AFTERMATH OF ’QUAKE
Doctor Found Days Later
IN.Z.P.A.’Reut^—Copyright) CARACAS, August 6. A doctor was rescued on Thursday after being trapped for mor* than four days by the earthquake which shook Caracas the previous day. The doctor was found on the second floor of a collapsed building. * Rescue workers said his case was exceptional. They continued sifting through the ruins. The possibility of finding more people alive was remote, they said. So far 220 bodies have been recovered from the debris and officials expect the death toll to reach 350.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31441, 7 August 1967, Page 15
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