101.   In the northern town of Alessandria, where nine died, help did not arrive until Tuesday morning, according to RAI public radio and television.

102.   But some refugees succumbed before help arrived.

103.   The woman died in her market garden in the district of Wangara, on the northern fringes of the city, before help arrived, police said.

104.   Though the Marines were able to request aid from nearby military bases, the attack was over by the time help arrived.

105.   Villagers living near the tracks managed to pull dozens of injured and dead from the carriages in darkness before official help arrived.

106.   Moments seemed like hours as he lay in the wreckage, waiting for help to arrive, and then waiting as they sped him to hospital.

107.   People living near the tracks managed to bring out dozens of injured and dead from the carriages in darkness before official help arrived.

108.   People living near the tracks managed to bring out dozens of injured and dead from mangled carriages in darkness before official help arrived.