Collection:LSA

Genre: Special, Documentary

Place Covered: Southwest Region, Louisiana, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Belle Isle, Louisiana, Calumet, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of State

Date Issued: 1968-3

Duration: 00:29:30

Subjects: McKeithen, John J. (John Julian), 1918-1999 | Landry, Oneil | Tonnemaker, Clayton, 1928-1996 | Holmes, Dilford E. | Island Creek Coal Company (Madisonville, Ky.) | Berry, Doyle, 1930-2018 | Berry, Everett, 1926-1989 | Trahan, Leroy, 1940-1968 | Olivier, Arthur Jr., 1947-1968 | Peltier, Percy, 1931-1968 | Primeaux, Hilton, 1933-1968 | Granger, Paul, 1932-1968 | Christensen, John Jr., 1946-1968 | Smith, Burnice, 1918-1968 | Byron, Roy, 1923-1968 | Frilot, Louis, 1939-1968 | Frilot, Joseph | Boutte, Murphy | Boutte, Luke, 1939-1968 | Langlinais, Minos Jr., 1938-1968 | Brooks, Fred, 1935-1983 | Belle Isle, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana | Benoit, Clifford, 1945-1968 | Romero, Dennis, 1935-1968 | Olivier, Dallas, 1929-1968 | Touchet, Harry, 1938-1968 | Vice, Chester, 1922-1968 | Calumet, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana | Cargill, Incorporated | Belle Isle Salt Mine (La.) | Salt domes | Centerville, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana | Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Company | Dekoven Coal Mine (Sturgis, Ky.) | Berry Bros. General Contractors, Inc. (Berwick, La.) | Sanchez, Leroy, 1932-1968 | Boudreaux, Michael, 1946-1968 | Olivier, Alcide Jr., 1945-1968 | Touchet, Harry, 1938-1968 | Jenkins, Wilbur, 1942-1968 | St. Joseph Catholic Church (Centerville, La.) | Crouch, Al

Contributors:

• Politz, Bubba Director
• Crouch, Al Writer
• Brooks, Fred, 1935-1983 Writer
• Crouch, Al Narrator
• Brooks, Fred, 1935-1983 Narrator
• Aguillard, Pierre Theme Music
• Crouch, Al Photographer
• Brooks, Fred, 1935-1983 Photographer
• Cockerham, Maurice Photographer
• Pfhol, Ed Photographer

Inferno: The Cargille Salt Mine Disaster is a WBRZ-TV Channel 2 documentary narrated by Al Crouch and Fred Brooks on the Belle Isle Salt Dome fire in St. Mary Parish in 1968. Interviews include: F. Clayton Tonnemaker, Cargill Assistant Vice President; Governor John McKeithen; and Rev. Oneil Landry, pastor of the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Centerville, Louisiana; Topics and footage include: Belle Isle Salt Mine in St. Mary Parish, owned by Cargille, Inc.; F Clayton Tonnemaker, Vice President and spokesman of Cargill, Inc.; Governor John McKeithen; Rev. Oneil Landry, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Centerville, Louisiana; Dilford E Holmes, crew chief of mine rescue; Calumet Landing, land base for the Cargill Salt Mine; Pittsburg and Midway Coal Company, owner of the Dekoven Coal Mine in Sturgis, Kentucky; Island Creek Coal Company of Madisonville, Kentucky; Doyle and Everett Berry, owners of Berry Bros. General Contractors; Murphy Boutte and Joseph Frilot, family of Belle Isle salt mine workers; Casualties included Clifford Benoit, Dennis Romero, Leroy Sanchez, Michael Boudreaux, Dallas Olivier, Roy Byron, Minos Langlinais, Luke Boutte, Harris Touchet, Louis Frilot, Alcide Olivier Jr., Chester Vice, Harry Touchet, Wilbur Jenkins, Leroy Trahan, Arthur Olivier Jr., Percy Peltier, Hilton Primeaux, Paul Granger, John Christensen, and Burnice Smith.