1873 Port Logging Large Coal Cargo and Sea Trade
100 years ago on August 9 1873 the first vessel landed 713 tons of bituminous coal at the port the largest cargo ever recorded. The British schooner Lizzie Webster arrived from Turk's Island with 4100 bushels of salt for A. T. & T. J. Usher while two new Wood Street houses were erected and a new school building nears occupancy for the fall term. The B T A excursion plans include Governor Howard General Burnside and others with visits to Oak Bluffs Vine yard Highlands Katama and Edgartown. A mass temperance meeting drew hundreds to Rocky Point aboard the Canonicus. Reverend DeW Perry and Reverend Calbraith Perry visited with family and other clergymen stayed with them. A noisy Sunday night on Bourns Avenue prompted police action after a loud religiously blasphemous disturbance. A list of students named for the term ending July 3 1873 is provided for various schools.
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Railroad Wharf
Lizzie Webster
Graham
Turk’s Island
A. T
T. J. Usher
Wood Street
Thomas Duffy
Messrs. As & Munro
William J
New Bedford
Edgartown
Oak Bluffs
Vineyard Highlands
Katama
B. T. of A
Howard
A. E. Burnside
A. P. Burdick
Wm. R. Taylor
John Turner
R.I
Isaac F. Williams
William J. Miller
E.M. Wardwell
J. Dew. Perry
Silver Creek
C.B. Perry
Mr. Paine
Providence
R. Richey
Baltimore
Bourn’s Avenue
Second Intermediate School
Henry B. Dearth
Thomas Morris
Edward A. Oppen
Mary P. Darling
Mary
John O'Donnell
Willie F. Mahnkin
Luke M. Burnham
Mary Scanlon
Annora Brogan
Annual Swim Race From Rumstick Point to Bristol Beach
The Bristol Recreation Board holds the annual swim race from Rumstick Point to Bristol Town Beach on Monday morning. Entrants must have a boat and rower and be at Bristol Town Beach by 9 30 am. winners last year included Jay Heaney of Warren with 38 25 minutes.
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Rumstick Point
Bristol Town Beach
Spon- Bristol Recreation Board
Town Beach
Santa W. Matrone
Bristoltown Beach
Matrone
Jay Heaney
Warren
Heaney
Zoning Board Meeting on Variance Request
Zoning board will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in council chambers of Burhside Memorial Building to consider a variance to join two existing buildings for use as a warehouse.
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Burhside Memorial
Class of 68 sets reunion at Castle Restaurant
The Bristol High School class of 1968 will hold a reunion at the Castle Restaurant on September 22. For more information contact Tom Venduoli at 253-7111.
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Bristol High School
Castle
Tom Vendituoli
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Rocky Point
Canonicus
Fall River
James Dew. Perry
Germantown
Calbraith B. Perry
Baltimore, Md
Garcia
Barrington
Whipple Ave
Maple Ave
Holy Angels Church
Ray Alexander
Don's Art Shop
Main Street
Fred
eMotorola
eMagnovox
Rania
Hope St
Bristol
A. P. Auto Parts
Roma St
Fern Realty
Voice OF the
Azores
Wade
AAA
Cranston
Newport
Bristol Lawns
Charles M. Coelho
oFin Te
Roma
St. Brittof
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