Obituaries:  Martin Meshell, Sabine Parish       M-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 25, 1966
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Martin Meshell

  Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 21, for Martin Meshell,
19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meshell of Zwolle.

  Meshell apparently drowned when he fell overboard from a barge
in the Intercoastal Canal. He was on duty on the barge, when the
accident occurred, Wednesday night, Nov. 16.

  The barge had just cleared the last lock in the Calcasieu Locks,
on the Intercoastal Canal. Meshell had evidently slipped or fell
off the barge, for another deckhand was walking forward toward
the tug, when he saw something floating by, that then submerged.

  The tug stopped, and a search began for the missing man.

  The search continued throughout the night, with the aid of the
Calcasieu Parish Marine Division. Canal traffic was halted until
shortly after 7:30 a.m., Nov. 17, Thursday, when traffic was
permitted to resume.