Obituary from the Shreveport Times newspaper, March 1, 1952, Saturday, pp. 1 & 2:
R. A. Northcutt, Gas Engineer, Killed in Blast – Struck by Pipe Cap of Well Near Dixie
R. A. Northcutt, 54-year-old gas engineer, was instantly killed yesterday morning when he was hit in the abdomen by a pipe cap blown off a gas well he was preparing to test.
The accident occurred as Northcutt was preparing to make an official test for the state department of conservation on the discovery well for the Sentell field about five and one-half miles north of Shreveport near Dixie.
Conservation officials reported he was apparently working with the choke assembly when the pipe cap came loose and 3,100 pounds of pressure blew the cap into his abdomen. Northcutt was thrown 14 feet from the well by the blast.
Funeral services will be held at Rose-Neath's Chapel with Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of the Broadmoor Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.
Deputy Parish Coroner Dr. T. R. Simpson said Northcutt was killed instantly. An autopsy was performed after the accident occurred. Dr. Simpson said the pipe cap was found on the ground about 19 feet from the well.
Conservation officials here said this was the first fatality in the Shreveport district to their knowledge. R. B. Hamilton, district manager, said his office will conduct an investigation into the accident.
Northcutt, who resided at 3845 Victory Drive, left the Shreveport district office about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to make an official test of the discovery well. He was scheduled to meet George Nancarros, an engineer representing Bert Fields of Dallas, Texas, who took over the well a few days ago.
Nancarros told Capt. Will Prudhomme of the parish sheriff's office that he was standing by the tank some distance from the well when he heard what sounded like an explosion. He found Northcutt lying on the ground near the well when he went to investigate.
Capt. Prudhomme said Northcutt's billfold and some change was found scattered on the ground near his body. A check was discovered about 80 feet from the site of the accident.
The well was completed in September of 1951 as a gas-distillate discovery, but had been shut in for a pipeline outlet. The 3,100 pounds of pressure was on the line from the well-head to the separator.
Hamilton said Northcutt was "a highly skilled gas engineer." He had been with the state conservation department for the past 11 years.
Northcutt was a deacon in the Broadmoor Baptist Church and an active member of the Lowe-McFarlane Post [14] of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also belonged to Masonic organizations.
He was athletic officer for the Legion post here and has held this office for the past two years. Northcutt also was scheduled to direct the American Legion Junior Baseball program for the fourth district this year. He was a member of the 40 and 8 Club.
He was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., but had lived here since 1920. Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Miss Lucy Mae Northcutt; one son, Robert D. Northcutt who is a petroleum engineer for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation here; and one grandson.
Hamilton said Northcutt's position with the department will not be filled until a highly skilled and trained engineer can be found to replace him.
Pallbearers at Northcutt's funeral will be Harold Abbott, Grady Shipp, C. L. Perry, Charles A. Harbuck, John Reed, Clyde Fant, W. Brown and S. R. Loe.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Broadmoor Baptist Church.
R. A. Northcutt, Gas Engineer, Killed in Blast – Struck by Pipe Cap of Well Near Dixie
R. A. Northcutt, 54-year-old gas engineer, was instantly killed yesterday morning when he was hit in the abdomen by a pipe cap blown off a gas well he was preparing to test.
The accident occurred as Northcutt was preparing to make an official test for the state department of conservation on the discovery well for the Sentell field about five and one-half miles north of Shreveport near Dixie.
Conservation officials reported he was apparently working with the choke assembly when the pipe cap came loose and 3,100 pounds of pressure blew the cap into his abdomen. Northcutt was thrown 14 feet from the well by the blast.
Funeral services will be held at Rose-Neath's Chapel with Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of the Broadmoor Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.
Deputy Parish Coroner Dr. T. R. Simpson said Northcutt was killed instantly. An autopsy was performed after the accident occurred. Dr. Simpson said the pipe cap was found on the ground about 19 feet from the well.
