Adventurous Americans was Well-known in Shanghai 4
Woodrutt Mf, Mandeville, adventurous 26-year-<dld American who was well-known in Shanghat and a hero of the frst magnitude at Tachtentu Tibet, died on February 24 at Int. Olive, California of tuberculosis. will be re-called that Mr, Man= ovitle, who always had a keen taste for adventure, rose (o unprecedented eights of heroism os far as Tachlenwas concerned in the spring of 41934 when he went to that town from Shanghai.
A thrilling story reached this city of how the youthtut- traveller' had. almost singlehanded, fought and extinguished a fire in a 300- year-old lamasery which had threat= ened {0 sweep over the entire town.
It soams that carly one morning the populace was horrified to find the Nuachos lamasery, a mass flames, The hundreds who crowded Me, W. M, Mandeviie the streels were practically paralyzed by the sight and' did tile but stand oket Team At this juncture, the young American arrived on the scene, Immediate took control, of the situation and organized a waler-bucket team, the populace, stared in wide-eyed wonder, the youth climbed nimbly to the root of an adjacent building anid had his team supply him with water hurl on the rising flames. When toom grew slack, he drow his pistol ana fired, which impressed the Jen suMefontly with the importance of their work io result in Mandeville ketting more than enough water.
Sometimes the American's beard would be singed and. sometimes. his clothes would catch fire as he nearly went "up in smoke himself." But eventually the crowd saw what one youni{ foreigner could do' to save Tachienlu from disaster, Immedintély the fire wat ex-Uinguished, Mr. Mandeville returned his work at the power plant where hho was putting the dynamo in order, But the much-impressed town decid: ed to give him a public feast and a medal, People AN over the lly sang his penises, Later deputation of military, civil and commercial authorities onthe border tendered their thanks to the ere of the hour. fo mex as Shock An interesting. aspect of the situa mwas that Dorje Geshe had rays Been!" strongly and bitterly opposed! to foreigners and always boasted that they had nothing offer him in enlightenment of salva ion. TI therefore came to him Somewhat of a shock when he heard ial_& young American, only Low days in Tachienlu, risked his lite to save is temple and the ity. from disaster, Mr, "Mandeville was. tmrtieularly Wwell-icnown among the younger athletic group. in" Shanalal, "Having contracted "tuberculosis he. Was forced to return to the- United States Te Shanghii Municipal Councit health report for the week ending midnight March 19, shows. that the {otal number of deaths. from all causes amongst the foreign and Chi-these population in the Selllement were—Foreigners "9 and" Chinese 1570. Deaths from notifiable "dis eases were—oreigners, 'Tubereules 2 "and" Chinese" Tuberculosis 'Typhoid Fever 19; Dysentery 16: Measles 19; Cerebrospinal Fever 1: Diphtheria' 9; Beri-beri 7: Typhus Fever 2 Scarlet Fever, Influeza and Relapsing Fever 1 each,
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