Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-12-21 | Page 1 | Drunken Mobs in Petrograd

uo 1 I Incessant Fighting Occurs in Many Parts of Capital Over Drinking. RAID ON DISTILLERY Fifteen Soldiers Drink Themselves Them-selves to Death, Others Killed and Wounded. PETROGRAD, Thursday, Dec. 20. Incessant fighting has occurred in many parts of Petrograd iu connection connec-tion with the efforts to check drunkenness drunken-ness and prevent the raiding of wine cellars. A mob raided one distillery where fifteen soldiers drank themselves them-selves to death. Fifteen persons were killed and wounded when an armored motor car attack tho distillery which was set on fire. The tire department was prevented from extinguishing the blaze by rowdies and many persons were burned bpfore the situation was brought under control. Tho streets are running with wine in many sections where the soldiers are pumping out tho cellars to present pre-sent disorder.