March 5, 1965 Headlines NATCHITOCHES GAS BLAST KILLS 17 IN LOUISIANA 9 Victims Children; 2 Or 3 Missing NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - A natural gas pipeline exploded in a residential area near here early today, sending billowing flames hundreds of feet into the sky. Seventeen persons, including nine children, were killed. Authorities said two or three other children were unaccounted for. At least nine persons were taken to a hospital, but their injuries were not believed to be serious. A deputy sheriff said the dead and injured were residents of the neighborhood, just across Louisiana Highway 1 from the country club. THE BLAST, occurring 150 yards behind a row of frame houses, created a crater 15 feet deep, 75 feet long and 30 feet wide. Flames from escaping gas soared upward 400 feet or more before Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. workmen cut off the flow of gas.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:34:39 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015