New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-08
DOWN IN SEWER FOR lad
Trying to Get a Peep, Four Year.
Old Falls Into Open ManhoIe.
AFTER HOUR AND HALF
Hundreds of Persons Cheer the
Rescuers as They Emerge
With Little Fellow.

Edward James Burrell four years old
fell into sewer at seth street and Eas
End avenue yesterday afternoon and was
carried along through the snow and slusl
! for more than two hundred feet when n,
! was rescued by Lieutenant Michael Null
/ hall. of IIarbor Squad A. and Lee Keser
| Of No. 200 East 93d street The boy was
practically uninjurcd ny his thrilling cX-
! perience. and he was taken 10 the hospital
simply because ii was feared he might have
taken cold.
Hundreds Of persons. including the mother
Of tho boy who was walking with him when
the accident happened. watched Mulhall and
Keiser climb down into the sewer with 4
lantern to fight their way through the swift
moving slush. and they greeted them with
cheers when they emerged with the boy in
their arms.
Accompanied by his mother Mrs. Matilda
Burrell. OF No go East goth street, and a
friend. the boy was walking along East
End avenue. and had reached point where
stephen Gray. a street cleaner. was push
ine piles Of snow into manhole which h.
had opened. The four-year youngster
tried TO peep in and then he disappeared
as If he had been swallowed mp by the
earth.
Mrs Burrcll shouted for lclp and soon
several policemen arrived. one Of the
boats OF Ilarbor ~ which vas al the foot
OF East s7th street was hurried 10 the foot
Of East Ssth street, where several Of the
men went 10 the outlet of the sewer, while
Mulhall. who was i'm charge Of tho boat.
went with lantern 10 the manhole where
the boy fell in. Young I<eser volunteered
10 go down with him. and together thy
walked along the bottom Of the sewer,
with sush at times above their waists. OK
pcrioucing grca difficult. rhey said after
ward that at times they nearly lost their
footing and were compelled 10 hold each
others hand as they trudeed along. the
cdors and the darkness combining with the
unknown dangers Of the situation almost
To oyerpower them.
Whenever they came n manhole they
would throw up the covering. thus giving
those i'm the street signs az 80 their prog
1css Mrs. Burrel was distracted. but she
followed the movements Of the rcscuers
increasingly. and all tho time she kept cry
ing and. pleading with them 10 recover the
boy
Mulhall and Eeiscr worked their way
toward tho river for a distance Of moro
than two hundred feet when they heard
cry. and hurrying forward they found the
hoy on the top Of pile Of snow. He was
wet and nearly unconscious, bat when they
wrapped him M in q coat and made their
way against the running water with him
tho little follow seemed =" respond 10 their
efforts and soon began 10 take on life
again. lie was revived quickly when they
reached the open air with him. but the
ambulance surgeon from The Presbyterian
Hospital decided nevertheless 10 remove
him 10 the hospital.
While the search was being made for tho
boy his cap appeared at The outlet Of the
sewer. This was caught and taken up IN
the street. and nhcn the mother saw il she
became hyStcrical. thinking THAT her son
had surely been killed
The boy WAS i'm tho sewer AZ hour and
half. II l. believed nc would have per
ishod in ten minutes more. rs his strength
was practically gone when he was rescued