Have we had many disastrous avalanches in...
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Have we had many disastrous avalanches in the U.S.?
Answer
Sure. On March 1, 1910, for example, an avalanche that swept away a station house near Stevens Pass, Washington, also pushed three engines and some passenger cars into a canyon. More than 100 people were killed.