, 1879-08-02
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Two Roustabouts Engage in a
Rough"and-Tumble Fight
At Clark Street bridge, Fall Into the
River, and Doth Drown.
Full Particulars OF the Frlahtful
Affair.

There IL ono shlpon TINT IunchhcndS, loatcrst
and qunrrefhome customers OF nlt kinds will
strictly avoid In the future, ard That ta
the sufoon kent by Tat O'l'rien at
tho north ond Of Clark street bridge.
An appliance for removing nutsanccs
was discovered about TIC place last night,
which completely ovcrsops every bouncing
apparatus yet invented. II 10 this: Along
tho south face OF tho building ia q mar.
row, walk with double iron rail on It's
outer edge. The western end Of this
cock-walx opons into the sidewalk on Clark
street, aEld tho eastern cud runs out into
stairway leading down to the dock. rear
door Of the snloon opens upon the walk near
this stairway. Directly beneath, sonc fourteen
feet, Is the dock, and soclosc IA the building built
to the watef's edge that airy object thrown over
the railing OF this walk will fail Into the river.
At about II o'clock last night two u1cn enRaEcd
In a rough-and-tumbc tight in this narrow
space, md each attempted 10 throw the other
oret tho railing md down Into the river.
They clIncled AMI struggled furious1y,
anil, being about evenly matched.
both won't oscr the rail- togo'her. One struck
the edge Of the dock in his tall, and both went
Into the water aud were drowned. Their names
Ncro William Fitzpatrlcts and Edward Ryan.
and botl were employed rs 1ntorcrs along the
doclta, The former wns about 81 Ycars Of ngc,
nnl hailed from Montreal; the latter was nnout
g years Of are, and was known along the docks
ns "Ynnkce.H
The bsidtqoteude!; Patrick Stanton, nm. md i, hs
sa11ons lieut. 5 na' @ fG az e sfnM nes oas ater
the occurrence ntacc1 tho bodies OF both men
on the dock. The bystaM'lers tried in various
ways to resuscltatc them. bnt
roT11 WE'RE ALREADY IlrEtEse,
and the efforts were soon abandoned. The bod
les were then placed s!do BY aldo IN an express
1fceman.
While the brIdoc.te1dcr was getting ready,
others were taking more expeditions manner
Of helping tho met. I'llc fireman ot one Of the
q small stsiR kent, under the bridge
abutmcnt, but. In hls haste, he himself fell into
the water. Andrew Hurley. n friend of Kyan's,
jumped Into the river Immediately alter seeIng
Ii some woy or o'hcr, Ills trousers, which
werc lightly fastened about bis waist, fell
down. or wero pulled down bv one Of the
drowning mrn, aid falling IN folds about his
most remarkable Is the fact thut nearly q dozen
men saw the encounter on tho foot-pnth, and
three or four Of the number prevented
the others from Interfering, although 1t
the river. And then, when they did reach the
water, no onu made All effort to save item,
thinking tl,ry were both eapnble OF SWIMMING,
until It was sccn tat botfl heads had disappear
c ecnc9t Tue surlaes Of ,e IN %nssr s.,
TINT Fitznatrick was In Ills plnce several times
during tho cventng,, hut was not drunk.
Kyan had been drinking tnors heavily.
anl was ut least under the influence.
They began fighting IN tho saloon upon
some triaI1W pretext. 1ic knows not what, md
he stepped from behlnd tho bar und separated
them. RYAN was hustled out at the front door,
md Fitzpatrick was put out at the rcar door,
and wus started down The stairway lending
to tho docka. Both mcn caH,n, back
however, MS Mr.. o'Brlen says ha heard then,
sculll!ng on the wutk. Both were employed on
the Western Transportaton Co'n3an,'a ts dosks
uic steamsr Ph!ladelphia. Ths money
whlc,, tley earned ou tint job furnished the
means for tic caroissal Yesterday
WHICH HSpRD In THEIR DEATH
It Is understood that the quarrel was boast as
to which was the bcttcr man. Neither hal any
lodgings that could be located last night. III.
O'Dricn says they pasrouizcl e'leup lodging
houses, and found their meals rs best they
could.
a hand on tho tug Brown says that he md
several others from the eama anil other boats
lying near there Witnessed the GGllt from the
western rail Of the bridge abutu,ent. 11ostaeted
oncc to interfere with Tho men, As he knew
they would both fall Into tho river, but larger
pan prevented him, saving 1t was not right,
interested person stop up to the conlbatants.
trip one Ut them. nnd then pthnt hts heel
10 the fallen mhn's face. IIe II sure that
either one Of the two will ahuw scvcFo injuries
about the nuso nnd eyes. lie does not know
who 1t was that intcrfcscd. In their dcsceut
one OF tho mon struck the edge Of thu docx,
aud this, he thinks, was Ryan, as severe gasl,
was found about his chin, When the body was
recovered. It Is likely that the mans neck vas
broken by the fall. Ryan was known to ba
good swimmer, and onlv Thursday night last,
after quitting work, did soma creditable SWIM
ming about In the water neas ono Of
tho tugs. It is thought, however,
that Fitzpatrick was not swimmer and that he
drew Rynn down with him.
The policeman on that beat ascertalnoi tho
namcs o. nearly dozen persons who will testify
to the (aets at tho C0roncrs innuest.