Wearing masks to protect them from the ash, a couple stand stunned and shaken at the scene of a 15-car pile-up caused by a blinding cloud of volcanic ash on Interstate 5 about 50 miles from erupting Mt. St. Helens.
Many residents of the Pacific Northwest were forced to make adjustments in their daily routines during the Mt. St. Helens ashfalls. Steve Howrey, 25, of Portland, donned an ash mask, for example for a church softball league game.
John Brown is covered with mud and exhausted following his unsuccessful rescue attempt of three horses in a log yard flooded by the Toutle River after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. Although Brown was helped by three other individuals, all efforts…
Logger Jose Diaz was working about seven miles from the Mt. St. Helens summit. He survived the eruption and devastating shock waves that felled trees for miles around him. Eight hours later a National Guard helicopter crew plucked him off a log in…
Twenty persons were injured on Sunday May 25, on ash shrouded Interstate 5 near Centralia, WA when 15 cars collided in the northbound lanes. The cause was heavy ashfall from Mt. St. Helens' second major eruption. A Centralia fireman gives first aid…
The end of a young and gentle life. The body of Andy Karr, 11, lies in the back of a pick-up truck, 4 miles from Mt. St. Helens' smoking crater. Camping with his father and brother on May 18, they were caught in the eruption that killed at least 69…