Dedication Page II

Dedication Page - part II

The Immigrant website is also dedicated to Daniel J. Lynch, the son of Delia & John who was killed on the job in NYC on November 2, 1917. (See article from the NY Sun below...)

The Sun, Sunday, November 4, 1917

“Giant Gives Life to Save 2 — Strength Holds Back Lift Settling on Weaker Mates.”

Daniel J. Lynch was only 22 years old, but he was six feet tall and weighed more than 200 pounds – a muscular giant, fellow workers in the building at 43 West Fourth street, called him. As an engineer in the building, he went into the elevator pit with two other workmen Friday afternoon to fix the elevator machinery. The elevator, out of commission, had been stopped at the first floor.

As the men leaned over the machinery, the elevator, unnoticed began to settle down into the shaft. Moving slowly it reached the height of the heads before the men knew their danger.

They shouted for help and Lynch braced himself, making a bridge of his own body to protect the frailer men. The car was stopped as it was crushing upon them.

The injuries that Lynch suffered caused his death yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital. One of the other men suffered injuries to his spine and the third one a fracture of the collar bone. Lynch lived at 306 West 126th street.