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

Description

Main Author

Hult, Ruby El, 1912-2008.

Language(s)

English

Published

Portland, Or. : Binfords & Mort, 1960.

Subjects

Forest fires.
Disasters.
Avalanches.
Avalanches > Avalanches / Washington (State) > Avalanches / Washington (State) / Tye.
Forest fires > Forest fires / Idaho.
Disasters > Disasters / Northwest, Pacific.
Washington (State) > Washington (State) / Tye.
Pacific Northwest.
Idaho.

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.

Physical Description

[10], 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm

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