St. Landry Parish Government employees worked the weekend to demolish the second story of the old Moosa Memorial Hospital From left, are Eric Chisely, building maintenance supervisor; Jessie Bellard, parish president; and Todd Darbonne, fleet manager. They are by the shear tool used to cut through steel at the old hospital. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The two-story portion of the old Moosa Memorial Hospital building is a pile of rubble after a Labor Day Weekend demolition.
The building trembled, the steel screeched as a powerful shear tore through the building Saturday morning.
St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard was at the controls of the steel-shearing device as it crunched through beams and knocked down brick walls.
The shear wa…
