The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-02
BURIED HIM ALIVE.
Patrick Carroll Killed by a FALL
ing Earth Bank.
His Fellow-Workman Is Horribly Crushed,
= But Escapes Similar Fate-1a
&: - Sight of Their Comrades.

Patrick Carroll, a teamster in the employ
! of J.. 3. Chase, the stevedore, was buried
alive at i As o'clock yesterday afternoon,
under bank of rock and clay, near the
Harrison-street bridge ON Second street
Thomas Lannigan. a lab0rer, who was
filling CAROLS. cart when thecliff slipped
down upon them, was also caught by the
falling earth, but escaped with his life. His
body and face were horribly bruised and his
nose broken .:
a gang Of workmen have been excavating
the bank for some time. and getting rid of
the I0oSened earth:by carting it away to the
water front for ballast in ships. Mr.. Chase
owns the property, which was rapidly being
graded to the street level. in the morning
he visited the place and cautioned his men.
against digging any further under the bank:
as ii had already been undermined too much
and appeared DANCE rons. The men were
te+rem0ye no more clay from one particular
spot, but to. operate at another point for.
safety. AT this latter place, however, it
was rocky and hard to loosen, and SO they
kept on, needless of Chase's warning, bur
rowing where the earth was most easily re-
moved with their shovels. >.
FL. A TERRIFIC CRASH.
There had been smaller caves, unaecom-
panied by any injury to. the w0rkmen, but
it is believed by the men that they misealcu-
lated liability to accident, forgetting that the
late rain had :loesened the soil. = :.
: About fifteen men Were working short
distance away: from Carroll and Lannigan,
in a corner where an old frame. building
stands, Suddenly at 1 :45 o'clock a terrific:
crash startled them, and looking ound they
saw an immense volume of earth falling
with a loud noise over their two unfortunate
companions. = II
s Carroll had been standing near his cart
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Then. the bank projected over them, but
after the crash they were completely hidden.
from sight. The surviving workmen ran to-
the spot and tore at the ear TIL feroeieusly to
release their comrades hey performed
their WORK quickly, but VIII en- the bodies
were exposed Carroll was dead. ~. ~.
Lannigan was first found. He was still
living though unconscious. The soft clay
I had pressed into his eyes, mouth and ears,
and a rock cut =his nose from which blood
flowed over his features,
NE WAS NEAR DEATH. :: !
/ lie was also. badly injured internally.
while the shock alone came near killing him..
Avphysician was Summoned, and O priest
from st. Brendan's Church administered the
last rites otthe Catholic Church to Ian nigan.:
f. White this was taking place the IN angled
| body OF Carroll was pne overed and laid upon
the: sidewalk to await the arrival Of the
Morgue wagon. 1t presented a CHASTITY
| sIght-arns broken and twisted. RIBS
| crushed ont of place and the head smashed
| into a flat pulp. Z. si::l.>:-. -
In response TO a telephone cali from. Off.
| GERS Bode and Harry Newman the police pa.
| trol-wagon dashed away to the scene of the
| accident, and, before half an hour had
passed, the wounded man was lying on
| swinging stretcler Whirling along toward
| the Receiving Hospital. 1t is believed by
lthe Police Surgeons that he will recover.
Carroll lived! at 1sl3ls Stockton street.
| grown children. His wife died some time
| age, -. :: ::
| { Lannigan has been employed by Chase for
/ fifteen years. He lives at 225 Green street,
| is 45 years of age and has eight children,
/ two of whom are married.