Santa Clara County CA Archives Obituaries.....Hares, Reginald C. October 1903
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Morgan Hill Sun Times October 30, 1903
Sad Death of Reginald C. Hares

   From Wednesday Call we clip the following account of the sad accident which
ended the life of one of Paradise Valley’s most enterprising and promising young
men.
   Reginald C. Hares, a young workman in the Mint, was fatally injured yesterday
while riding to the freight elevator of the building and died soon afterward. 
There are stringent rules made by the officials, that employees shall keep out
of the freight elevator, but yesterday as Hares was sending up an unusually
large load of wood it was necessary for him to go up in the elevator to hold the
wood in place.
   Hares had attained a height of only fifteen feet when the top of the load
commenced to slide from under him and threatened to jam between the elevator and
the top sills of the doors on either side, which are always open.
   There were no witnesses of the accident, but the general supposition is that
in trying to control the sliding load the man slipped and shot through the open
doorway just in time to be caught between the doorsill and the elevator.
   When it was discovered that the accident had taken place Hares was hanging by
his neck with his body inside the wall.  He had clutched the rope barely in time
to prevent the elevator from severing his head from his body.
  The injured man was removed to the Central Emergency Hospital, where he died
without regaining consciousness.
  Hares was a native of West Virginia and 25 years of age.  He leaves a father
and two brothers living at Morgan Hill.
   The family was notified of the accident by the superintendent and identified
the body last night.
   Mr. Hares was well known and highly esteemed in Morgan Hill and his large
circle of friends were shocked by the sad news.  The body was laid to rest
Thursday afternoon, by the side of his mother, in Oak Hill Cemetery, San Jose.
   The family have the sincere sympathy of the community in this sad trial.


Additional Comments:
Reginald was the son of Charles N. and Sarah L. Hares.  His brothers were
Charles H. L. Hares, born 1870 in England, and William L. Hares, born 1877 in
California.

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