Railroad Rumors and Reality at Eagle Gorge
A mountain landslide sparks fears of a mass casualty event for railroad workers, though local reports suggest the situation is less dire.
A slide on the N. P. R. R., near Eagle Gorge, occurred on Wednesday, and it was at first reported that fifteen men engaged in repairing damages from the former recent cave were killed. No particulars can be learned, but it is said at railroad headquarters here that the report is greatly exaggerated. Trains are again running through.
“It was at first reported that fifteen men engaged in repairing damages from the former recent cave were killed.”
Landslides in the Cascades have been a persistent danger to the Northern Pacific and successor rail lines since the 19th century. The anxiety over communication speed—waiting for word from the front lines of a disaster—mirrors the frantic nature of modern breaking news cycles.
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