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Albert Morris 19
Q: Yes.
A: Of course, sometimes the air msn't quite so good back in the other
days. But today, they got god air .
Q: Okay. All right, tell ICE some mre. I think there's a lot of stories
there. (laughter)
A: There's so many I can't think of all of than. 'Ihere's so m y that I
can tell you about ad before I talk about this, on these different
disasters of fires and everything that I have been on and of course,
duwing my coal mining days I ms on the rescue team for 30 years, on the
mine rescue team. So I wnt through a lot of, you know, different things.
I can tell you on all these, but this is the one disaster that I want you
to tab this with you, and later on ~'11 talk on this.
Q: All right.
A: This is during the Quistmastime. I was d m in the mine that the,
during. . .
Q: This says "Our Christmas Disaster ."
A: I vas dom Chrisms We, I m s in the mine. I was there for 36
hours before I got out of the mine during this disaster.
Q: Is this a pamphlet on the explanation of h t
A: It tells t-he whole thing.
Q: Who ms killed and . . .
happened
A: berm. It tells the *ole thhg. X s is the disaster right
there, yes.
Q: Okay. &at year w s the disaster
Q: Okay. In a t
coal mine
A: In Orient Ncnnber T b at West Frankfort, Illinois. It's all in
there, you'll see there. There's mre there than I can talk about,
there' s where you' 11 see my nae in there and John L. Lewis and all.
Q: Yes.
A: It's all in there.
Q: All right. Did you help to write this or . . .
A: No, no.