The Archive · 1926

BEGGAR'S. ABORTIVE

Loses His Live in Atvempting to Save Drowning Man The dismal life of at least one Chinese beggar has terminated in romantic fashion and the hitherto despised man has gone to his grave marked as a hero. About 1 pin. on Sunday, one of the Shanghai Milk Supply Co.'s coolies, when bathing in a pond at the rear of. the dairy premises, got into difficulties and was at his last gasp when a beggar came by and jumped in to"his rescue. Unfortunately the poor beggar was unable to look after himself or the other man, with the result that both went under and were drown-

Though the pla Settlement ligits, sent to the Bubbling Well Police Station and a foreign constable went along to do what he could, He found that the bodies had been recovered and foreign employees of the company were attempting artificial respiration. Their efforts failed and the bodies were taken away by the Chinese police, pai verted to have killed by a lightning flash during Tuesday's storm. The mien were at work painting a boat on the Pootung side of the river:

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