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This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. And then the Red Cross men called it a day's work

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Greeting American Red Cross in Kowel, Poland. Nearly all inhabitants of this town on borderland of Poland and Russia came down to the Railway Station to see the Red Cross Physicians and nurses come in with flour, food and medical supplies tohelp them fight their typhus epidemic

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Siberia, Russia. Thousands of persons in Siberia owe their lives to the treatment provided by this train --- the American Red Cross Anti-typhus train. With a personnel of Red Cross doctors, nurses and attendants, its cars stocked with medical supplies of every sort, "The Great White Train," as it is now known throughout Siberia, has travelled back and forth across more than 4,000 miles caring for stricken soldiers and civilans and instructing communities along sanitary lines

This train of 30 Russian box cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Some of the weaker ones were carried on Red Cross stretchers

This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Speeding to the relief were American Red Cross men with two cars of supplies

This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Supplied with Red Cross underwear and blankets, they were strong with hope as well as with relief

This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Others were able to climb back into their now-sanitary habitations

This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Bales of blankets and medical supplies were taken from the train bydrosky-cart

This train of 30 Russian box-cars with 150 sick Russian soldiers has been from place to place in Russia since May 10, 4 months. The men were in a dreadful condition suffering from Typhus, spotted fever or dysentary. At Nickolsk the American Red Cross came to rescue, washed, fed and treated the men and cleaned and disinfected the train. Many of those too ill to walk two days before, now washed and well-fed, were able to cover the quarter mile to the hospital on foot

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - Train loads of soldiers from infected areas often carried the disease to other districts. The tropp trains were crowded. Typhus amongst the Russian Troops were much worse than among the Czechs

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American Red Cross - Miscellaneous

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1914 - 1918
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miscellaneous train loads train loads soldiers areas disease districts tropp trains tropp trains typhus russian troops russian troops czechs world war 1914 1918 wwi ww1 american red cross world war one world war i russia russian empire history of russia high resolution ultra high resolution cross american czech republic us national archives czechia