EFFECT OF COAL STRIKE
SMOKEY NEW YORK. RESEMBLES LONDON. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, January 27. (Received Jan. 28, at 8 p.m.) New York City, famous for the clearness of its atmosphere, is now undergoing a radical change, due to a coal strike. Householders, office buildings, and factories have gradually been forced to us© bituminous coal as anthracite stocks Hvere exhausted, until the climax is now reached. New York is beginning to resemble Londo. During most of the day the city is now under a black blanket. Lights burn all day in the offices, which are usually exposed to sunlight. Many citizens, not appreciating the cause, complained of the fog, while smoke clouds rolling from the factories caused numerous inquiries from newspapers offices regarding the location of the “big fire.” The Fire Department, and the Weather Bureau were also besieged .with questions. The Health Department is now investigating, and will endeavour to relieve the situation. The tops of skyscrapers are invisible.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19700, 29 January 1926, Page 9
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