Day 1: Wednesday
Day 2: Thursday
Day 3: Friday
Day 4: Saturday
Day 5: Sunday
Day 6: Monday
Day 7: Tuesday
The Aftermath
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DAY 3
Friday, February 25, 1910
12:00 p.m.
Passengers hear the shocking news that an avalanche hit the beanery at Cascade where they had been stalled just hours before. Dead are the beanery's cook and waiter who served the passengers lunch the previous day.
Evening
Unbeknownst to the passengers, the coal to heat and fuel the trains and rotaries starts to run out. But the rotaries will keep going as long as possible.
Superintendent O'Neill inspects the wreckage of a railroad car at the avalanche scene. Many of the cars were deeply buried, but the remnants of a few lay near the surface, scattered over acres and acres of steep, treacherous terrain. (Courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Curtis17469)
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