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Show ' FIVE TALL INTO ORAVE. Rrmirkable Incident That Disturbed Sctemeity of Funeral. Iattead if the accustomed quiet whk pn-iiil. at the tinrltl of the if, great ev-itement and feer attended at-tended the Imrlnl the other day of Michael Hereon a prominent merchant Of Wrstport when by Ihe collapsing of a grave the mflln and several person per-son attemlinK tho services were hurled Into a small pit. Thj final prayer had been aal.l by Ihe trttrhcr nnd the assistant to tbe undsrlsker st pp, ,1 to tho font of the coBb lo arrange tho for letting the coflln Into the grave. At that mo-meat mo-meat one of tho pallbearers accidentally acci-dentally kirk. -I out tho erossplece that supported tbp coffin. The coffln eulekly desri nded Into tbe grave, the body suing bet first. The assistant hastened Its descent by tumbling on It. Several persons rushed to the edge of the grnie, causing the soil to yield, and In a few seconds five per toss were lying In the pit half covered with dirt. They were pulled out, tbe coffln ws dug out and Inld flat, and after the grt had been redug the burial was eoBBleted X Y. Preat. |