During the week of October 15, deaths included:  Joseph Cassidy, near Tent church of pneumonia, Mrs. Murgaret Soffolette, aged 30, of pneumonia, Sofia Settinio, aged 10 months, of pneumonia, Nick Paula, aged 41, of pneumonia, Louis Rosarte, age 38, Tony Petica, aged 24, of pneumonia, Ross Debies, aged 35, of pneumonia, Mrs. David Rees, aged 44, of heart trouble.

Earlier, in the fall of 1911, an epidemic of diphtheria swept through town. Twenty cases were reported alone in the month of October.

• Steubenville Herald Star, “Follansbee,” October 15, 1918, p. 6
• Steubenville Herald Star, “Follansbee,” December 17, 1915, p. 11