Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-06
BURIED ALIVE.
Two Men Caught in a Sand
 Bank To-Day
ONE WAS TAKEN OUT DEAD

The Other Was. More Fortunate and
 Escaped With His Life-They Were
 Working on North Riverside Street
 Screening Sand.
 One man was killed and another nar- Fowly escaped the same fate as re suit of portion of large sand bank on Riverside street caving in this morning The dead man is Michael Left of Canal street Mhdle his more fortunate fellow laborer was Tony Lungo of Canal street.
 Both men were employed by John W. Gaffney x Co. They were en- gagged in digging and screening sand at a bank on Riverside street, suitated about equally distant from the Water bury hospital and Riverside street. The bank is about 40 feet high, is very sandy and parts of it are continually failing. Messrs Left and Lungo were engaged in screening sand near the bottom of the bank this morning about 11:10 when the accident oc- cured. The men had their backs toward the bank. Suddenly q large portion of it fell and struck MT Left about in the middle of the back, throwing him across a wheeIbarrow and completely burying him. It also struck Lungo, knocked him down and completely covered him as far as his neck. He shouted for help as loudly as he could under the circumstances His cries were heard and soon stephen Mcdonald James Lynch and q far mer, passing near by. responded uo his call. They secured a plank and placed 1t about the mans head to pre- vent any of the sand failing upon It. Then they secured shovels and com 1 menced to dig Lungo out. With much difficulty they succeeded in extricating him frcIn the mound of sand With the exception of a severe shock he suf- fered no injury.
 When Lungo was rescued from the heap of sand the rescuing party start cd to dig for Left. He was buried under four or five feet of sand The sand kept falling constantly, adding to the heap and making the work of the rescuers more difficult and perilous The rescuing party was soon increased ! by the arrival of John F. Heating, foreman for T w. Gaffney & Go, and q party of six laborers They started ] in to dig the man out. but as soon as q part of the sand was removed, more 1 fell down. Finally the mans head 1 was found and then half of his body was uncovered. At length about 12:30 the laborers succeeded in pulling out 1 the body. Medical Examiner Crane was present and after trying the ne cessary means to restore respiration pronounced the man dead and gave permission to Undertakers Moriarty X l Callahan to remove the body to their 1 morgue Death was due to suffoca- | tion. 1t is probable that no. bones ] were broken.
 1t was sad sight to witness. As the laborers were digging for the body l of the dead man tears rolled down their cheeks. They could not repress l expression of their feelings. Many a l sob was heard and several of the stronger grew weak when the body 1 was unearthed, gave way to their l grief and sat down and sobbed like children. It was a sight not to be soon forgotten.
 The dead man was about B or 40 years of age, single, and boarded on l Canal street. He had been working for J. W. Gaffney S Go only short time. He was formerly employed by the Platt Mill Go.
 Tony L,lngo also lives on Canal street. He suffered so much from shock that he could hardly speak for
 an hour after being rescued His 1 was a fortunate psscaYa