The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-07-25
BROWNS ON TOP OF
BUILDING AS 4 men
WORK TO SAVE HIM
Terrific Suction Holds
Porter Under Is In
ches of Water
|ARM is PULLED IN
After Struggle Four Men Free
Him But 1t is Too
Late

New York City.-On the roof Of
the twenty-story building at No. 100
East Sixteenth street, the right arm
of Robert kinsela, porter. was
sucked into i drain pine opening with
such force that His head was drawn
under sixteen inches of rain water
AID he was dr0 WneA despite the ef-
forts Of four Strong men to liberate
him. III
When the heavy rainstorm broke
over the city at O'Clock Kinsela
went to the roof and found the water
over foot deep. AS it was rising rap
idly he concluded that the pipe had
become clogged, although the six
inch opening was covered with an
iron grating which made square
over a foot across.
While Kinsela did not know that
the pipe was built to Withstand
pressure of 460 pounds to the square
inch, he was aware that the suction
was terrific and one had to be care
full in approaching the vent. So, be-
fore going to the pipe h8Waited until
Thomas HALEY, the engineer arriv-
ed.
Drawn in BY Suction.
'I'm going over there and see
what's the trouble with that water
vent" kinsela told the engineer as
the latter waded toward him. We've
got to get this thing Strengthened out
or the whole building will be flood
ed."
When he found the vent he dis
covered that refuse had bean sucked
uoLn cd in, x,rS
hard he could make no opening for
the water Then he dropped to his
knees, and after several tugs pulled
|, the grating lose.
HALEY says that then Kinsela SEEM
ed to pitch forward directly over the
vent His right arm disappeared and
his head went under the water. The
next instant Kinsela raised his head
of the pipe. HALEY Immediately
caught by the, suction, as the pipe
drops to the sewer in straight line
Shouting for aid, the engineer ran
as fast as the water would permit to
kinsellas side and grasped him under
the shoulders. The mans head was
partly under water, and when HALEY
found himself being drawn down he
released his hold, braced his legs and
caught the porter under the chin.
Il thoughtlI had him fast that
time" he told Capt. Morris of the
East Twenty-second street station
later but Kinsella's head snapped
back out of my grasp. AS he went
under this time he yelled fflghtfully
and l was -1ly scared"
The cries of Kinsela and HALEY
brought three others. They ran to
assist HALEY and the four caught
hold of the now drowning man by
the legs.
Dead When Torn Loose.
Pull all together" yelled Hal
ley. We've got to get him out of
| here!"
But not an inch could they bulge
Kinsela. BY this time his arm had
been sucked into the pipe up to the
shoulder, and the rising of bubbles
showed that the arm had about stop
ped the flow.
The rescuers next CROPPED about
until they got new hold. Then
they put North their combined
strength. The arm was about half
free when the inrushing water drew
/
it back again. The rescuers had
caught a glimpse of Kinsela's face
this time and it was CHASTITY white.
The eyes were open, but there was no
expression in them.
Once moro the four grasped the
man, with superhuman effort drew
him free and with difficulty carried
him to the front of the roof, where
the water was not more than four
inches deep. But it was plain Kim
sela was dead.
New York City. Threshing out
all the theories that might help to
solve the Rosenthal murder mystery
District Attorney Whitman today adj
mitted his doubt that the assassins
of the gambler escaped in the much
described gray car. He says that an
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