Patrick J. Moriarty, 52, foreman, died attempting to save Timothy A Talbot, 47, driver, from suffocation, St. Louis, Missouri, July 6, 1914. Talbot lowered himself into a manhole 7.5 feet deep to turn a valve in a water pipe. The manhole had not been opened for two or three years, and it contained gas which affected Talbot immediately. He sank to the bottom of the hole, and Moriarty, who saw his condition, immediately lowered himself into the hole in order to lift Talbot to another man at the surface. Moriarty stooped as though to grasp Talbot, and then he sank down, overcome. He was dead when he was taken out of the hole 20 minutes later. Talbot was taken out by others, and he was revived.
Patrick J. Moriarty, 52, foreman, died attempting to save Timothy A Talbot, 47, driver, from suffocation, St. Louis, Missouri, July 6, 1914. Talbot lowered himself into a manhole 7.5 feet deep to turn a valve in a water pipe. The manhole had not been opened for two or three years, and it contained gas which affected Talbot immediately. He sank to the bottom of the hole, and Moriarty, who saw his condition, immediately lowered himself into the hole in order to lift Talbot to another man at the surface. Moriarty stooped as though to grasp Talbot, and then he sank down, overcome. He was dead when he was taken out of the hole 20 minutes later. Talbot was taken out by others, and he was revived.
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