Born , his father Wade Sr. was also a photojournalist, employed by the
New York World. During
World War I, he served in the
American Expeditionary Forces, during which he was attacked with mustard gas. He was married. As a photojournalist, he was employed by
The New York Times, the
New York World and
The Denver Post; he worked at
The Denver Post at the time of his death. A member of the
American Press Association, he photographed the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, which ran on the second page of
The New York Times, while he was employed by them. He was also respected by president
Theodore Roosevelt and travelled with him at times. Mountfortt died on April 23, 1929, aged 43, of a
vehicle rollover on a mountain road, in
Denver. Ray Black, a
Denver Post editor and the other occupant in the car, survived the crash uninjured. == References ==