{"id":145307,"date":"2016-02-22T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=145307"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:45:54","slug":"historic-seattle-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/historic-seattle-disasters","title":{"rendered":"14 vintage photos of historic Seattle disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>From fires to mudslides to earthquakes, Seattle has had some crazy times. Here&#8217;s a look back at 14 disastrous moments on the wild, wild West Coast.<\/p>\n<h2>Flood at Rattlesnake Lake, 1915<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-1-1024x845.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"845\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4312586582\/in\/album-72157623165341961\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rattlesnake lake was fed by seepage from an upstream dam, causing it to slowly rise and condemning the town of Moncton.<\/p>\n<h2>Moncton,\u00a01915<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-2-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4370381443\/in\/album-72157623165341961\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Goodbye Moncton&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>The Great Ravenna Sinkhole Sewer Failure, 1957<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-3-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4328053801\/in\/photolist-7AspBg-7ATFsu-eNhuV-9drFmU-7yMcgH-7ATFsq-pay9F9-7yMcgP-7BDsyh-7E231s-7zbDx6-7z68K5-7z68K3-7Ecm9c-5DcLF7-7E231o-8m5cim-8m5cih-7C4UHZ-7zbDxn-8GU5uP-s6vSih-7yMcgx-4N6YBr-rDyenU-tE62N1-7Ecm9a-tpPKcw-sKpPPQ-7yMcgM-mANbSt-7ATFso-7zbDxr-7z68K7-7C4UJt-7APvgj-7CkDnU-5Jz3za-7BDsym-7yMcgK-7CkDo1-qZmc42-rTRnnw-rW5b3z-rBPAWM-rTRqmh-s6wKnJ-rW9DTk-qZ9wfJ-rDGeMr\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A break in a huge brick and quick sand sewer caused a cave-in. The hole measured 60 feet deep, 120 feet wide, 200 feet long. The total cost of repairing the cave-in was $2 million. The work took two years to <a href=\"http:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/926\/2215729\/Remembering-Seattles-Great-Ravenna-Sinkhole\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">complete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Perkins Lane landslide, 1954<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-4-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a>Photo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Seattle_-_House_damaged_in_Perkins_Lane_landslide,_1954.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\" class=\"external\">Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A wet winter wiped out five homes on the bluff overlooking Elliot Bay.<\/p>\n<h2>Fire at Pike Place Market, 1974<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-5-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4309086435\/in\/album-72157623165341961\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A worker salvaging steel tracks from the condemned <a href=\"http:\/\/o.seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/iftpc\/2026621680_0719nowandthenxml.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Municipal Market<\/a> building lost control of the cutting torch.<\/p>\n<h2>Flash flood in the Cascade Mountains, 1932<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-6-1024x864.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-6\" width=\"1024\" height=\"864\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/8145422546\/in\/photolist-dpMqkL-7ATFsm-7yyKgg-7yyKgr-7yyKgp-7yyKgt-8WuZsD-7AspB8-7AspBe-7AspBg-7ATFsu-eNhuV-9drFmU-7yMcgH-7ATFsq-pay9F9-7yMcgP-7BDsyh-7E231s-7zbDx6-7z68K5-7z68K3-7Ecm9c-5DcLF7-7E231o-8m5cim-8m5cih-7C4UHZ-7zbDxn-8GU5uP-s6vSih-7yMcgx-4N6YBr-rDyenU-tE62N1-7Ecm9a-tpPKcw-sKpPPQ-7yMcgM-mANbSt-7ATFso-7zbDxr-7z68K7-7C4UJt-7APvgj-7CkDnU-5Jz3za-7BDsym-7yMcgK-7CkDo1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A wall of water and mud, 15-feet high and 150-feet wide killed seven and injured two in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylink.org\/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&amp;file_id=10704\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Edgewick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Todd Shipyard Fire, 1964<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-7-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4309086441\/in\/photolist-7yMcgP-7BDsyh-7E231s-7zbDx6-7z68K5-7z68K3-7Ecm9c-5DcLF7-7E231o-8m5cim-8m5cih-7C4UHZ-7zbDxn-8GU5uP-s6vSih-7yMcgx-4N6YBr-rDyenU-tE62N1-7Ecm9a-tpPKcw-sKpPPQ-7yMcgM-mANbSt-7ATFso-7zbDxr-7z68K7-7C4UJt-7APvgj-7CkDnU-5Jz3za-7BDsym-7yMcgK-7CkDo1-qZmc42-rTRnnw-rW5b3z-rBPAWM-rTRqmh-s6wKnJ-rW9DTk-qZ9wfJ-rDGeMr-rBPB6z-rDygTL-rW9EbK-rWc3se-rW5aC6-rDzsRY-rDztJ9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>300 firefighters, shipyard workers, and sailors battled the blaze for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylink.org\/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&amp;file_id=9629\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">more than four hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Earthquake damage in Pioneer Square, 1949<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-8.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-8\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/imlsmohai\/id\/613\/rec\/7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">MOHAI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit between Olympia and Tacoma, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historylink.org\/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&amp;file_id=2063\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">killing eight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What the earthquake did to Chehalis, 1949<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-9.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-9\" width=\"997\" height=\"787\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/imlsmohai\/id\/6659\/rec\/26\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">MOHAI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Earthquake destruction outside the Busy Bee Cafe, 1949<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-10.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-10\" width=\"945\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/imlsmohai\/id\/3858\/rec\/3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">MOHAI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Snowplow clearing avalanche at Snoqualmie Pass, 1936<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-145324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-11.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-11\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/imlsmohai\/id\/3997\/rec\/3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">MOHAI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Highway 20 washout and landslide, 2003<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-12\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/4328053799\/in\/photolist-7AspBe-7AspBg-7ATFsu-eNhuV-9drFmU-7yMcgH-7ATFsq-pay9F9-7yMcgP-7E231s-7zbDx6-7BDsyh-7z68K5-7z68K3-7Ecm9c-5DcLF7-7E231o-8m5cim-7yMcgM-8m5cih-7C4UHZ-7zbDxn-8GU5uP-mANbSt-7ATFso-7zbDxr-7z68K7-7C4UJt-s6vSih-7yMcgx-4N6YBr-7CkDnU-7BDsym-7yMcgK-7CkDo1-rDyenU-7Ecm9a-7APvgj-5Jz3za-tE62N1-tpPKcw-sKpPPQ-qZmc42-rTRnnw-rW5b3z-rBPAWM-rTRqmh-s6wKnJ-rW9DTk-qZ9wfJ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Skagit River flooding and associated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goskagit.com\/all_access\/skagit-has-history-of-landslides-vulnerable-terrain\/article_d2bf5f4e-ecb9-5e2c-ad84-4ab5ef44d6e8.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">mudslides<\/a> damaged more than 40 roads and bridges, wiped out more than 15 popular trails and 20 trail bridges, and breached more than 30 miles of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail in the winter of 2003.<\/p>\n<h2>Fire on Hinkley Block, 1908<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-13-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-13\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/seattlemunicipalarchives\/2720235540\/in\/album-72157623165341961\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Seattle Super Sonics stolen by Oklahoma City, 2008<\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[145307]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-145327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/disaster-14-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"disaster-14\" width=\"1024\" height=\"805\" \/><\/a>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org\/cdm\/singleitem\/collection\/p16118coll11\/id\/1348\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Seattle Public Library<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This might be the most devastating photo of all.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From fires to 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