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Wellington, Washington - Wikipedia For nine days at the end of February 1910, the Wellington area experienced a severe blizzard Up to a foot (30 cm) of snow fell every hour, and, on the worst day, eleven feet (340 cm) of snow fell
The 1910 Wellington Train Disaster - Washington Our Home Just after one o’clock in the morning, on a frigid, starless night in March 1910, more than a hundred souls aboard Great Northern Railway’s Spokane Local No 25, a passenger train, and Fast Mail Train No 27 slept tightly bundled in their cars
Two trains buried by massive avalanche | March 1, 1910 | HISTORY Two trains are swept into a canyon by an avalanche in Wellington, Washington, on March 1, 1910, killing 96 people Due to the remote location of the disaster and the risk of further avalanches,
Train disaster at Wellington kills 96 on March 1, 1910. Along with other Wellington residents, Andrews rushed to the crushed trains that lay 150 feet below the railroad tracks During the next few hours they dug out 23 survivors, many with injuries
WHEN COAL WAS KING: Wellington Train Disaster - VOICE of the Valley The avalanche slammed into the locomotives and train cars and utterly destroyed Wellington One survivor said it sounded like a thousand cement mixers The death toll was staggering – 96 people perished including 35 passengers and 61 railway workers and crew
THE WHITE DEATH — American Hauntings The Wellington Avalanche and Railroad Disaster Throughout the night of February 28 and March 1, 1910, one of the most horrific railroad disasters in American history occurred in the Cascade Range of Washington State
Wellington Avalanche: Photos, Location, Train Wreck Known as the Wellington Avalanche, this natural disaster led to the loss of 96 lives and became a harrowing reminder of the potent and unpredictable forces of nature The Wellington train disaster at Wellington, Washington on March 1, 1910 From the Library of Congress Photo Archives
Revisiting Washington — Wellington When they approached the Cascades, rotary snowplows managed to clear the tracks sufficiently to enable the trains to advance to Wellington by the night of the 24th The trains were stranded on the tracks at Wellington for several days and on February 28th, the weather warmed up, bringing rainfall
Introduction - Wellington, Washington Train Disaster: Topics in . . . Two trains, one carrying passengers and one carrying mail are halted in Wellington, Washington in the Cascades by avalanches A few passengers, afraid to stay where they were, decide to leave and walk to Scenic An avalanche hits the two trains and Wellington
Great Northern Railway Company Wellington Disaster records, 1907-1911 Ninety six people died--thirty-five passengers and sixty-one railroad employees-- making the Wellington avalanche one of the worst train disasters in United States history Over the following days, rescue crews transported bodies down the mountain on toboggans; the injured were taken to Wenatchee