AGAIN IN WINTER’S GRIP
HUNDREDS OF DEATHS IN EUROPE LOW TEMPERATURES IN DENMARK Press Association—Bj Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 12. (Received February 13, at 2 p.m.) The great iceclaw stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea and westward to Holland is again clutching Europe and has already caused hundreds of deaths, spread epidemics and influenza among thousands, immobilised sea and land transport, and intensified the food and fuel shortage.. Temperatures are far below freezing point, and a violent snowstorm, combined with a heavy gale, swept the ice-bound Kattegat, heralding a new period of suffering for Northern Europe. The temperature is 52 below freezing point in Denmark, the lowest since 1895. Two Danish icebreakers were trapped while endeavouring to free 10 ships. GALICIAN OILFIELDS / TRAINLOADS OF GERMAN TROOPS LONDON, February 12. (Received February 13, at 1.35 p.m.) It is reported that 10 trainloads of German troops and equipment are going to Kolomyja. in the Galician oilfields.
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Evening Star, Issue 23499, 13 February 1940, Page 10
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