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  1. The Wellington Disaster

    A massive snowslide buries two Great Northern trains in the Cascades, marking one of the deadliest rail disasters in Washington history.

    Mar 3, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentWellington, Chelan CountyDisasters

  2. The Wellington Avalanche Tragedy

    Recovery efforts continue at the site of the Great Northern Railroad disaster, where snow and debris buried trains and crews.

    Mar 10, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentWellington, Chelan CountyDisasters · Gone Forever

  3. "An Act of Providence": State Clears the Great Northern for the Wellington Dead

    After a joint inquiry with the coroner's jury into the Wellington disaster, the state railroad commission finds the train crew did everything reasonable and calls the catastrophe an act of God — then quietly asks engineers to study the grade.

    Mar 31, 1910The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentWellington, Chelan CountyCity Hall · Disasters

  4. Labor paper blasts Great Northern over disaster wages

    An editorial criticizes the railroad for paying poverty wages to workers clearing snow in the aftermath of the deadly Wellington avalanche.

    Mar 11, 1910The Labor JournalWellington, Chelan CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

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