Corbin (B.C.)

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Mr. and Mrs. Pasquale Baratelli interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Pasquale Baratelli came from northern Italy; mined for a few months then became section foreman for Spokane International Construction owned by D.C. Corbin; was a tracklayer at the Corbin; mine; Corbin is described as being better than Michel due to higher pay and steady work; Corbin was a safe mine; strike at Corbin in 1935; a dispute between tunnel miners and truck drivers; police fr;om Vancouver were brought in; seventy-five people injured and three killed in one night. Then Mrs. Baratelli describes how she came out from northern Italy in 1911; she valued the freedom of Canada; ;in 1930 a large fire burnt out the whole area but missed the town; Spokane International closed down in 1935; CM & S leased it for a few years during WWII. [TRACK 2: blank.]