NEW YORK BEFOGGED.
SMOKE PALL OVER CITY.
EFFECT OF MINERS' STRIKE
NEW YORK, January "27
The City of New York, once famous for.the clearness of its (Umospherc, is now undergoing a radical change. Owing to the coalminers' strike in Pennsylvania householders and the owners of office buildings and factories have gradually been forced to use bituminous coal, as the. stocks of anthracite coal were exhausted. A climax lias now been reached.
New York is beginning to resemble London. For the greater part of the day the oily is now under a black blanket. Lights burn all day in offices which are usually lighted by the sun.
Many citizens who do not appreciate the cause have complained of fog, and clouds of smoke rolling from various factories have caused, numerous inquiries to be made at the newspaper offices regarding the location of the "big fire." The Fire Department and Weather Bureau are also being besieged with oueslioners.
The Health Department is now investigating, and will endeavour to relieve the situation. In the meantime the tops of sky-scrapers are frequently invisible from the streets below.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16711, 29 January 1926, Page 5
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