Avalanches Bury Idaho and Washington Towns
An awful calamity occurred near Wallace, Idaho, February 27, in the burying of four towns under a fearful avalanche. The towns of Mace, Burke, Mullan, and Dorsey were buried in the awful snowslide, in some instances to a depth of seventy-five feet. Thirty-one are reported dead, but it is not known how much this number will be increased. Not until the melting of the snow will the full extent of the damage be known. Another avalanche buried the little town of Wellington on the Great Northern Railway as it emerges from the Cascade range on the west. A passenger train was also overwhelmed. Between 80 and 90 persons are presumably killed. The track is buried deeply for many miles from the scene of the calamity. Severe storms and great floods are reported from various parts of the country.