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Gale Blows Down Palermo Kindergarten in Sicily Tragedy
A sharp gale collapsed a mountain kindergarten near Palermo trapping forty children and nuns under debris. Nine children died along with two women including the principal Sister Giuseppina Giordano. Italian artillerymen aided in rescue as survivors fled the wreckage.
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Palermo
Sicily
Altofonte
Mediterranean
Giuseppina Giordano
Coor
Nd Artillery Regiment