The Nation - News from Oct. 14, 1985
Search crews with trained dogs combed the banks of the Coamo River near Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, seeking the remains of six persons believed drowned when a bridge collapsed during torrential rains last week. Meanwhile, Army engineers with listening devices made a final check for survivors in the ruins of the Mameyes district of Ponce, where more than 500 shacks were buried by a mud slide following the Oct. 6 storm.
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