The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-07
VALLEY VILLAGES
Largely Attended Funeral at
FiSksViIIe- Almost Buried by
Cdvs.in Of a Trench.

One of the largest attended funerals
ever held in Fiskeville. occurred this af
ternoon when the last sad rites over the
remains OF Miss Ettie Hopkins were held
in the Fiskevile Tabernacle. The service
was held in the church and was conducted
by Rev. c. A. Meader, rector of st. An
drew's church in Phenix and his sermon
was full OF the pathos which was a heart
felt sympathy of the entire congregation,
all OF whom had known and thought well
OF the girl. whose face they were permit
ted TO see for the last time, short time
later. The floral tributes were most
beautiful and very numerous, and were
banked about the casket as II lay In front
OF the pulpit Conspicuous among the
other pieces all of the most exquisite de-
signs was~an emblem from the Progress
sive Circle, the Kings Daughters OF
which the deceased had been affiliated
with. The circle also attended In a body
At the conclusion OF the impressive SER
vice the remains were laid away In the
Cotteriel cemetery near the church. being
borne hither by four former friends.
cRoMPToN.
What might have been a fatality had
the existing conditions been changed in a
very small measure occurred at the place
where the new water pipes are being laid
y
borers were digging upon a street the soil
Of which Is quite sandy, and during the
process when the trench had reached
depth OF about four feet n ledge was en-
countered. and II was found necessary to
blast the rock out. The rock was accord
ingly drilled and the blast fired. Imme-
diately afterwards an italian jumped into
the trench with the intention of begin
ming work, and was standing upright
when one side of the trench caved-in and
the man was buried to above his waist In
the dirt. His cries brought a number OF
others TO the scene and they at once set
to work digging the unfortunate man out.
II was nearly 10 minutes, however. be-
fore he was safely gotten out and his
limbs were numb from the pressure of the
earth In about an hour he appeared none
the worse for his semi-burial Had he
been leaning over or upon his knees. how
ever the result OF the accident would
probably have been quite different
a number of the youths about the VII
lage have recently been enjoying them
selves by breaking the globes in the
street lights. several having been found
smashed. The youngsters should remem-
ber that there il a fine attached to this
kind OF fun and IN they are caught II may
not he we'll for them.
RIVER POINT.
Palace hive. No. 3. Ladies' of the Mac
ahees. met In regular session last even
ing. Mrs. Mary Lenke. state deputy, be
ing there and presiding. The usual busi-
ness routine was first gone through with
and later tho initiation exercises were
gone through with for the benefit Of two
candidates Later I'm the evening Mrs.
T,enke delivered n short address. which
was full OF interest.
Alert Hose company Of the Riverpoint
fire district held their regular meeting
last evening and according to some re-
ports the meeting was Of more than pass
Ing interest.
John Murray. formerly of Clyde. play
ing on the Seaton Hall college baseball
tenn OF South Orange, n. j., is doing
very efficient work on that team, repe-
tition Of his work upon several small To-
cal mines.