Bill Elder on the Cargill Salt Mine fire in 1968
WWL-TV Channel 4 New Orleans
Details
Collection:LSA
Place Covered: Southwest Region, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of State
Date Issued: 1968-3
Duration: 00:04:53
Subjects: Cargill, Incorporated | Belle Isle Salt Mine (La.) | Belle Isle, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana | Salt domes | Calumet, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
Description
WWL-TV editorial with Bill Elder on people trapped in the Cargill Salt Mine in Belle Isle in St. Mary Parish in 1968. Footage includes silent video of rescue workers. Interviews include Arthur Olivier, Sr., a Cargill foreman whose son and two nephews are trapped, and two unidentified women whose families are trapped in the mine.