Bomb into the River "Able Seaman Sydney lo Manuel, the bluejacket from H.MLS. Carlisle who threw a bomb into the Huangpu during the attempt by two Koreans last spring to assassinate General Baron, Tanaka, in which Mrs, W. J. Snyder, an American Jady, was fatally injured, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for the deed, states the "Naval and Military Recorder."
The death-roll on that afternoon of tragedy might have been trebled had it not been for lo Marinel's plucky deed. He did exactly the right thing at the right time, for, seeing the bomb, unexploded after it had been thrown, lying near him, lo Manuel reached for a coolie's bamboo pole, and poked the bomb towards the water's edge. While it was actually hot to the touch—proving that it may not, after all,.have been a "dud''—he picked it up and threw it several feet away in the water.
Tt was one of the most notable actions performed on that afternoon. It will be remembered that Mr. H. A. Thompson, in the thick of the firing, caught one of the Koreans, while Mr. Horace Gulick and several Ohinese and Sikh policeman: also courageously assisted in rounding them up, receiving slight wounds.. Yet, in the excitement of the incident, lo inel's bravery was unnoticed until several days later and then it was only after! some persuasion that he would divulge his name. In recognition of what he had done, the Press, and members of clubs and hongs here presented him with a gold watch and a sum, of money, which were sent to Hongkong.
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