Photograph of workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a pit that caved in on him. Two men are seen standing at opposite sides of the pit, with Darling seen at center. Two signs from the gasoline service station provide a buttress against loose earth surrounding the pit. One sign reads: "Vales Ground 75 [cents] per cyl." Darling was working on completion of a storage tank pit at the service station when the incident occurred.
Photograph of workers retrieving Calvin Darling from a pit that caved in on him. Several men are seen standing around the pit at the surface. One police officer holds an empty bucket while two men are viewed inside the pit with Darling. Two signs from the gasoline service station provide a buttress against loose earth surrounding the pit. One sign reads: "Vales Ground 75 [cents] per cyl." Darling was working on completion of a storage tank pit at the service station when the incident occurred.
Spectators watch as men work to retrieve Calvin Darling from a pit that caved in on him as he was working on completion of a gasoline tank storage pit at the Lou Ryne service station.
Related to the article with a similar photograph, "Sea Robbery Trial Looms. Bail Fixed at $25,000. Officers Fear for Safety of Man Who Assertedly Made Confession," Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 1935: A8.
