| **News and Events: March 4: The White Cascade with Gary Krist |
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| Fri, March 2, 2007 12:49 PM |
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March 4: The White Cascade with Gary KristThe White Cascade
The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
Sunday, March 4, 2007: 2-3:30 p.m.
Anthony's Bell Street Diner, Seattle
Free event sponsored by Volunteers for Outdoor Washington
In February 1910 a monstrous blizzard stranded two trainloads of passengers high in the Cascade Mountains. An army of the Great Northern Railway's dedicated men worked round the clock to rescue the trains, which were perched precariously on the edge of a steep precipice near Wellington, Washington. The passengers waited for days as the drifts grew higher and food and coal dwindled. But as the storm raged on, efforts to escape proved futile. The passengers panicked. Then the unthinkable occurred: a colossal avalanche a half mile wide tumbled from the pinnacles, sweeping the trains and their sleeping passengers down the mountainside. Here is the tale of the deadliest avalanche and one of the worst rail disasters in U.S. history.
On Sunday, March 4, meet Gary Krist as he talks about his new book "The White Cascade," which detailes this tragic disaster. VOW's author chat takes place on the waterfront at Anthonys Bell Street Diner (2201 Alaskan Way) from 2 to 3:30 PM. Eat lunch at 1 o'clock (lunch menu items are around $10), have your parking validated, and then join us upstairs for the chat with the author.
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