Disrupted; Food, Coal Supplies Inadequate Braving the danger from the presence of German aircraft, local fishing craft went out and aided the Yewdale so that she was finally able to reach port safely.
The Grimsby trawler Rose of England was bombed and machinegunned by three German aircraft in the same ares. She escaped with little material damage and only one person aboard was injured. A member of the crew stated that the Ger-
London, Feb. 5.
The Government took special Measures at Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester yesterday to relieve the fuel shortage resulting from the European war.
Police attempted to control crowds at Birmingham where householders besieged coal stored on the city's wharves, The coal shortage hit the city hard because of the current cold wave, At Glasgow citizens were permitted to cut down trees\in seven public parks to warm their homes after the 4,000-ton allotment for domestic use proved insufficient.
Police in cities experiencing the greatest fuel shortages reported many cases of theft from private coal cellars-—United Press.
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