Youthful Traveller From Shanghai Saves City of Tachienlu From Destruction THRILLING story of how the threat of fire to Tachienlu was averted by the single-handed daring of a young American, has just been Tecelved from the Tachienlu correspondent of the "North-China Herald."
Mr. W. M, Mandeville, who left Shanghai recently with Mr. G. R. Roubin on a trip through China in search of adventure, had been in Tachienlu only a few days when a fire broke out in the 300 year old Ngachos lamasery. Rushing to the scene of the fire, along with practi cally the total population of the city, he noticed immediately that nothing was being done to save the building' or those adjoining it. If the adjoining buildings also caught fire there was every likelihood that the blaze would spread throughout the city.
Taking immediate control of the situation, Mr. Mandeville jumped to the roof of the Dorje Geshe temple adjoining, and from there organized a group of water carriers who kept him supplied with water with which to put out the many small fires which were starting from embers carried from the burning building. He was so successful in his dangerous Work that he saved the temple and prevented the further spread.
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