Costly 'Terracing'-Leaders of the Meadowdale Beach community, 20 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, estimate slide damage to 50 homes and yards may amount to as much as a million dollars. K.E. Northfield (above) surveys drop-away in his yard. Slides followed recent heavy rains. Some houses were wrecked. Some others have been abandoned.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Costly 'Terracing'-Leaders of the Meadowdale Beach community, 20 miles north of Seattle on Puget Sound, estimate slide damage to 50 homes and yards may amount to as much as a million dollars. K.E. Northfield (above) surveys drop-away in his yard. Slides followed recent heavy rains. Some houses were wrecked. Some others have been abandoned.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1956]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Landslides

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