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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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They waited there in Wellington for a week, the women crying and the men solemn. Avalanches came one after another, missing them but boxing them in and increasing their terror. Finally, early in the morning on March 1st, the feared avalanche hurtled down and poured the two trains and half the town down the precipice. The survivors were few already, and with rescue still far away, they were still not safe. Read more about it!
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| February 23 - March 1, 1910 | Two trains, one carrying passengers and one carrying mail are halted in Wellington, Washington in the Cascades by avalanches. |
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| February 28, 1910 | A few passengers, afraid to stay where they were, decide to leave and walk to Scenic. |
| March 1, 1910 | An avalanche hits the two trains and Wellington. |
| March 2, 1910 | Rescue groups arrive to help; they spend weeks rescuing survivors, finding bodies and clearing the railroad. |
