The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
.DOUBLY BEREAVED.
Sad Sequel to Clinton
Grade Crossing
Accident.
JAN inquest WILL Be HELD.
Judge Stone Will Get at the
Story Of the Danger
GUS Grade.

Clinton, June 24.-The funerals Of
William E. Fyfe and Mrs. Dora j.
Plummer will be held at their late
home at 2 o'clock. They will be pri-
vate. The bearers will be clerks from
the store Of which the deceased Mr..
Fyfe was one of the chief owners. The
bearers will be Levi Harris, Fred
Lange, Thomas Heagney, Alonzo Wa
terman, Crosby Wellman and Fred S.
Parker. One of the saddest incidents
of the accident by which they lost
their lives was the way in which the
news came to E. L. Plummer, the hus-
band.
He was informed that his little girl
4 had been killed in the accident at the
crossing. He went home to be with
Mis- wife, when the news should be
broken to her. At the house he found
that it was not his daughter but his
wife who had been killed. He endured
the shock of a double bereavement.
Today the doors of the firm of Fyfe,
Fay & Plummer are closed, How it
was that Mr.. Fyfe and his daughter
did not hear the White Mountain ex-
press, which approached with a roar
slldI COulQ De nedTQ d lUIlE SldllC6s -
Unknown. Neither is it understood
why they did not hear the electric gong
at the crossing, which was ringing
loudly.
The presumption is that they were
sengrossed in conversation. The Lam
caster crossing, or Bailey's crossing, as
1T is more commonly called, is one of
the most dangerous anywhere around.
1t is much Travelled. People who have
Gil 70 it iY1I- oh no
protected with gates. Gates would
probably have saved the lives of Mr..
Fyfe and his daughter.
Judge c. c. Stone of the district
court will hold an inquest to ascertain
where the responsibility for the deaths
Should be placed, No accident Of re-
cent years has so shocked the commun-
ity. Mrs. Plummer held a high posi-
ton In the society of the town and was
much esteemed and loved by those
who knew her.
Michael Grady was arrested again
this afternoon. Michael is a bad man
and he gave Officer Joseph Lawson the
usual tussle. Lawson brought his man
in without using a club but it was the
hardest work ne has ever done on hot
day. Grady had a bleeding nose where
he rashly fell against the officers fist,
which was softer than a club. Grady
has just come home from serving a SEN
fence.
Contractor c. N. Taylor has taken the
Job of building settling basins for the
Bigelow Carpet Co. The company is
going to turn it's waste from wool wash
ing, and other operations connected
with the carpet industry into the pub
lic sewer. There is so much sediment in
the water from wool washing, that the
metropolitan water board thought the
company should maintain its own
basins, so as to run no risk of clOgging
the sewer. This the company will do.
The state, it must be understood is TO
maintain the sewage dispOsing plant OF
Clinton for 20 years.
1t looks as if the police would have
to be moved into other quarters. 1t
looks as if Contractor Welch would be
Unable to make the repairs in the old
police station conveniently while it Is
occupied Contractor Welch said last
night that he desired to cut the sewer
connections within a few days To do
This will in itself make the station house
nninhabltable The foundations for the
Extension in front of the old cell room
are being made The extension as well
as the cell room are to be carried up
another story to the level of the re-
pmainder of the building.
Mrs. Helen Spencer celebrated her
e9th birthday, Friday. Mrs spencer was
born in Scotland in 1910. She sailed to
this country when she was eight years
old and the voyage took nearly II
weeks. She was married, Sept. %, 1888,
to Asa Spencer, who died in 1851 while
ne was on his way to the California
gold fields.
For. 35 years Mrs. Spencer ran
Boarding house, where she kept as many
as IS boarders. She has living nine
children, q grandchildren and IA great
Grandchildren.
The school committee wishes $4,000
more to be used in the construction OF
the new school house. The appropria-
tion made for this purpose was $4,000.
The committee finds the latter sum will
not provide as handsome a building as
is required, considering that the build
Ing is located on the common and in
the midst of the finest residential pro-
perty in the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Merchant enter
tained the Clinton Women's Wheel
club at their cottage at lake Wausha-
cum, this week. The club spent the day
enjoyably.
quite a party of people from this
town viii go to Nova Scotia, starting
week from Monday, to spend the
summer. The party includes MIS-