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Show AMERICAN CARES FOR SUFFERERS Sixty Victims of Earthquake j Disaster in Building Provided Pro-vided by Former Syracuse Syra-cuse Minister. PITIFUL CASE NOTED Woman Extricated From Ruins After Seven Days Sees Seven Children Die. Rome, Jan. 22. 9.10 p. m. The number of injured who have been brought here from the earthquake zone to be cared for has now reached $15,000 Sixty of the wounded have been placed in the building given by Dr Bertrand Tipple of Syracuse X Y , pastor of the American Methodist church here. Dr Tipple's wife has returned from the earthquake district and has assumed direction of this impromptu hospital. pltifu case which has been brought to the notice of the authorities authori-ties is that of Maria Irti, who was extricated after seven days' burial in the ruins of the town of Ortucchio. BOutheast of Avezzano. During that time she saw her seven children die around her one by one and the grief oer their loss and the fact that she was powerless to help them has driven her mad. Mrs. Irti has to be constantly watched because she springs at others of the wounded in the belief that they are persecuting her. Her husband la working in America and a few davs before the earthquake she received from him 3000 francs ($600) which thus far has not been recovered. 00 |