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The Bridport Sun
Thursday, 19 September 1901


         The funeral of MRS. MARK FREEMAN at Pittsfield
       had to be postponed on account of the wanderings
       of the hearse. It appears that the driver, E. J.
       RIDLAND, before reaching West Bridgewater on his
       way from Cuttingsville, took the wrong road, drove
       through Bridgewater at an indecorous gait - took
       the hill road to Barnard, through North Bridge-
       water, and after many a twist and turn, raced into
       Barnard village, where he was stopped. Near CHARLES
       SHURTLIFF'S  in North Bridgewater it is said that
       the coffin slipped out of the hearse, and with some
       help the coffin was replaced and the driver started
       on again. The hearse traveled about 40 miles in its
       wanderings. At Barnard Constable J. A. Moore took
       the hearse in charge and drove it to Pittsfield.
       The driver claims that he had not been drinking;
       that he was ill at Cuttingsville before starting,
       and remembered nothing of his 40-mile trip over
       the hills.
       
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