New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

ave been oaused hy TIE treiuerdou,
weight iNTose3 by tne heaviest snow
Sa'l that has Y,site1 Washington s.nc,
SEQ
IAe voof .ell win such force as :.
drive saree corcteto pil.-.s trrouc
ths cFchestT5 floor. Up rear the stage
however. ise -csce was arrested 80 ,ha
re platform sscsessfu.ly acted Is
s13cr. Hoe this reason. +; was said
several e. the esiclaus escaped.
Many women who escaped raj
c.esmiaE 80 ,he street and sexera
stated vns.e tre inlured were remove,
on strefeneys 1na .area in amhulance
- tossitels. private aouses and uearb,
oiohs
The taeater. waich accommodate.
Iosv 'a -.NCa pt-scr4. Was said to bs
CON. or-suly aleI ~ IRE time. and ths
roo.. - 1t fsii. imprI sored many upde-
*e tsass et wrecoage. the balcony col
-s.siHg whl.e concrete pisisrs fell ove,
- aoc ttc.s veirnt 80 hte debris ur de!
f~'ef tae wounded lay groaning.
'Gct NiC. Quick Wailirgfor wa.
ne,rg shown ard tho second show OF
t-e efenlae .Se JGs- begun when .ae
rOof crashed
oae woman ssla most Of those III
1red were iu the orchestra pit When
tse roof s. ). s1e said, ~ sounded like
sr~rcrr aro gh'rlfE.' She estimated
rs, Frr1 rrS e.. lees, 5oo II tho
,atetet @. the tme
w aftinG was given as the walls
--asroa. the roof breaking in on the
leads of ,he audience, crushing seats
and occupants as e fell IL was more
nan a. hoor before the rescuers us-
'aS 2as torches 20 ce. through the sc
g He 81
reached she sscf on where il was be-
'ievsd rlost - t1e dead ard iriurai
we're
Ruins Scene of Horror
Iao tnoater presented scene Of hor-
so- a. hour attes the root fell beneath
q weight OF snow heavier than any to
'hica u had bean subjected since the
aulloirg wss erected, several years ago.
me roof. 20 those able 20 push
trough police lines. seemed to rest
almost on .ar floor. scarcciy more than
= foot aaa oaf separating the lover
l.cs- a-11ls ans t7e floor level. Al of
Ac dcor.s was covered with the snow
'Aic1 ae4 weighed so heavily upon the
-o9:- S,ardire lr through the debris,
NHfFcr. stare and raEgeo, were the
pillars -as' raa supported the ha.-
"''e5 and Tire rcof
lection of tre trrcc principal
streets. n1s lighted ls tie glow Of
,seet gHts 'ct few blocks distant
sned q selt riov en- the mantle Of SNOW,
'Thicn covered the c.ty. but lighted TIE
scene o. the horror
Soldiers assist in Rescue
fircmel and soldiers. hastily rusAed
ron Walter Reed military hospital
H.r.I
% ard an opening IN the debris, but
he sesvy teal and concrete defed
heir effort except when reinforced
nth picks and gas and acetyiene
-osciea- -lo-rs VI the injured flled
the arr together With the commands
~ the fre chiefs and the military.
Beyond the linc4 first established by
,ae police and later taken oyer by sol
t-ers, thousands gathered, the news
aFinH spread over the capital Ike
-ieare. and many, being aroused BY
The changing oil fire Congs and fre ap-
lratus. rushed ta thc scene from every
.cct-en OF the cit..
Those beyond tie fire liues inclrde1
en and women known throughout the
country senator's, Representatives,
.-gaSsaDof ministers and society
eE5eTs. Numbers Of those behind fhe
.'-+'- il"H iiirhNa Wnun tncy believed
80 nave beeu IN attendance at the thea
ter Netn the erash came and they ap-
.aied 80 t1oso maintaining the lines
.'hef to iet tnem through or give them
oiue Idea a to the mum ber Of dead Or
.iGrcd
Usually Filled to Capacity
"a same Snowfall which caused tbs
,s- pse Of The theater's roofs alro
9' ,ed to .essen the number Of those
the crash for tie thca,er, being the
one ~ tAat section, usually is
t'ed even To standing room on wee4-
ut Iehts
iae theater building vas one of
.4ber owned hy Harry M Crandall
nd was regarded as oro oi tho most
autfrl ~ tte city. Il was often
'arc for afternoon lectures. attended
t- ,ae society lolN ef tne city.