Collection Title: Jackson Purchase Oral History Project – Duvin Mine Explosion
Series Number: OH188
Interviewee: Weldon, Nadine
Interviewer: Robyn W. Dunn
Date interviewed: 26 November 1995
Processed by: Processed by Benjamin J. Drake in September of 2012.
Date processed: October 1, 2012
Description: 1 sound disc (43 minutes)
Abstract: Nadine Weldon discusses the Duvin Mine Explosion which occurred in Providence, Kentucky on July 14, 1939. She was a sister of a survivor and provides a detailed account of the events at the mine and the rescue efforts that followed the explosion. She describes life in a mining community in western Kentucky during the 1930s. She also discusses the relationship her family had with F. V. Ruckman, the owner of the mine.
Biographical / Historical note: Nadine Weldon was born February 26, 1915 in Providence, Kentucky. She is the sister of Douglas Cates, survivor of the Duvin Mine Explosion on July 14, 1939.
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Subject Headings / Descriptors:
Weldon, Nadine, 1915-
Ruckman, Francis V., 1886-1951
Ruckman Coal Company.
Duvin Coal Mines (Providence, Ky.)
Coal miners – Kentucky – Webster County.
Coal mines and mining – Kentucky – Webster County.
Mine explosions – Kentucky.
