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Archives Spotlight: The Stevens Pass Railway Disaster

Archives Spotlight: The Stevens Pass Railway Disaster

Researchers at the State Archives recently came across these photos of the aftermath from the Wellington avalanche, a disaster that struck the Cascade Mountains near Stevens Pass in 1910. The top photo, taken eight months after the tragedy and viewable in full here, shows the devastation on the mountainsides and reconstruction progress on some of the town’s structures. Click to view a larger version of the picture to see a train in motion in the lower right corner. The bottom…

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Anniversary of a train disaster

Anniversary of a train disaster

 It was March 1, 1910 – 100 years ago today – when an avalanche 14 feet high struck two trains that were stranded at Wellington, just west of the summit at Stevens Pass. The disaster claimed 96 lives. It still is the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history. Lynda Mapes has an interesting story about it in Sunday’s Seattle Times. The photo, taken sometime in March 1910, shows wreckage of a train car after the avalanche. The photo is courtesy…

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