STREETS OF PETROGRAD.
WINE PUMPED FROM CELLARS
PETROGRAD. Dec. 21
Incessant fighting has occurred in many parts of "Petrograd in connection with the efforts to check drunkenness and prevent the raiding of wine cellars. A mob raided one distillery where fifteen soldiers drank themselves to death. Fifteen persons were killed and wounded when an armoured car attacked the distillery, which was set on fire. The fire department was prevented from extinguishing the blaze by rowdies, and many persons were burned before" , the situation was brought 'under control. The streets are running with wine in many sections where the soldiers are pumping wine out of the cellars to prevent disorders.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 8 February 1918, Page 3
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109STREETS OF PETROGRAD. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 8 February 1918, Page 3
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