John was killed in the avalanche at the Cascade Tunnel on 1 March 1910. The Cascade Tunnel was a 2.6 mile long single track railroad tunnel at Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains approximately 65 miles to the east of Everett, Washington. It was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1900 to avoid problems caused by heavy winter snowfalls on the original line that had 8 Zig Zags (switchbacks).
On March 1, 1910, an avalanche at the West portal of the original 2.6-mile long Cascade Tunnel, killed 101 people, the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history.
He was buried 18 March 1910 in Thayne Cemetery, Wyoming.
Grave location: Level 1-F, Level 2-7.
John was killed in the avalanche at the Cascade Tunnel on 1 March 1910. The Cascade Tunnel was a 2.6 mile long single track railroad tunnel at Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains approximately 65 miles to the east of Everett, Washington. It was built by the Great Northern Railway in 1900 to avoid problems caused by heavy winter snowfalls on the original line that had 8 Zig Zags (switchbacks).
On March 1, 1910, an avalanche at the West portal of the original 2.6-mile long Cascade Tunnel, killed 101 people, the deadliest avalanche disaster in U.S. history.
He was buried 18 March 1910 in Thayne Cemetery, Wyoming.
Grave location: Level 1-F, Level 2-7.
Gravesite Details
It appears that several Vail family members are buried in Lot F-7, but most have no headstones or markers. John being one of them.
Family Members
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John Heber Vail
1885–1940
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Martha Melvina Vail Newell
1887–1965
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Naomi Alice Vail Burgener
1889–1981
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Mary Tryisha "Millie" Vail Provost
1891–1912
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Howard Lorenzo Vail
1893–1951
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Cora Loemma Vail Bigler McKnight
1895–1970
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George G. Vail
1897–1905
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Elsie Elvira Vail Henrikson
1900–1993
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Myron Howk Vail
1902–1945
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