No Peril Seen in Sunken Ammonia-Filled Barge
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard worked early Thursday to raise a barge loaded with liquid ammonia that sank near shore in the Mississippi River, but the vessel’s chemical cargo posed no danger, authorities said. The barge sank after springing a leak Sunday.
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