SUNDAY OF SUFFERING IN BOSTON COAL CRISIS DESCRIBED
The report details desperate relief efforts in Boston as 200 people crowd into coal offices on a Sunday to buy bags at 60 cents. Mr Grant and partners open early, distributing 650 bags by afternoon while poorer families plead for fuel, with many dragging coal home on improvised sleds and passersby aiding.
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Oswego Street
George Grant
Grant
Forest Hills
T. D. Roberts
Grant Company
Albany Street
Rochester Street
West End Coal Famine Strains Poor Amid Snow
Two days of snow and freezing temperatures push coal shortages across the West End. Families in Billerica Leverett South Margin Blossom Fruit North Anderson and Cambridge streets rely on small amounts of coal or scavenged wood, with many staying in bed to keep warm. Coal sold at 15 to 20 cents for 20 pounds, or 15 to 22 dollars a ton, as Metropol itan Coal Company and private teams rush to supply. Retailers at grocers profit by selling to the poor at high rates, while aid shipments and city fuel efforts struggle to meet demand.
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Fruit Street Court
Katharine Glynn
Sunnyside
Chardon Street
Caroline White
North Anderson Street
Fannie Randall
Fruit Street
Salvation Army
West End
Katherine Mullis
Billerica Street
Poewich
Billerica
Leverett
South Margin
Blossom
Fruit
North Anderson
Cambridge Streets
Metropolitan Coal Company
Causeway Street
East Boston Ferry
City Fuel Committee
Polor
Ou Clais
West
Suburban coal crisis grips Newton and nearby towns
A daylong effort to ration scarce coal unfolds as Nonantum Coal Company laborers deliver bag after bag while crowds, including women and children, queue at coal offices from Newton to East Cambridge. Many residents travel to Boston or Somerville for fuel as Somerville and Cambridge face oil shortages and a municipal coal yard petition gains momentum.
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Newton
Nonantum Coal Company
East Cambridge
Cambridge
Boston
Somerville
Board of Aldermen
City coal plan reassures after shortage panic
Herbert Lyman, head of the city committee's coal distribution, says fuel panic is unfounded as coal enters the city and conditions improve. He cites low destitution reports, notes soft coal is available at reasonable rates, and outlines plans to advertise in Hebrew press to reach foreign residents while charities assist those in need.
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Herbert Lyman
Associated Charities
Civic Service House
Industrial Aid Society
North End Coal Shortage Prompts Hunger and Cold
Yesterday and Saturday night hundreds searched the North End for coal with near universal shortages. Stores reported they had no coal, forcing many families to endure cold and hunger. Some kept warm by remaining in bed, leaving many to spend a cheerless Sunday at home.
Boston Snowstorm Highlights Severe Fuel Shortage
Heavy snow and freezing temperatures yesterday underscored Boston's fuel famine. Snow began at 9 a.m. and by evening added over three inches to the four inches on the ground. Temperatures ranged from 12 to 27 degrees then fell. ice coated ponds and the Public Garden allowing skating. The city reported minimal damage and punctual trolley service as cold persisted with a forecast of continued low temperatures and fair skies.
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Boston
Lake
New England
Portland
D'Angelis Family Suffer in Coal Shortage in Boston Suburbs
In Boston's north area a picayune Italian family, the D Angelis at 5 Sheafe Street, endured Friday and Saturday without fire or food as coal ran scarce. The eldest daughter Lizzie shared their freezing hardship, aided only when a neighbor delivered coal and wood. Across suburbs, coal offices opened to meet desperate crowds, with carts, sleds, and even baby carriages used to haul coal amid heavy snow and rising demand.
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North
Ind
D’angelis
Sheafe Street
Lizzie D' Angelis
Scenes in Suburbs Coal Offices Open All Day
Thousands clamored for coal as fuel shops opened all day and teams worked to meet demand. Many residents borrowed from neighbors to obtain even a day’s supply, reflecting a widespread energy shortage. The Puritan of old is cited as originator and sponsor of the Bay State’s famous blue.
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Bay State
Total of 91,456 tons coal arrived last week
During the week ending Saturday foreign steamers brought 51,068 tons of bituminous coal to the harbor. Kronprinz Gustaf delivered 6709 tons to CC H Sprague & Son Brantwood. Oscar I I 4750 tons to C B Catalone 5571 tons to Marvel Co for Everett coke works.
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Kronprinz Gustaf
Blyth
CC. H. Sprague & Son
Brantwood
Cardiff
Oscar NI
Louisburg
C. B
Catalone
Co. C. Marvel
Everett
Olivemoor
Newcastle
Eng
Seuctra
Liverpool
New Warren
Iowa
Everett Coke
William H. Connor
Sovereign of the Seas
Providence
Death of John F McMahon recalls political battles
The funeral of John F McMahon, a South Boston Democratic leader from the 1880s, recalled as a strong village force in Andrew Square. He once led the rank and file in a famed 1883 race against James A McGeough with ballots and local power shaping a pivotal era.
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Boston
John F. McMahon
John McMahon
Patrick Maguire
Matthew Keany
Collins
A. McGeough
John B. Martin
Marty Downing
Owen A. Galvin
Peninsular
South Boston
McMahon
Ward 15
James A. McGeough
McGeough
Village
Andrew Square
Jim Powers
Chris Connor
Jim Flynn
Hugh J. Toland
Boston City Collector Notice Sale of Real Estate for Assessments
City of Boston notices sale of undivided parts of parcels on South Union Station Summer Street and Cove Street for unpaid assessments. Public auction at City Hall on Tuesday Dec 23, 1902 at 9:30 a.m. to discharge the assessments and costs.
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South Union Station
Summer Street
Cove Street
Boston
County of
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Board of Street Commissioners
Union Station
Common Council Chamber
William J. Leckie
Charles L. Haley
Bedford Street
Said
Mary A. Bangs
Mary M. Bangs
Kingston Street
Essex Street
Helen Collamore
Federal Street
Stephen W. Marston
W. Robins
Andrew Tees
Summer Bered
Hawley Street
Franklin B. “Fay
Astees
Edward Bangs
Atlantic Avenue
F. C. Welch
Chauncy Street
Pariay
Benjamin F. Shattuck
Hersey Place
Wilhelmina Stahl
Ded Yates
Nathaniel W. Pierce
Charles E. Cotting
Cnt
Charles L. Haley Eirs
Elizabeth
Thomas FE. Major
Moses Williams
Thomas Nast Dead A Leading American Caricaturist Dies
Thomas Nast died aged 71, the renowned American caricaturist and political cartoonist. Born in Bavaria in 1810, he immigrated to New York at six, grew up poor, learned drawing with little formal schooling, and rose to fame after starting on an illustrated paper at fifteen. He later studied in Europe and drew for Medici's Italian expedition before further notable work.
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Sicily
Garibaldi
Capua
Gaeta
New York
Thomas Nast
Harper’s Weekly
Nast
Mr. Nast
Landau
Bavaria
Thomas
Kaufmann
Europe
Heenan
Sayers
Medici
Italy
The
Bay State Victims Named in Belmont Rail Wreck
Seven people died in Saturday's Intercolonial railway wreck at Belmont N S identified. W. B. McDonald of Cambridgeport Mass is among the dead. Minnie Crooke age 23 of Waverley Mass is the young woman killed, visiting her ill mother in Halifax.
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Halifax
Belmont
N. S
W. B. McDonald
Cambridgeport
Mass
Minnie Crooke
Waverley
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Iston
North End
Greater
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Waltham
Malden
John F. M’mahon
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