The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-11
PAW TUXET.

Fire was discovered i'm the residence Of
Charles c. Bloomer on Commercial street
Saturday afternoon about 4 O'Clock hy
Miss Bertha Boomer who happened to
he the only one AZ the house at the time.
Smoke was seen coming from the upper
part Of the house and the rooms were
rapidly filling with IT, She Immediately
gave the alarm and Arthur Collins.
young man residing near by on Sheldon
street hastened To the Baptist church and
a few haSty pulls at the bell ropes In
formed the village that there was FIRE
The engine house was but few doors
from the burning building and the volun-
teer 'fremen soon had several streams OF
water on the parts OF tho building from
which smoke was issuing The nre
seemed 20 have originated In the roof OF
the l. kitchen and worked its way into
the studding OF the main building where
the fremen had hard task 10 locate II.
Considerable axe work was necessary ana
"A large hole was chopped In the south
end OF thc building The hole consu-
tutcs all the Visible signs ~ the fre at
present but the plasteging and sheathng
inside the house will have TO be re-
placed. bringing the damage up consid-
erably
After an illness of only a few days
William :. Chambers, well known ana
respected resident OF Fort I'm. died at
his horne Saturday afternoon. He had
contracted pneumonia. which confined
him to the house earlier i'm the week and
toward the latter part complications set
I'm ghich ,,tdsed him to fail steadily TO
the end Nhich came about four o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Chambers was the only son OF
Robert B Chambers. who was senior
member OF the firm of Chambers
calder and who at present resides In
Elmwood H. married a daughter ot
John Foster cashier OF the National
hank ~ Commerce, who survives him
and he leaves also two children. Robert
aged l6 and Mildred aged II years.
Mr.. Chambers was connected with tn,
arm ~ which his father was senior mem
be- until its dissolution few years ago
and later was connected with Handing
& Blaneus. There his ability ana IN,
tcrritv won for him many friends and
well v,isSers and hts sudden death comes
IA n great shock 20 many Ito was
member of The Masonic fraternity and
also belonged To tho volunteer IRE com
pany oT this village. The nag AZ the
IRE station was haif masted yestcrday IN
his honor ana Is 90 remain 80 until atter
the funeral
Fish IN plenty were carried out ~ the
strung or wire being borne triumphahuy
homeward by whcelneu, pedestrians a,n
( passCngesa ON the crowded cars, ny
ngh were not caught Os The teruii ot
/ their own skill as anglers. however, but
T the work of Robert Byrne and others
who stood mid-leg deep in the swlfllhs
i water below the falls, and armed with a
large scoop net dipped the cleaning
/ buckles" from pools IN the rocks. Inese
were bought readily 10y the big crowd OF
/ people which lined the bridge All atter'
/ noon aud watched operations on boih
sides of tho falls
In MARKED contrast 60 this fishing was
that done by the deep water anglera who
/ occupied the neet Of boats anchored az
the way from The yacht club 60 Conlmi-
cut light house from carly morning 10
eunGowu Never was such ushiug done.
Every trick aud quick ~ dshins kuoWi-
edge WAS utilized. and hundreds OF
--t---44Ifds uf hst--~----cut aud drupfr--t
. Z overheard. but then the nsh Wouldn
I bite. Men who went from home armed
with half-hushel market baskets and had
thoughts ~ 'TuiunE Tho others in bas
cane back pstentatiously displaying one
I or two email tautpR cn q string uhe big
basket had been dropped uVprboardI and
, proud of thsfn at that
rhe lauFcf indian recs ntly built hy The
IuGkns shog case company Tor Ernesf
Fuller ~ this village. has arrived I'm this
cove. And ~ attracting much favorable
comment The craft has a canoe stern
, and is Handsomely ftted up.