Fire at Lincoln Hotel, Seattle, April 7, 1920 (MOHAI 2029)
Summary
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope. Three guests and a fireman died in the blaze, but more than 300 others were rescued.
Handwritten on mount: Lincoln Hotel fire, 1920. Devastation. Caption by MOHAI staff.
Subjects (LCTGM): Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire engines & equipment--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle
Tags
Date
07/04/1920
Source
Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Seattle
Copyright info
Public Domain