EVERETT AVALANCHE
EXPRESS TRAINS HELD UP FOR SEVEN DAYS. HURLED INTO A CANYON. FIFTEEN MILES OF SNOW. SIXTY .VICTIMS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, Match 3. (Received March 4, at 9.5 a.m.) The TNerett expresses were snowbound for .seven days. The avalanche hurled them a distance of 200 ft, and buried them in the bottom of a- canyon. Tho avalanche was a mile long, and devastated portion of the town of Wjjiington. Tho telegraph lines were destroyed for flftcon miles round. An escaped passenger brought tho first news to Snohomish. Several passengers were saved tlirough sheltering in the hotel instead of remaining in the train. Tho muses and doctors rent by train from Everett were unable to get within fifteen miles of Wellington, which is covered deep in snow. Tho deal); roll numbers sixty.
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Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6
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134EVERETT AVALANCHE Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 6
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