Faces of Wellington

Albert Boles, a passenger on Local No. 25 who was killed in the Avalanche. Photo appeared in the Seattle P-I.

Catherine O'Reilley was a passenger on Local No. 25. She was a nurse caring for a very ill passenger. She died in the avalanche. Photo appeared in the March 4, 1910 Spokesman Review.

George Hoefer was a mail clerk on the fast mail train. He was killed in the avalanche. Photo was in the Spokesman Review on March 5, 1910.

Ida Starrett had recently lost her husband. She was traveling with her parents and her children Raymond, Lillian, and Francis. Ida and Raymond were pulled alive from the wreckage while Lillian and Francis died. Francis was just 18 months old. Ida later said she felt the baby struggling underneath her in the wreckage, and she knew when he stopped moving he had died. Photograph was in the March 4, 1910 Spokesman Review.

John Tucker was another mail clerk killed in the avalanche.

Lucius Anderson was a porter for the Great Northern Railway. He survived the avalanche. Photo from the March 4, 1910 Seattle P-I.

Richard Bogart was a mail clerk aboard the fast mail train killed in the avalanche. Photo from the Spokesman Review.

Another photo of Thelma and George Davis. Photos appeared in the March 2, 1910 Seattle P-I.

AJ Mackey was a railroad employee who hiked down to Scenic to get help for avalanche victims.

George Davis (bottom) and his daughter, Thelma, 3. George and Thelma were both killed in the avalanche. George had recently lost his wife (Thelma's mom). While he was traveling as a passenger, he was also a railroad employee. Photos from the March 3, 1910 Seattle P-I.

Alfred Hensel (left) was a mail clerk who was aboard the fast mail train, but survived the avalanche. Richard Barnhart (right) was a passenger on Local No. 25 who was killed. Photo is from the March 4, 1910 Spokesman Review.

James McNeny was a passenger aboard Local No. 25 killed in the avalanche. Photo is from the March 4, 1910 Seattle P-I.

John Fox was a mail clerk aboard the fast mail train. He was killed in the avalanche. Photo is from the March 4, 1910 Spokesman Review.

Lee Ahern was a mail weigher aboard the fast mail train. He was killed in the avalanche. Photo from the March 4, 1910 Spokesman Review.

The Reverend James Thomas was a passenger aboard Local No. 25. He led a Sunday service for rail workers and passengers during the time they were trapped on the train. Photo from the Seattle P-I.

Sarah Jane Covington was a passenger aboard Local No. 25. She spent time writing letters home when she was stuck on the train. Many of the letters were recovered, giving a first hand passenger account of the the nine days aboard Local No. 25 leading up to the avalanche. Photo appeared in the Seattle P-I.

A photo of GNR employees who survived the avalanche that appeared in the March 3, 1910 Seattle Star. I am unable to make out the names in the caption.