The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-01-30
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 -Exhaustei
from the S6 hours Of unremittine toi1
and heart sick from the horrible
tragedies uncovered in tie wreck axe Of
the Knickerbocker theatre collanse he.
grimed soldiers and marines dropped
thei rtools at s O'Clock this mornipa
and declared that all the bodies had
been recovered from the pile OF twist
ed iron and cement that once was the
capitals finest movie palace.
The death list Is the sun came u,
over the desolate scene stood at los
sn identified. There are more than
$50 inv ashington hospitals. some 81
these so terribly rnutilated that hos
pital authorities say they can not sur
vive. They predicted the death list
will grow before nighnall from those
who will die in hospitals.
Some OF those in the hospitals have
legs and arms torn OF. others chestr
crushed or terrible head injuries. from
the enormous heights OF concrete ana
steel that came hurling down on them
from the weight weakened roof with
out an instant's warning
Edward II. Shaughnessy, second as
sistant postmaster general. is one Of
NDOSG 80 SGIlI1SiX injured. IL Is reared
he may die. He has q broken peIvis
and internal injuries and blood trans
fusion already has beer resorted 70 In
an effort to save his life.
DR.. Clyde NJ Gearhart. a wideiv
known capital dental specialist, suffer
ed legs so badly crushed. that II was
said al his hospital this morning, they
may have 10 be anputated His wife
and nine year old son were lost in the
tragedy. A great steel beam fell
across the family, killing tho woman
and the boy, and pinning the doctor.
who sat beside them. For more than
twelve hours he was conscious under
meath the wreck gre. with the know
edge that his wife and son lay alone
side him dead
Mrs. Howard Kreesi, wife Of the viz
president of a. large automobile firm
the district. had one leg torn or in
terrible manner. Her husband VS.
killed beside Ter.
Those are only a few Of the terri
tragedies which MI washingtons r
pstals today, and they serve only
adequately to give a general 'picture
the worst catastrophe the natter
capital ever Witnessed. ard one 81
worst theatre disasters IN history
tre this morning at sunrise Eesem5
nothing SO much as a shellshatfr-
cathedral in some town Of rorther
France The walls remained but ir
side them wreckage and spliRters
steel. timber and concrete were pilea
high in an intricate mass It may l.
that this wrecKagc contains still ther
bodies. but the searchers expressed the
belief that all had been removed ~
any rate. the work was halted It viii
he gone over again. however in al
probability.
Tales OF hcroism AMI unmltieated
personal sacrifice came In the wake @.
the tragedy today.
Outstanding among the heroes was
Albert G. Buehler. who gave his iife
that others might live. He was dis
covered BY rescuers pinned down by 3
steel Girder but called out thal he was
not very badly hurt and asked that
they concentrate their efforts in getting
at the more seriously injured. The
rescuers needed his plea and when
he was removed from the tangled mas
o. debris an hour later it was too late
to save him.
Ten Georgetown college students
living at the - A. Z. fraternity hou4e
nearby volunteered their bodies fdr
blood TRANSMISSION TO save the life OF
Miss Caroline Cpshaw, niece of Repro
sentative Upsnaw. of Georgia, who bad
one foot cut off and the other so badly
nangled that it may have to be arnpu
tated.
Lieut.. Col. Taylor. bleeding from
leg wounds found that he could stand
upon them and arose from his stretcher
as they were about TO carry him away
and insisted upon tearing away with
his bare hands the plaster and tangled
wire skeins that covered the body o.
his daughter. who was rescued alive
A six year Did red headed boy, whose
name was not learned. on being rernov-
ed from the ruins. argued hotiy against
being carried away and insisted that
he be permitted to remain until mis-
twin sister had been rescued also. Tbs
rescuers guided by the boys direc-
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