Cable Briefs (Press, 13 July 1981)

The body of six-year-old Alfredo Rampi, who fell down a well in Frascati, Italy, on June 10, 1981, was recovered by firemen over the past weekend. Alfredo had survived for four days before his plight ended tragically. His body was found preserved in liquid nitrogen, wrapped in a sack, and was transported to a mortuary in Rome. Numerous attempts to rescue him included efforts from firemen, potholers, midgets, and contortionists, all trying to reach him down the narrow shaft. In other news, Roddy Llewellyn, known as the former companion of Princess Margaret, married fashion designer Tania Soskin in a well-publicised wedding at All Saints Church in Marlow, England. The event attracted over 1,000 spectators, creating significant disruption in the village. The wedding was attended by several high-profile guests, including Bianca Jagger, although Roddy's brother, Dai, did not attend the ceremony. In the UK, Jack Hill, the father of the Yorkshire Ripper’s last victim, Jackie Hill, has died in hospital at the age of 48. He was suffering from cancer, but family members claimed that the anguish caused by his daughter’s murder was a significant factor in his declining health and loss of will to live, according to the family solicitor. In San Francisco, a 38-year-old man named Otis Bloom was arrested in connection with a significant fire that destroyed or damaged 25 buildings in a predominantly homosexual area. Although he was held in jail, no formal charges had been filed at the time. The fire left around 100 people homeless after it ravaged a city centre block. Moreover, attempts to rescue between 200 and 400 workers trapped in a silk mill in Surat, India, were complicated by inadequate rescue equipment and rainy conditions. Following a boiler explosion that demolished the four-storey building three days prior, rescuers had retrieved 26 bodies and saved over 90 workers. Finally, the death toll from an illicit liquor tragedy in Karnataka, India, rose to 325 after two more victims succumbed to complications. This tragedy, described as one of the world's worst, beginning on the previous Tuesday, has led to numerous hospitalisations as people continue to seek treatment for various ailments related to the consumption of the toxic alcohol.

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