Conservation officials here said this was the first fatality in the Shreveport district to their knowledge. R. B. Hamilton, district manager, said his office will conduct an investigation into the accident.
Northcutt, who resided at 3845 Victory Drive, left the Shreveport district office about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to make an official test of the discovery well. He was scheduled to meet George Nancarros, an engineer representing Bert Fields of Dallas, Texas, who took over the well a few days ago.
Nancarros told Capt. Will Prudhomme of the parish sheriff's office that he was standing by the tank some distance from the well when he heard what sounded like an explosion. He found Northcutt lying on the ground near the well when he went to investigate.
Capt. Prudhomme said Northcutt's billfold and some change was found scattered on the ground near his body. A check was discovered about 80 feet from the site of the accident.
The well was completed in September of 1951 as a gas-distillate discovery, but had been shut in for a pipeline outlet. The 3,100 pounds of pressure was on the line from the well-head to the separator.
Hamilton said Northcutt was "a highly skilled gas engineer." He had been with the state conservation department for the past 11 years.
Northcutt was a deacon in the Broadmoor Baptist Church and an active member of the Lowe-McFarlane Post [14] of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also belonged to Masonic organizations.
He was athletic officer for the Legion post here and has held this office for the past two years. Northcutt also was scheduled to direct the American Legion Junior Baseball program for the fourth district this year. He was a member of the 40 and 8 Club.
He was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., but had lived here since 1920. Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Miss Lucy Mae Northcutt; one son, Robert D. Northcutt who is a petroleum engineer for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation here; and one grandson.
Hamilton said Northcutt's position with the department will not be filled until a highly skilled and trained engineer can be found to replace him.
Pallbearers at Northcutt's funeral will be Harold Abbott, Grady Shipp, C. L. Perry, Charles A. Harbuck, John Reed, Clyde Fant, W. Brown and S. R. Loe.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Broadmoor Baptist Church.
Obituary from the Shreveport Times newspaper, March 1, 1952, Saturday, pp. 1 & 2:
R. A. Northcutt, Gas Engineer, Killed in Blast – Struck by Pipe Cap of Well Near Dixie
R. A. Northcutt, 54-year-old gas engineer, was instantly killed yesterday morning when he was hit in the abdomen by a pipe cap blown off a gas well he was preparing to test.
The accident occurred as Northcutt was preparing to make an official test for the state department of conservation on the discovery well for the Sentell field about five and one-half miles north of Shreveport near Dixie.
Conservation officials reported he was apparently working with the choke assembly when the pipe cap came loose and 3,100 pounds of pressure blew the cap into his abdomen. Northcutt was thrown 14 feet from the well by the blast.
Funeral services will be held at Rose-Neath's Chapel with Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of the Broadmoor Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.
Deputy Parish Coroner Dr. T. R. Simpson said Northcutt was killed instantly. An autopsy was performed after the accident occurred. Dr. Simpson said the pipe cap was found on the ground about 19 feet from the well.
Conservation officials here said this was the first fatality in the Shreveport district to their knowledge. R. B. Hamilton, district manager, said his office will conduct an investigation into the accident.
Northcutt, who resided at 3845 Victory Drive, left the Shreveport district office about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to make an official test of the discovery well. He was scheduled to meet George Nancarros, an engineer representing Bert Fields of Dallas, Texas, who took over the well a few days ago.
Nancarros told Capt. Will Prudhomme of the parish sheriff's office that he was standing by the tank some distance from the well when he heard what sounded like an explosion. He found Northcutt lying on the ground near the well when he went to investigate.
Capt. Prudhomme said Northcutt's billfold and some change was found scattered on the ground near his body. A check was discovered about 80 feet from the site of the accident.
The well was completed in September of 1951 as a gas-distillate discovery, but had been shut in for a pipeline outlet. The 3,100 pounds of pressure was on the line from the well-head to the separator.
Hamilton said Northcutt was "a highly skilled gas engineer." He had been with the state conservation department for the past 11 years.
