Patrick Sheahan
Died
:
6 May 1905
Age
:
30
Rank
:
Constable
Force
:
Dublin Metropolitan Police
Cause
:
Accident
Duty Status
:
On Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Pronounced dead at Mercer’s Hospital, Dublin, after being overcome by fumes while rescuing two unconscious workmen from a sewer.
Constable Sheahan had suffocated in the liquid at the foot of the main sewer on Burgh Quay.