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New Zealand Tablet, 6 April 1911, Page 641

After several weeks of illness, the Most Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, D.D., Archbishop of Philadelphia, died at his residence in that city on February 11 (says the «S 'acred Heart Review). So marked was the Archbishop’s improvement at one time that great hopes were entertained of his recovery, but a sudden relapse at noon on the day he died marked the beginning of the end. A tolling hell in the Cathedral tower announced his death to the city. At the last Father Kavanagh, his secretary, who attended him night and day through his illness, was holding the Archbishop’s hand. Around the bedside were relatives, several priests, and Dr. J. Ryan Devereux. The Archbishop died with a prayer on his lips. A few minutes before that those at the bedside had asked him for his blessing. He raised his hand, made the sign of the cross, and pronounced the blessing. His last words spoken, just before the final prayer, were: ‘ I wish to be with Christ, like St. Paul.’