The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
Chinese Student Lost Life
i'm River Yesterday
Afternoon
WENT DOWN QUICKLY
NEAR SCHELL BRIDGE
About rs Other Conference Delegates
in Water at the Time - Body Soon
Recovered - 10 Drownings at This
Particular Point in the Connecticut
Especial to The Reformer.)

NORIItF 1ELD, Mass, June ~.
S. T. Ma. Chinese student from
the Worcester polytechnic institute
who has been attending the Mortified
student conference, was drowned in
the Connecticut river here yesterday
afternoon. Ma was in bathing at the
regular bathing beach near the Schell
bridge with about IS other students
and suddenly went down and did not
reappear.
The cause of the drowning is a mys-
terry Ma is said to have been a fairly
good swimmer, He made no outcry
when he sank, and although at least
one student saw him disappear he
thought that Ma went under purpose
~. His attention was called away
and he thought no more about it until
Ma s friend arrived and inquired for
him. The other students then began
to dive for the body without knowing
where to look, and when they found it,
it was farther up the stream than they
had expected The only suggested
| causes of the accident are eramp or
| sickness.
When the students got the drowned
| boy ashore, about 4.30 o clock they i'm
mediatelv summoned doctors and sent
| to Greenfield for a pulmotor. DR.. A
| L. Newton and DR.. n. 2. Wood arrived
| promptly and DIR. r. H. Philbrick came
soon after. Together they worked over
the body until the pulmotor arrived
about 5.45 clock. DR.. Ellis of Green
field came with it. They continued
| work until nearly clock using thre,
| tanks of oxygen in the attempt to re
| vive the young man, but he had beer
in the water too long. 4 telegram wa
| sent to the Chinese authorities a
| Washington, D. c., for instructions a
to the disposal of the body. MA wa
an engineering student of Worceste
polytechnic institute. He was the onl,
Chinese student who came to the con
| terence from that school, and he ha,
no close friends among the delegates
, The part Of the Connecticut abou
Mortified is very treachefous, and
is said that no less than 10 drowning
. have occurred there since the studen
conferences began. The last was tw
years ago, when some of the delegate
were walking to the Mount Hermo
school. When they crossed the lowe
bridge, one of them was dared to swiI
across. He attempted it, but sank i
midstream. Since this time the rule
of the conference about bathing hav
been very strict. This year 5 rule
as follows: Bathing is absolutel
prohibited except between 3 and 5.3
, p. M, and then only at regular batl
ing beach, where a life guard is mali
tanned. Formerly disregard of this ha
) resulted in great tragedy Any dell
gate ignoring this injunction viii b
asked to leave the conference Th
life guard, an experienced swimme
was rowing about among the bathel
II yesterday afternoon. Lifebdlts wei
l at hand and the doctors who attende
/ the drowned boy say they do not Sc
II how greater precautions could hay
II been taken. The current of the riv,
is swift and the bottom shallow fl
some distance from the shore, with
sudden drop to a great depth. n
mention was made of the drowning
the service last night at the confe
III / ence.