OBIT:  McCann, Patrick; 1910; Lilly, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 4 Mar 1910
Volume 44, Number 9


Patrick McCann Killed 

Lilly, Mar. 3 -- Just as he warned other miners in the Benscreek shaft at Lilly Saturday of a cracking 
of the mine and as he was about to flee to a place of safety, Patrick McCann, a well known miner of 
Lilly, was struck by a fall of rock and was instantly killed, his head being badly crushed.  Two 
companions in the room to whom he had just shouted a warning escaped.

Mr. McCann, who at the last election was chosen as justice of the peace and judge of election, is 
survived by his wife and eight children.  The latter are:  Mrs. Harry Green of Portage and Agnes, 
Mary, Robert, Christ, Joseph, Margaret and Paul McCann, who are at home.  The brothers and sisters 
surviving are James McCann, editor of the Lilly SIGNAL; Joseph of Lloydell; Arthur of Conemaugh; 
Robert of Lilly; Mrs. John Nelson of Beaverdale and Mrs. Herman Hoffman of Charleroi.  He was a 
member of the Portage lodge of Moose and of St. Bridget's Catholic church.