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Northwest disaster : avalanche and fire / by Ruby El Hult.

Summary:

Gives a narrative history of 2 separate disasters that happened in the northwest US in 1910. One was an avalanche that killed 96 people at Wellington, Washington. The other was the huge forest fires of 1910 in Montana and Idaho. The emphasis on the fire portion of this book is on the fires in Idaho.

Record details

  • Physical Description: [10], 228 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Portland, Or. : Binfords & Mort, 1960.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
White death in the Cascades : the story of the Wellington Wreck, America's most shocking avalanche -- Fire blitz in the Bitter Roots : two terrible days when forest fires ran like rivers in flood to engulf towns, fire crews, and a whole mountain range.
Subject:
Disasters > Northwest, Pacific.
Forest fires > Idaho.
Avalanches > Washington (State) > Tye.
Avalanches.
Disasters.
Forest fires.
Idaho.
Pacific Northwest.
Washington (State) > Tye.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library F 852 .E4 1960 251304 Stacks Available -

Electronic resources

Version of Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0602/61066577.html

  • Table of contents


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520 . ‡aGives a narrative history of 2 separate disasters that happened in the northwest US in 1910. One was an avalanche that killed 96 people at Wellington, Washington. The other was the huge forest fires of 1910 in Montana and Idaho. The emphasis on the fire portion of this book is on the fires in Idaho.
5050 . ‡aWhite death in the Cascades : the story of the Wellington Wreck, America's most shocking avalanche -- Fire blitz in the Bitter Roots : two terrible days when forest fires ran like rivers in flood to engulf towns, fire crews, and a whole mountain range.
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