NEW IBERIA — A 19-year-old Columbia youth died Thursday afternoon as he attempted to rescue a tugboat captain trapped in a flooded barge on the Industrial Canal near Weeks Island.
Iberia Parish Sheriff G. Jerry Wattigny identified the victim as Larry L. Duckett, an employe on the tug Atchison, owned by Sioux City and New Orleans Tug Co. of Luling.
Wattigny said the tugboat captain, William Taylor, had entered one of four barges to check a leak which developed and was overcome by fumes from the contents of the barge. The type of fumes involved had not been determined.
Duckett went to his aid and successfully secured a rope around the captain who was ten hoisted to the deck.
Duckett was overcome by the fumes, and fell backwards striking his head. Duckett could not be reached by other employes because of the fumes.
Capt. Taylor was taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Morgan City hospital for treatment.
Iberia Parish Coroner Dr. J. C. Musso pronounced Duckett dead at the scene. He said it was necessary to pump out the flooded barge before Duckett's body was removed.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Saturday, September 15, 1973
Iberia Parish Sheriff G. Jerry Wattigny identified the victim as Larry L. Duckett, an employe on the tug Atchison, owned by Sioux City and New Orleans Tug Co. of Luling.
Wattigny said the tugboat captain, William Taylor, had entered one of four barges to check a leak which developed and was overcome by fumes from the contents of the barge. The type of fumes involved had not been determined.
Duckett went to his aid and successfully secured a rope around the captain who was ten hoisted to the deck.
Duckett was overcome by the fumes, and fell backwards striking his head. Duckett could not be reached by other employes because of the fumes.
Capt. Taylor was taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Morgan City hospital for treatment.
Iberia Parish Coroner Dr. J. C. Musso pronounced Duckett dead at the scene. He said it was necessary to pump out the flooded barge before Duckett's body was removed.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Saturday, September 15, 1973
NEW IBERIA — A 19-year-old Columbia youth died Thursday afternoon as he attempted to rescue a tugboat captain trapped in a flooded barge on the Industrial Canal near Weeks Island.
Iberia Parish Sheriff G. Jerry Wattigny identified the victim as Larry L. Duckett, an employe on the tug Atchison, owned by Sioux City and New Orleans Tug Co. of Luling.
Wattigny said the tugboat captain, William Taylor, had entered one of four barges to check a leak which developed and was overcome by fumes from the contents of the barge. The type of fumes involved had not been determined.
Duckett went to his aid and successfully secured a rope around the captain who was ten hoisted to the deck.
Duckett was overcome by the fumes, and fell backwards striking his head. Duckett could not be reached by other employes because of the fumes.
Capt. Taylor was taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Morgan City hospital for treatment.
Iberia Parish Coroner Dr. J. C. Musso pronounced Duckett dead at the scene. He said it was necessary to pump out the flooded barge before Duckett's body was removed.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Saturday, September 15, 1973
Iberia Parish Sheriff G. Jerry Wattigny identified the victim as Larry L. Duckett, an employe on the tug Atchison, owned by Sioux City and New Orleans Tug Co. of Luling.
Wattigny said the tugboat captain, William Taylor, had entered one of four barges to check a leak which developed and was overcome by fumes from the contents of the barge. The type of fumes involved had not been determined.
Duckett went to his aid and successfully secured a rope around the captain who was ten hoisted to the deck.
Duckett was overcome by the fumes, and fell backwards striking his head. Duckett could not be reached by other employes because of the fumes.
Capt. Taylor was taken by Coast Guard helicopter to a Morgan City hospital for treatment.
Iberia Parish Coroner Dr. J. C. Musso pronounced Duckett dead at the scene. He said it was necessary to pump out the flooded barge before Duckett's body was removed.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Saturday, September 15, 1973
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