Show petrograd Petro grad Is no mans M ns L landa at I 1 L I 1 L d once gay capital oj of russia Is now a nightmare of horror and death HOUSES WRECKED FOR FUEL death stalks on every side waiting for winter to aid in the grim work of mowing down thousands paris A graphic eyewitness eye witness description of the fearful conditions existing in petrograd Petro grad Is given by the aln nish ass n red cross in an appeal just issued to the red cross societies of the world it Is accompanied by documents pre predated by professor zelder forra formerly erly head of the petrograd Petro grad red cross but now a refugee in finland the documents tell the story of the agony of a dying city Petro grads lo present resent population based on tile the food cards now Is from froin to and the former capital of the czars azars is described as having shrunk to one fourth its prewar pre pru war size the report sa S death stalks on every side waiting for ni winter inter to aid in the grini grim work of molln mowing dou doat the silent hungry sick and dying oy thousands thousand 3 with streets and houps choked with filth that Is already spreading spotted and intermittent typhus the cold Nc weather neather ather will finish the task with pneumonia and typhus wreck houses for fuel the fuel situation was never so bad wooden houses have been torn down for fuel the material Is distributed equally among the population but during the night the more active citizens steal the quota of wood from others attempts to repair the streets which are full of holes owing to bursting water pipes failed because the wood blocks used for pavement had find been stolen during the night for fuel lighting Is allowed only two halt half hours rach each day and thru then not all houses ire supplied on the lines furnished by the authorities kerosene costs rubles there are no can ann tiler dlos most homes bomes are in dar darkness darene kne there Is no menns means of transporting things by un waterway because the barges were ere long since demolished for fuel the rhe railway transportation la Is devoted almost exclusively to the distribution trib ution of 0 flour only persons are permitted to leave petrograd Petro grad dally by passenger train workmen receive half a pound of bread dally sometimes other food Is given the prices of foodstuffs continue to rise to incredible heights many products have almost completely disappeared from the markets the mortality lias has reached a startling rate owing to flue lack of fw food and the conditions of houses and streets fat has left the majority of the population long ago A at t present the muscular tissue Is consumed the faces of the people have taken on a color city of ghastly horror in order to fill their stomachs with something they drink different substitutes tu tes tor for tea and coffee or great quan of plain water resulting in puffiness and dropsy which change the expression of the he face so that even old acquaintances are unrecognizable there Is no fuel no hot water or baths no janitor doorkeeper or servants for cleaning yards streets buildings or for the removal of garbage petrograd Petro grad is facing a dreadful phantom of epidemics thousands are already dying every month of 0 spotted abdominal and intermittent typhus dysentery spanish influenza smallpox pulmonary diseases janga danga and exhaustion the hospitals are overflowing overflow inz with dropsy victims mostly women elderly meu men und and children |