Four thousand refugees are lodged and fed in matsheds, at the College and at the Sisters' section, Seng-Mou-Eu. In addition, some 1,500 who cannot possibly be accommodated and who live in the streets of Siccawei village are being fed regularly, as are another 1500 who have homes in the vicinity but no means of subsistence. The leading spirits of the vast enterprise are Father James Kearney. 5.7, Father Louis Tsang, SI. and Brother Loh, SI., who are assisted by seven French and Chinese Sisters as nurses and teachers. Father Kearney is the American priest who arrived here from Nanking early this month after his railway coach had been bombed and he had been machine-gunned, with other civilian passengers, while taking refuge in a paddy-field.
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