New Britain herald., 1928-07-10

and the Senior club at high school
 The fraternity which was to have
 reunion banquet tomorrow night has postponed the event. He was .
 member of the high school track
 squad.
 Surviving him besides his father.
 are two sisters. Mrs. Butler Roche , of kenslngton and Miss Mary Grace ] of this city: and a brother, Robert
 Grace. II years old.
 Funeral services will be held
 St. Joseph's church. Burial will be
 Tn St. Mary's cemetery.
 Special to the Heraid)
 Plainville. July l0--After saving
 the lives of two other boys, one of
 whom was his older brother, Mario
 Morante, II year old Plainyille boy,
 was drowned in Thompson's brook
 early last evening. The brook is on
 Shuttle Meadow road. There were
 TO adult witnesses.
 | According to stories told by the l boys later, several lads went to the brook for a swim in an effort to cool off after the heat of the day. Mario. who couldn't swim, remain- ed on the bank. while his 1G-year- old brother, William and group Of others plunged into the stream Although the water in the brook 's said to be fairly shallow, there is one spot there where police say !, during the early evening William Morante and Mike Jerolomv. 13 years old. got beyond their depth and called for help.
 Mario, without hesitation and re- sardless Of the fact that he could not swim, plunged into the water 1 without stopping to remove his | clothing. Making his way to the 1 edge of the 12 foot hole he erasped | one of the boys and dragged him out, returning immediately for inc other. He was successful in getting the second boy to shallow water where the latter was able to reach the bank in safety.
 Disappears in Hole
 The young hero in his efforts to get the second boy out of the dan ger zone, lost his footing and sank into the hole. He was lost iron, sight immediately and the efforts of the boys to rescue him were un- 
 News of the rescue of the tvo poss spread rapidly and within a snort time crowds of excited peo- pie had gathered at the brook not suspecting that the boys who witnessed the incident were fran 'ically trying to tell them that boy had gone into the water and had failed to return. fhally the crowd began to un- ierstand that not only a thrilling double rescue but also a tragedy mad occurred. Policeman Gleason H. saunders Was notified, and efforts were made to find the missing boy,
 J.E. Lamb Recovers Body
 IL was fully half hour after wards that John E. Lamb of Broad street, chairman of the town plan commission and an expert swimmer, lived into the hole and returned With the body of Mario. Efforts to md the medical examiners of 'ialnvllle or Bristol were unsuccess- ul and Dr. Waterman Lyon of New 3rltain was notified. Dr. Lawrence I. Frost of Plainville worked for nore than two hours in an attempt 0 induce artificial respiration, using pulmotor supplied by the New 5rltain police and brought 10 the cene of the drowning by Motor- ycle Patrolman William s. strolls, pon orders of Lieutenant Samuel . 'amforth. :.
 Mario was the son of Mir. and ITS. Pantaleone Morante of 13s ,, huftle Meadow road. The Morante U ome is the house nearest the scene ;. the tragedy. MT. Morante was wis., v, Ing daughter, Mrs. Joseph Sal =, fnlo, In Astoria, L. l., and returned ', ome late last night to meet with T, ne shocking news of his sons cath
 Besides his parents and Mrs. pl alernio. Mario is survived by two Ia ther sisters and brother Rosilla. II ma and William Morante, all of D in The funeral will be held at 2 te clock tomorrow afternoon from sl le home of of Mario's parents. o1 urlal will be in West cemetery. sl