The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-19
BURIED ALIVE
 WHILE AT WORK
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 going down into the excavation for
 about two feet each side of the wooden
 buttrcsscs which were set up to retain
 the sand, Burns was struggling in the
 sand held tight up to his mouth while
 the Italian was trying to hold Kelly by
 the hand, He was forced to let go his
 hand, however and flee for his own life
 after being caught up to his knees,
 Burns never lost his nerve for mos
 mont, With one free hand he kept
 fighting the sand away from his nos
 tris and with difficulty he succeeded in drawing in breath after fashion
 The gang of workmen were da2ed for To moment and then they began the work of rescue. Setting to with a will and following the instructions of Burns
 who from his imprisonment directed
 their efforts to get him out, they work ed around him with might and main,
 1t was three hours however, before they could get him out Several times
 the man sank under the sand and
 seemed to be lost but he fought his way up again and by the aid of stim-
 ulants he was able to keep himself aliyo until finally dragged out at half- past seven. He was able to walk to
 the house of MT Gilbert which Is right near the scene Of the accident where he was cared for a while. Then he was
 taken home in the automobile of Ma ior Blakeslee who arrived on the scene right after the news of the accident reached him and who was engaged in doing what he could to rescue the men
 who had been caught.
 Witnesses say that while he was be- ing rescued Burns for a time called to | Kelly apparently In the belief that he ! had escaped on the way home it is reported Burns said that if he had re- |mainrd there another minute he would have been lost as he could not get an- ! other breath. Two Of Burns young children were on the scene when their ! father was finally rescued Those who
 witnessed the rescue work pay Q very l high tribute to the ucrviuess and sand ! of the man In hls fight for life They l say he never lost control of himself q minute and never seemed afraid of the death in whose jaws he was standing
 But Kelly had been buried out of sight and lt soon became apparent that l be was lost The sand had piled more
 deeply on the side of the excavation he
 was in and he was down beneath a pile
 of closely packed sand about ten feet deep Work was continued digging
 for him but hours were required re- placing tho huuesses before digging could be started to remove the earth
 on t6p If this man. T. was after 10 o'clock before tho weary workmen had built up the supports so that the dig
 ging could commences Midnight had passed before the body could be got-
 | ten out Walker, the undertaken was notified and hc came for the body some
 time after o'clock thIs morning. l Many willing hands turned Co the | rescue work Foreman William <. ! Fowler of the gang which had charge of the work and about forty pt the men who had been working on the sewer construction all day worked uu- till after midnight and Major Rlukoslee
 was lt hand an night, doing what could
 be done fur the men He brought lunch for thn men in his auto during tho evening John Gilbert who lives ucnr by. also worked hard in the mat teruldirR In the digging and helping
 iB many other ways Michael Kelly brother of the cntomhed man was on hand all night nleo waiting for the
 recovery oi his brothers body
 John Kelly inc dead mau was about thirty-NHc years of age, unmarried
 and Inc lived with his sister Mrs
 Mary Boylan in York street He leaves besides his sister the brother Michael and a mother,
 on account of tho proximity of the
 sewer excavation to the trolley ear tracks the ears were run both ways on ono track ail last night, go aa not 10 ! interfere with the work Light was ! furnished for tho wnrkmen hy ono of
 the compnnys hanging lamp boards.
 The sewer iS long ono, which tg be- l ing built by the plakcslcc company tp l connect inc now County home on the l htl back of the school house in AL | lingtowu with the boulevard trunk
 sewer of the city. II has been complei- cd from the boulevard to the point ! Iust above the web shop where tho ac- ] cldcnt occurred Thls Is the deepest
 part uf the excavation. as it comes in | rising ground
 l Tho exact cause of the accident could | not be determined last night Earth | pressure ig thuurht to have been too | great for the retaining structure. how ! cvcr In the absence from town of Dr. ! Barnett, tho medical examiner for West l Haven, Dr. Bartlett of this city acted | last night when the body was recover ! cal and he announced early this morn 1 ing that the case seemed tu he one purely ot accident No one fig held for | tho death.