The 1910 Wellington Disaster

by Deborah Cuyle and Rodney Fletcher

The town of Wellington was located by the Stevens Pass summit in the Cascade Mountains. During the last days of February in 1910, the snow was relentless in the Cascades, falling as much as one foot per hour and rising up to 20 feet deep in areas. Rotary plows could not keep the lines open as snow covered the railroad tracks almost immediately after being cleared. The Seattle Express, coming from Spokane, and a fast mail train were stranded just beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467102733
• ISBN13: 9781467102735
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"