We lived in the downstairs of a double on Cleveland's east side, with a shared basement that held two furnaces, two coal bins and two hot water heaters. My father was in charge of our furnace, which ...

Stoking the coal furnace was one of my childhood chores. I lived in the Cowenhoven building, one typical of Aspen’s older brick and stone structures. Tons of coal, delivered by the truckload, boiled ...

When I was a child, if I didn’t behave at Christmastime, I was threatened with something like this from my mother, “If you don’t shape up, young man, you’ll wind up with coal in your stocking.” In ...

Blast furnace coal injection is a critical aspect of modern ironmaking, where pulverised coal is introduced into a blast furnace to serve both as a fuel and a reducing agent. This process is ...

Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - have been sentenced to death by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.

Despite millions of dollars set aside for the purpose, the city has failed to replace antiquated coal-burning furnaces in 265 schools, including one in Queens where kids were sickened Monday by carbon ...

With the cold weather, I thought it to be appropriate to tell of how this weather was handled in the old days before all you had to do was set the temperature you want on the wall thermostat. Mention ...

Fifteen more city schools are getting state bond money to replace coal-fired furnaces this summer, including one in Queens where children were overcome by toxic fumes this year. “All of the schools ...