The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-06
Lost on the Day of the
National Celebration.
Arnold Drowned While Bath
ing at Crescent Park.
Borelli Was Crushed 10 Death and
Powers Succumbed to Heat.

Yesterdays fatalities We're as follows:
Albert Il. Arnold, 81 years old, of 33
Olney street was drowned at Crescent
Park.
Angelo Borelli was killed by train
at the Acorn street crossing.
Peter Powers of Fall River, after spend
ing the forenoon in this city, went TO Mill
vile and few minutes after leaving the
train dropped dead from heart disease. He
was 5S years old and leaves three children.
The Drowning Accident.
Young Arnold was drowned at 4 40
O'clock yesterday afternoon. lie rode to
Crescent Park on bicycle accompanied
by two friends. He was the only one of
the trio who went into tho water. The
others remained on the pier and watched
him.
Arnold was first class swimmer but
unfortunately subjected himself to too
severe test After half an hour swim
ming in shallow water where there were
at least fifty other bathers he ventured
into the steamboat channel where there Is
a depth OF thirty feet. His friends ran
down TO the end of the wharf to get n bet
ter view of his exhibition as n swimmer
but got there only to see him engaged in
hopeless struggle TO fight against cramps
and save his lite. The horror OF tho situa-
tion got the best of the witnesses and
several valuable minutes were lost before
any alarm was given and then there was
no intelligent efforts maue TO rescue the
man. Before anything whatever had been
done Arnold had gone down for the third
time and all attempts To find the body
were unsuccessful.
Arnold was an employe OF Walter r.
Willis in Butler Exchange and he lived
with his mother and "a brother and sister
on Olney street.
The Acorn Street Fatality.
Angelo Borelli, boy less than 10 yoars
old, was killed by train last evening at
the Acorn street crossing and his father
and mother and younger brother were
the witnesses of the fatality. The family
had been out for a walk and were re-
turning TO their home near the crossing
ut 80 O'Clock when the express from
Hope isAue in this city. The gates were
down and Mr.. and AIRS. Borelii with
their children stood on the further side
of the track waiting for tho train TO pass.
But Angelo boylike, wanted the fun of
making "a run for it, slipped away fSom
the others and went around the emu OF
the gate Before his father and mother
realized that ne had left them they saw
his diminutiye body caught by the engine
of the express and hurled dozen feet
along the track.
The train was stopped and train men
and the father anu mother rushed 10
whore the crushed body lay across the rail
of the outward bound track. The Toy
was still LIeathing and was carried to his
home, but ho died before 5 o'clock.
A Fool Trick.
Miss Minnie Pyne Of SO Althea street is
at the Rhode Island Hospital suffering
from the effects of q serious wound in
her right hip. She was walking on Dex-
ter street yesterday afternoon, and at tho
corner of Westheld street was struck by
u pebble fired from cannon belonging to
George Williams. The stone went into
the flesh TO u depth of three inches and
the wound is n serious one.
Williams was celebrating by cannon
firing on the grass bank at this street
corner and for the sake of "A louder report
had placed the stone ia the barrel OF the
gun. The cannon was pointed directly
across the sidewalk and Miss Pyne was
opposite and close To the muzzle when the
fuse was lighted.
Williams was arrested and locked up at
the seventh station.
Williams was arraigned in the Sixth
District Court this morning on the charge
OF making an assault upon Miss Pyne
with cannon. He pleaded not guilty and
was held in the sum OF $500 Tor trial
July 20.