Sherman TX Democrat—"Democrat's Denison Page"
March 2, 1911

A Serious Accident
G. W. Moore, Well Known Photographer, Injured.
Fell Down a Long Flight of Stairs—His Hurts Are of a Perhaps Fatal Nature
Denison, Mar. 2. G. W. Moore, the well-known photographer, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured this morning between 7 and 8 o'clock when he fell for some distance down the stairway leading to the yard in the rear of his office at
No. 210-1/2 West Main street. He is now in an unconscious condition, though his vitality is very low but he appears stronger than he did earlier in the day when the indications were that he would not survive.
The circumstances surrounding the accident are not known definitely as no one saw it. Mr. Moore was found by a negro employed by Jaccard's cafe. The negro said that he heard some one crying out for eight or ten minutes before he paid any attention. When he went into the back yard, he found Mr. Moore lying in a pool of blood on the ground at the foot of the stairway. This was about 8 o'clock. The injured man was carried to his room in his photography gallery by employees of the Jaccard cafe, and Dr. F. M. Teas was called to attend him. Examination indicated that the most serious injuries are about the head, the left side of which was laid open, either by contact with the ground or some part of the staircase.
After the doctor's arrival Mr. Moore was conscious, but he could not realize his condition and appeared not to know where he was or what had happened to him. Later he lapsed into unconsciousness, and his vitality ran very low. Toward noon he rallied but did not regain consciousness.
When he was found by the negro, Mr. Moore had wrapped about his head a curtain that ordinarily hangs in his photograph gallery to form the bedroom where he sleeps. The curtain was blood-soaked, indicating that he had it when the accident occurred. He was conscious when he was found but he told the negro who picked him up that he did not know how he came to be there but that he believed that his back must have given way and that he had been stricken with paralysis. This was the only explanation that he could offer. The attending physician could get no more information from him.
Many years ago Mr. Moore's back was badly injured at Dallas when he was caught in the collapse of the grand stand at the Dallas fair. His friends believe that this injury may have caused paralysis and that he pulled down the curtain from around his bed and started down the back stairs when he fell. He was at the Funston boarding house at 7 o'clock for breakfast and at that time appeared to be in good health. He is past 60 years of age, which will militate against his chances for recovery. The extent of his injuries cannot be ascertained until further examination is made.


Sherman Daily Democrat
Friday, March 3, 1911
pg. 5

FALL PROVES FATAL
G.W. Moore, Found Seriously Hurt, Passes Away
Had Been in the Photograph Business in One Place for Eighteen Years
Denison, March 3 - The injuries of G.W. Moore, the photographers, who was found at the bottom of the stairway in the rear of his place of business, No. 210-1/2 West Main street, seriously injured yesterday morning, ended fatally last night at 7 o'clock when death put an end to his career.  He lapsed into a comatose state soon after he was carried to his bed in the studio and he never regained consciousness.
The end came without a struggle and the injured man breathed peacefully till the last.
Physicians who were in attendance say that death was due to concussion of the brain.  Dr. H.T. Walker, who has an office on the same floor with the Moore studio, believes that the unfortunate man pitched headlong from the top landing of the stairway.  He based his conclusion on the fact that a curtain that originally hung in front of Mr. Moore's bed was wrapped around the injured man's head when he was found.
Dr. Walker believes that Mr. Moore stepped to the back stairway to shake the dust from the curtain and that he lost his balance and fell to the ground carrying the curtain with him.  The fall evidently was a hard one for it caused concussion of the brain and paralysis.
Mr.  Moore was about 60 years of age, had lived in Denison 18 years and during all this time he maintained his studio in the place where it is now located.  He came to Denison from Colorado.  He was never married and his only known living relative is Belle Geoway of Albany, New York, who was advised of his death last night by telegram.  This morning a message was received from her asking for particulars of the death but no instructions were given as to the disposition of the remains which are now at the Halton undertaking parlors.
Though Mr. Moore was a quiet man who made friends slowly, he had a large number of them in Denison who esteemed him for the kindly disposition which underlaid his staid exterior.  He was a member of the Fraternal Union and was secretary of the local branch.  In this he carried an insurance policy for $2,000 which named his mother as beneficiary.  However, she died four years ago and it is not known in whose favor the policy now stands.  An examination of his papers by friends yesterday failed to bring the policy to light.  Mr. Moore also owned a farm valued at $2,000 four miles southwest of Denison.


The Sherman Democrat
Monday, March 6, 1911
pg. 5
The funeral of G.W. Moore, the photographer, who died of injured received from a fall, will not be held until his cousin arrives from New York.  A message was received here stating that she would start for Denison today.