The Archive · 1925

Drowning Fatality in Huangpu

Unknown Russian Male The dead body of a foreigner with only a singlet, was recovered from the Huangpu' off the Public Garden shortly before 6 Inst Thursday evening.

The body was seen by three for-Jeigners who procured a sampan and removed the corpse to the Rowing JClub, Here it was handed over to' ithe River Police, who were at once Jsummoned, and who took the body to the Mortuary.

No marks of identifeation or of violence could be discovered, but the police believe that deceased was a Russian who fell overboard from a munch on the 20th instant.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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