Patrick Lynch died after attempting to save James P. Conlon from suffocation, San Francisco, California, September 16, 1913. Conlon, 50, was overcome by gas in a sewer, and he fell unconscious at the foot of a ladder in a manhole, which was nine feet deep. Lynch, 39, foreman of sewer construction, hurried to the manhole and immediately entered it. When he reached the bottom of the ladder, he was overcome by the gas, and he sank down at the foot of the ladder. Attempts were made to save Conlon and Lynch, but Conlon was dead when taken out 25 minutes later, and Lynch died the following day. 12185-971
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