The evening world., 1912-09-13
DIVES TO RESCUE
N POOL 400 FEET
! UNDER EAST RIVER
Hero Plunges in Darkness of
Aqueduct Shaft and Gets
His Man Alive.
SLIDES DOWN AIR PIPES.
Two Saved From Upset Scat
fold and Third Dies After
Reaching Surface.
SLIDES DOWN AIR PIPES.

n a. black darkness of the lotion
= Q ~ foot shaft OF the new Croton
aavsaset Patrick O'Donnei OF No. ase
Lax1ngton avenue. a young laborer. was
drowned to-day despite heroic efforts OF
rsoous made by Daniel Brogan OF No.
~ De KAlb avenue. Brooklyn. fore
- Of the gang OF which o'Donneli
wao . member. ODmneli was alive
WIEN hauled out Of the shaft. but died
u ne emergency hospital on the works
veAls Drs. Loomis and Hunter and an
ambojance surgeon were trying To re-
W. him
sUrsd y st Connton street and the
HnGt River. There ;s where the tunnel
SnrouGh which the water supply from
- Asi,okan reservoir starts from the
Manhattan side for Brooklyn. under tho
- q the East River. Although six
hyArsuasc Vuups are constantly At work
- SoeGom Of ehs shaft IL seldom dry
- thass was twenty feet OF water
09s .Ae-Aay.
I'LL INTO Pooi 200 FEET Dc.
- low RIVER.
me Dssusn contractin~ Company
As ~ ~ Of running the tunnel un.
"a ~ rivsr. The C1inton street shaft
~ been completed ~ 10 the boring.
and Brosan asA his workmsu are en-
essAd in lining II with concrete o'Don-
nsil, kHsrbert Christian of No. 2so East
Fouran street and Jossph swesny Of
No. 6Nt Myrtle avsnSe. Brooklyn. were
q WosA. today - . SwiaSinS soa6old
in the AshAft moro man four hundred
test NV ~ GHreass q ~ strsst
and tn ~ ahSvU ~ Sosl q water
At the bottom. Ths men v0se workins
unAsr coA,pessssA aAP pssssurN
The soaAte,d tippsd ovr. Christian
~ swssnS grabbed The ropss and held
xIbtt O'DA,nnsli. wAs could not swim.
fsli into the peel
~ the scsIfosd uppsd. ne iishts At
tsched to Il RsFs sgu1Gn6Asd. Chris
tiaa and 0wesn0 ysllsd ~ Asap and
thar Cries vRs heard By Brosan. who
- eArst1ng . 49, - . oeafEnll eerty
test abova.
0rogan SaAd AgWn ne cir pipas 70 the
npVer scae1oh and shouted dirsotaons "a
Hovsr one Of ~ hag iron buckets used
u the WORT ThAs order had to b
Aeuted IRON nan TO man up the deer
dAalt and Was . long ttms getting "a
- surface.
IN the msan t1ms Brogau had rsAcAsd
u upset soa1foid. rishtsd Il and helped
cAsiaiian and swssny 70 safety. Then
~ foreman took q dive Into the black.
-, guided By the sound of the splash.
ias made BY O'Donneii. VINO was grab.
slag Desperately at the rough s,dss Of
- shaft.
cot HIS MAN INTO DuckaT
ALIVE. but TOO LATE.
Arogan. Q good swimmer and q mar
Of great strength. got hold OF O'Don
Ill and supported him. Slowly tn,
.arsat bucket descended. As Il passed
tAs lower scsffoh Sweeney Jumped In
. 4, aAd With his aid Brogan 60
Ofpounsll, who was unconscious, GU
e the Watsr ana gave the order q
hoist away.
Possibly fiftssn or twenty minutes
aad elapsed from the time o'Donnei
fell into ths water until he lwas hfte,
out of the bucket Because of the liza
biiity to accident in the tunnel wor
there 10 a hospital inside tho enclosur
ae the top Of the shaft. and ,O'Donnel
WAS hurried to . cot Every means o
artiAoial Pssptretion was tried TO n
avoll.
Dsosan was all broken up over IN
fatality. He had employed O'Donnei
q young. Jolly carefree Joker. who wa
recently married. O'Donnell WAS III
nPst workman drowned In tho ne
Aaueduot work within the city limit
although many have been killed b
blasts ed falling stone,