DEMANDS FOR COAL
DESPERATE FUEL SHORTAGE IN MIDLANDS FEVERISH EFFORTS BEING MADE TO GIVE RELIEF. AFTERMATH OF TRAFFIC CHAOS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February 3. A desperate fuel shortage in the Midlands and- northern districts is a legacy of the great traffic chaos. The situation is most serious. Though the four mainline railways reported that their services were almost normal, the first train to Glasgow for a week departed tonight. Road traffic continues to be dangerous and many roads are impassable.
Feverish efforts are being made to relieve the cities without fuel. Trees in seven public parks in Glasgow are being cut up for firewood. There have been numerous raids on private coal cellars.
Thousands of Birmingham people, armed with wheelbarrows, prams and suitcases, besieged the wharves, clamouring for coal. The scenes were reminiscent of the general strike in 1926. The police were called out. The Lord Mayor of Manchester sent a telegram to the Minister of Mines saying the situation was desperate and urging the utmost efforts to send coal immediately.
The Minister replied that the railways were making superhuman efforts under the most difficult, conditions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1940, Page 5
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187DEMANDS FOR COAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1940, Page 5
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