Interview with Victor Balatti

Audio recording and transcript of Victor Balatti's 1979 interview with Myrtle Bergren for the Coal Tyee History Project. Balatti recalls the December 22, 1911 explosion at the Hamilton Powder Works operation at Departure Bay where three of his co-workers were killed. He also tells the story of his sister, Nora Ledoux, entering a coal mine after an accident in Cumberland.