Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Relative Disasters
Episode: The Wellington Avalanche (Episode 119)
Description: In February 1910, the deadliest avalanche in the history of the United States occurred in the small town of Wellington, Washington. On this episode, we're talking rotary plows, wild weather, and railroad history.
Sources for this episode include:
"White Cascade", G. Krist, 2007
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/wellington-avalanche-site
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072041/1910-03-04/ed-1/seq-2/#words=avalanche+Avalanche+crash+snow+Snow+snowed+train+trains
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/1910-stevens-pass-avalanche-still-deadliest-in-us-history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQ7Qc7MCIM