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Opening of Trinity Church sheltering Blizzard Victims
In 1888 a storm stranded rail travelers near Elizabeth. Rector Rev. Marion McAllister opened Trinity Episcopal Church, offering warmth and hospitality to women housed with parishioners while men found shelter. The episode inspired a poem in the Boston Transcript.
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