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Creator Asahel Curtis (12) Chapin Bowen (1) Ronald Debs Ginther (1) Date March 10, 1910 (12) 2007 (5) 1911 (4) 1933 (1) C 1926 (1) Show more... Subject Adams County Marengo, ... (3) Great Northern Railway... (1) Great Northern Railway... (1) Great Northern Railway... (1) Great Northern Railway... (1) Show more...

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1.	'Wreck on the Pengra Pass. (Eugene to Klamath Falls, Ore.). Cattle Car Smashed by Log When Chain Broke On Car Ahead.' Unemployed, Riding `Side Door Pullman', Help in Clearing Wreck. 1933	poverty; art; Oregon; The Great Depression; train	This is a watercolor and ink painting of a 1933 train wreck on the Pengra Pass (Eugene to Klamath Falls, Ore.). A cattle car is smashed by a log when a chain breaks on the car ahead. Some unemployed riding...

2.	NP Train Wreck between Belmore & Olympia, Prob. 1926	Thurston County; Belmore, WA; Olympia, WA; Northern Pacific Railroad; train wreck; locomotive no. 226; child; boy	A train wreck involving passenger cars, between Belmore and Olympia, is pictured. One car appears to be demolished, another is on its side, another tilted, and one rests upright in the background. A short...

3.	Columbia Limited Wreck; Marengo, Wash, May 30, 1911	Adams County; Marengo, WA; train wreck; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road; passenger train	The Columbian Limited train wreck at Marengo, Washington showing the tangled passenger cars of the wreck being cleared from the tracks by cranes. Bystanders and workers watch.

4.	Columbia Limited Wreck; Marengo, Wash, May 30, 1911	Adams County; Marengo, WA; railroad; train wreck; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road	A close view of the damaged passenger cars of the Columbian Limited at Marengo, Washington on May 30, 1911.

5.	Columbia Limited Wreck; Marengo, Wash, May 30, 1911	Adams County; Marengo, WA; railroad; train wreck; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road	A dramatic view of the wreckage of the Columbian Limited showing the severity of the damage on May 30, 1911. Some men stand on top of one of the overturned passenger cars.

6.	Columbia Limited Wreck; Marengo, Wash, May 30, 1911	Adams County; Marengo, WA; railroad; train wreck; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road	A crane hoists a passenger car back onto the tracks after the wreck of the Columbian Limited at Marengo, Washington on May 30, 1911. Bystanders and workers watch.

7.	[Great Northern - Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Weelington, WA; King County; snow; avalanche; train wreck	View of the town of Wellington, Washington showing overhanging ledge of snow after the avalanche that swept two Great Northern trains 150 feet down Windy Mountain killing 96 people on March 1, 1910

8.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; snow; avalanche; train wreck; disaster; worker, rescue	Men stand among downed trees that cover Great Northern mail train no. 27. The train was swept 150 feet into a ravine below the tracks at Wellington by the avalanche of March 1, 1910

9.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; locomotive; snow; avalanche; disaster	Two locomotives in the snow at the site of the Wellington disaster

10.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; worker, rescue	Workers search for survivors in the wreckage at the site of the Wellington train disaster

11.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; Bailet's Hotel	Bailet's hotel at Wellington, Washington

12.	title	Columbia County; Marengo, WA; railroad; train wreck; Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway; Milwaukee Road

13.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; hospital	This motormen's bunkhouse served as an emergency hospital at Wellington, Washington after the avalanche disaster swept two Great Northern trains from the tracks

14.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; snowplow, rotary	All that remains of the rotary snowplow from the Great Northern passenger train that was swept off the tracks by an avalanche at Wellington

15.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; avalanche; disaster; James H. O'Neill	James H. O'Neill, Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway Cascade Division at the time of the Wellington avalanche

16.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; avalanche; disaster; J.L. Macky	J.L. Macky, the man who broke the trail in to Scenic, Washington the night of the tragic avalanche at Wellington

17.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; woman	Carrie Phillips hiked from Scenic to Wellington through the snow after the avalanche to be with her husband, Ross, a brakeman on Great Northern no. 2. Ross Philips suffered only a crushed foot and scalded...

18.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster; James H. O'Neill	Superintendent James H. O'Neill inspects the wreckage of a railroad car swept into the ravine by an avalanche on March 1, 1910

19.	[Great Northern Wellington disaster]	Great Northern Railway; Wellington, WA; King County; train wreck; snow; avalanche; disaster	Sledding bodies of avalanche victims to Wellington, Washington after the avalanche

20.	Bernice A. Sapp: 1907-1910 (Scrapbook N)		Bernice A. Sapp's personal collection of newspaper clippings. The newspaper articles are mostly from 1907-1910