WORST FOR CENTURY.
ICE BLOCKADE OF DENMARK. EUROPE’S SEVERE WINTER. LONDON, February 9. “Pedestrians arc* forbidden to enter the minefields,” reads a notice posted far from the shore off Copenhagen, because people have been walking across the frozen sea- between Denmark and 'Sweden towards Germany. Three principal minefields lie off Copenhagen and the channels off the Little and Great Belts.
Shipping authorities fear that the worst ico blockade for a century will completely islote Denmark. Northern Europe is still largely under snow and ice.
Holland is acutely anxious about huge masses of ico drifting down the rivers. The Rhine is a chief source of danger. The continued shortage of coal in Germany has led to now decrees. Rentals have been compulsorily reduced if they normally included heating. i
Denmark and Norway have only half the normal supply of fuel.» Schools and churches remain closed. Even hot baths are rationed, and the running of hot water is prohibited.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 104, 12 February 1940, Page 6
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