AVALANCHES IN AMERICA.
P ORTION OF TOAVN DEA r AST ATED
United Press Association —Copyright NEW YORK, March S. The Everett expresses were snowbound. for seven days. The avalanche hurled them 200 ft. They were buried at the bottom of a canyon. An avalanche a mile long devastated a portion of the town of Wellington. The telegraph lines have been destroyed for fifteen miles round. An escaped (passenger brought the first news to Snohomish. (Several passengers were saved by sheltering in' the hotel instead of remaining on the train. Nurses and doctors have been sent by train from Everett, but are unable to get within fifteen miles of Wellington, which is covered deep with snow. Three' rescuers arriving at Everett report the dead and missing at 84. There is little likelihood of further rescues. The trains are buried under forty feet of snow, rock, and debris. Weeks will be required to dig them out. Gen. Cables W
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2752, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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157AVALANCHES IN AMERICA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2752, 5 March 1910, Page 5
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