THE AVALANCHES.
TRAINS SNOWBOUND. WIDE DEVASTATION. TRAVELLERS' EXPERIENCES. United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received March 4, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The Everett expresses were snowbound for seven days. The avalanche hurled them 200 feet- and buried them at the bottom of tho canyon. The avalanche was a mile long, w> devastated a portion of th? town of Wellington. Telegraph K*jks were destroyed for fifteen miles round. An escaped passenger brought the first news to Snohomish. Several passengers were saved hy sheltering in a hotel instead of remaining in the train. Nurses and doctors, sent by train from Everett, were unable to get, within fifteen miles of Wellington, which was covered with deep snow.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9789, 4 March 1910, Page 2
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