APPALLING PICTURES
CONDITIONS IN ROME London, May 25. Travellers reaching the Swiss frontier iescribe pitiable conditions in Rome and give an impression that the starvingn inhabitants welcome the roar of the Allies’ guns, as the sound means the approach of food, medical supplies, and clothing and the substitution of peace and order for the reign of terror says the "Daily Express” correspondent atChiasso. Hospitals and many requisitioned buildings in Rome arc crammed with wounded, no places are available for civilian sick Anaesthetics and medical supplies are completely lack, ing. The few doctors available are forced to perform operations without gas or electricity, sometimes in-roofless and windowless hovels. The number of civilian deaths in Rome during the past two months has increased 300 fold. Accommodation in Rome cannot be found for thousands of refugees from
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 26 May 1944, Page 5
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134APPALLING PICTURES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 26 May 1944, Page 5
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