Slide Debris in Sound-Far out in Puget Sound water where depth is normally 100 feet, trees and debris are near surface. A 400-foot high cliff blamed to Wednesday's earthquake, loosened and roared into the Sound barely missing homes along Salmon Beach community here this morning.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Slide Debris in Sound-Far out in Puget Sound water where depth is normally 100 feet, trees and debris are near surface. A 400-foot high cliff blamed to Wednesday's earthquake, loosened and roared into the Sound barely missing homes along Salmon Beach community here this morning.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1949]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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