Northcutt was a deacon in the Broadmoor Baptist Church and an active member of the Lowe-McFarlane Post [14] of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also belonged to Masonic organizations.
He was athletic officer for the Legion post here and has held this office for the past two years. Northcutt also was scheduled to direct the American Legion Junior Baseball program for the fourth district this year. He was a member of the 40 and 8 Club.
He was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., but had lived here since 1920. Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Miss Lucy Mae Northcutt; one son, Robert D. Northcutt who is a petroleum engineer for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation here; and one grandson.
Hamilton said Northcutt's position with the department will not be filled until a highly skilled and trained engineer can be found to replace him.
Pallbearers at Northcutt's funeral will be Harold Abbott, Grady Shipp, C. L. Perry, Charles A. Harbuck, John Reed, Clyde Fant, W. Brown and S. R. Loe.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Broadmoor Baptist Church.
R. A. Northcutt, Gas Engineer, Killed in Blast – Struck by Pipe Cap of Well Near Dixie
R. A. Northcutt, 54-year-old gas engineer, was instantly killed yesterday morning when he was hit in the abdomen by a pipe cap blown off a gas well he was preparing to test.
The accident occurred as Northcutt was preparing to make an official test for the state department of conservation on the discovery well for the Sentell field about five and one-half miles north of Shreveport near Dixie.
Conservation officials reported he was apparently working with the choke assembly when the pipe cap came loose and 3,100 pounds of pressure blew the cap into his abdomen. Northcutt was thrown 14 feet from the well by the blast.
Funeral services will be held at Rose-Neath's Chapel with Dr. Scott L. Tatum, pastor of the Broadmoor Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery.
Deputy Parish Coroner Dr. T. R. Simpson said Northcutt was killed instantly. An autopsy was performed after the accident occurred. Dr. Simpson said the pipe cap was found on the ground about 19 feet from the well.
Conservation officials here said this was the first fatality in the Shreveport district to their knowledge. R. B. Hamilton, district manager, said his office will conduct an investigation into the accident.
Northcutt, who resided at 3845 Victory Drive, left the Shreveport district office about 8:30 a.m. yesterday to make an official test of the discovery well. He was scheduled to meet George Nancarros, an engineer representing Bert Fields of Dallas, Texas, who took over the well a few days ago.
Nancarros told Capt. Will Prudhomme of the parish sheriff's office that he was standing by the tank some distance from the well when he heard what sounded like an explosion. He found Northcutt lying on the ground near the well when he went to investigate.
Capt. Prudhomme said Northcutt's billfold and some change was found scattered on the ground near his body. A check was discovered about 80 feet from the site of the accident.
The well was completed in September of 1951 as a gas-distillate discovery, but had been shut in for a pipeline outlet. The 3,100 pounds of pressure was on the line from the well-head to the separator.
Hamilton said Northcutt was "a highly skilled gas engineer." He had been with the state conservation department for the past 11 years.
Northcutt was a deacon in the Broadmoor Baptist Church and an active member of the Lowe-McFarlane Post [14] of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also belonged to Masonic organizations.
He was athletic officer for the Legion post here and has held this office for the past two years. Northcutt also was scheduled to direct the American Legion Junior Baseball program for the fourth district this year. He was a member of the 40 and 8 Club.
He was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo., but had lived here since 1920. Survivors include his widow; one daughter, Miss Lucy Mae Northcutt; one son, Robert D. Northcutt who is a petroleum engineer for Texas Gas Transmission Corporation here; and one grandson.
Hamilton said Northcutt's position with the department will not be filled until a highly skilled and trained engineer can be found to replace him.
Pallbearers at Northcutt's funeral will be Harold Abbott, Grady Shipp, C. L. Perry, Charles A. Harbuck, John Reed, Clyde Fant, W. Brown and S. R. Loe.
Honorary pallbearers will be deacons of the Broadmoor Baptist Church.
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