 There, he successfully hid from the British authorities (who may have been tacitly happy to see the last of him) and with further help from Irish sympathisers managed to get to San Francisco, where some of his fellows such as MacManus and Meagher also ended up.He died in New York City on 22 January 1854, shortly before the arrival of his wife on a ship from Ireland.The time spent in the chain gang may have contributed to undermining his health.