Sunday at 1:30 p.m. to attend the funeral of our late brother, Past Grand Frank Mays.
J.A. Holtzman, Secy.
W. B. Lewis, N. G.
Death certificate gives age as 55 years, 9 months and 3 days. Wife was informant. Buried on March 1, 1908.
Frank Mays, in his 56 year, died at his home on East Second Street, last night after an illness of four months. He was born in Salem, Clarion County, where his father was a coal miner and where he followed the same occupation until 1876, when he went to Fagundus, as a pumper for Amy & Son. Five years later, he came to Oil City, and was employed as a stillman at the old Imperial Refinery, and when that plant was removed to Bayonne, New Jersey, he was one of the many faithful employees who were taken with the plant to that place. Mr. Mays remained east for about two years and then engaged in the grocery business at Edenboro, Pennsylvania. Still later, about 1889, he was appointed driver of No. 2 hose wagon, succeeding Harry Daniels, who had been killed by the cart overturning. During his career as a member of the fire department, he took a prominent part in one of the most gallant feats that came to light during the terrible flood and fire here in 1892. The flood of fire that had swept down Oil Creek burned the Center Street bridge spanning Oil Creek, connecting the flats and Third Ward. It set fire to the suspension bridge over the Allegheny River and fired the buildings along Main Street between these two bridges. He was ordered to take the No. 2 hose company to fight the Main Street fire. This compelled his crossing from the north to the south side of town over the Petroleum bridge, down Front Street to the suspension bridge and across it to the north side of the river. When part of the way over, he discovered that the plank roadway of the structure was on fire, but he never faltered. With a yell, he drove the horses through the flames and smoke, forced them to leap a gap in the roadway, several feet wide, where the burned planks had dropped into the river and made the other shore in safety. The firemen were scorched with the heat and the hair was singed on the legs and sides of the horses, but the terrifying journey was made, and with the arrival of the trained firemen and the fire fighting apparatus, volunteers were able to prevent the fire from sweeping the town further west than the present Relief Street. Otherwise, there is no doubt that the magnificent shops of the National Transit Company and the company's yard of big iron tanks filled with oil would have been added to the sum total of great financial loss the community suffered on June 5, 1892. Two years later, Mr. Mays quit his job as driver and worked for a time as a car inspector for Allegheny Valley Railroad, but of late he had been engaged in business as a contracting teamster. His only daughter, died about a year ago from tuberculosis and it is believed that the death of Mr. Mays was caused by his having contracted the disease while caring for her. His wife, who is still living, has been a helpless paralytic for the past ten years and was unable to assist in this labor of love and devotion. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Mays, aged 83, and two sisters, Mrs. M. P. Amy, of Oil City, and Mrs. Sarah Kaber, of Davis City, near Bradford. Mr. Mays was a brave man and a manly man. Blunt and outspoken, a little flashy as to temper sometimes under provocation, but loyal to his friends, his word was inviolate and his honesty was unquestioned. His tenderness to his mother, wife and daughter was one of the most attractive sides of his character. The deceased was one of the charter members of Latonia Lodge, I.O.O.F., and that fraternity will probably have charge of the funeral arrangements for which were not complete last night.
The Oil City Derrick - Friday morning, February 28, 1908
Notice To Odd Fellows
Members of Latonia Lodge, No. 1018, I.O.O.F., our sister lodge and visiting brothers are requested to meet in Latonia Lodge room Sunday at 1:30 p.m. to attend the funeral of our late brother, Past Grand Frank Mays.
J.A. Holtzman, Secy.
W. B. Lewis, N. G.
Death certificate gives age as 55 years, 9 months and 3 days. Wife was informant. Buried on March 1, 1908.
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