The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-31
A GORGEOUS END
The Season at the Terrace
Closes in a Blaze of Light.

Narragansctt Bay was never more beau
tifui than last night when its east shore
was blaze of light and its waters covered
with fire filed boats.
III was the grand wind up OF tho season
among the cottsgers at Crescent Park,
Narragansett Terrace and Richmond
Point and the idea of an illumination was
carried out in all its beauty and brilliance.
Inc affair was well advertised,
| every cottager sent for his
or her friends to come to the
first fall illumination and the result was
the biggest crowd that Crescent Park has
accommodated this season. Every boat
In the Continental fleet was making extra
trips with crowded decks, excursion boats
from far and near were anchored in the
Day opposite the lighted shore, and there
were dozens of hacks and hundreds OF car
parties down from the city. s
The lighting upcommenced early In the
evening and by 8 o'clock the sight from
the west shore or from the end of Boy
den's long pier was q magnificent one.
Extending from the waters edge up to the
cottage tops along the bluffs was the mile
OF fire, produced by thousands of lanterns
aud refectors arla iged in lines and
curves and figures without single patch
OF darkness to mar the effect. The night
itself could not have been better for
illumination purposes, black and starless,
with nothing to detract from the brilli-
ance OF the artificial display, and the
contrast between the over erhanging clouds
and the bed OF many colored flame be-
meath added much to the gorgeousness of
the spectacle.
The signal for the beginning of
the celebration proper was the
first whistle blast heard from
the New York boat. gun was
fired on shore, the two long fleets of il
Illuminated boats started down the line,
LED by the big barge with Boyden's band
aboard, fires of alternate red and green
light were started at every conceivable
point on the shore and thousands of
colored rockets, Roman candles and
snakes nests were sent skyward. The
big steamer acknowledged the grace nj
salute and its deep-toned whistle was
heard above the roar of Boy
dens artillery, the kissing of
the rockets and the continuous
shrek blasts of the steam launches. The
rays from the steamers search light were |
directed first at the feet and shore and |
then shot upward among the lights Of the
rockets and lost in the general
brilliancy while the quiet surface of the
bay was crossed and re-crossad with the
rainbow lines of reflected light. 1t lasted
wo hours and was a spectacle which
vas credit to its originators and those
who carried out every detail without a
Jingle flaw.
The committee which had charge OF all
he arrangements was made up OF the fol-
owing cottagers: George III. Webb of
'awtucket, chairman; Charles III. Thstch-
r, secretary; E. b. Crocker, Ezra Per-
Tins, Charles Vaslet, Edward Burlingame,
iherif Hunter c. White, Adolphus Davis,
rank Esser, Charles Kittredge, Ii. Cor
elius Barnes and Walter G. Dyer.
The commanders OF the fire fleet were;
'irst division, Major T.. b. Crocker; Sec
nd division, Mr.. Charles Kittridge. Each
I the 80 boats in line was crowded with
adies and gentlemen, many of them in