standing upright, frozen in position, reminiscent of Pompeii. 62 workers were killed. Among the dead were 32 Japanese workers. Response The disaster was not the first to befall the pass; in all over 200 people had been killed by avalanches there since the line was opened 26 years previously. The CPR finally accepted defeat and in 1913 began boring the five mile long Connaught Tunnel through Mount Macdonald, at the time Canada's longest tunnel, so bypassing the hazard of Rogers Pass. It was opened on December 13, 1916, and the railway abandoned the pass. See also List of rail accidents in Canada List of rail accidents (1910–1919) 1910 in Canada References External links Transcripts of contemporary newspapers - GenDisasters Railway accidents in 1910 1910 natural disasters 1910 in Canada Rogers Pass, 1910 Railway accidents and incidents in Canada Accidents and incidents involving Canadian Pacific Railway Selkirk Mountains Columbia Country Disasters in British Columbia 1910 Rogers Rail transport in British Columbia Glacier National Park (Canada) 1910 in British Columbia March 1910 events Avalanches in Canada 1910 disasters in Canada