Eureka Reporter | 1902-12-26 | Page 2 | Pneumonia due to Coal Shortage

onia onis due to coal shortage short A material increase in the number ol 01 cases of pneumonia and severe colds among the people of washington D C is to the coal famine according to a number of physicians they say that in most of the houses tam thc i lt only a few of the rooms are heated even in the homes of wealthy rei residents dents furnaces have had to be abandoned the fhe price of haid coal from the independent operators is 12 a ton tou soft at retail has gone up to 8 and is hard to get at that price prim taatia tA AtiL