Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-02
MISS UPSHAW MAY
SURVIVE INJURIES
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Miss
Caroline Upshaw, 17-year-old niece
of Representative Upshaw, of At
Ianta, who was seriously injured in
the Knickerbocker theater catas-
strophe, was holding her own at Gar
field hospital Tuesday morning, and
Mr.. Upshaw and members of the
family are encouraged over her con-
dition.
It is hoped that Miss Upshaw may
be strong enough by Thursday to
stand the operation of blood transfu-
sion. A number Of persons offered
to give their blood Immediately after
: she was taken from the ruined the
! alter, but she was SO weak that the
attempt was postponed.
Representative UpshaW today
made a personal inspection of the
knickerbocker theater ruins and ex-
amined the steel and cOncrte in
search of defects in construction. He
said he would aid in pressing investi-
cation resolutions in congress.
1t was learned Tuesday afternoon
y
she has lost her left foot, nor is she
aware that tomorrow it may be
necessary to amputate two toes on
her right foot. So far the girl only
knows that her limbs were crushed.
She has stood the pain with great
fortitude and a remarkable story is
told Of her cheeEfullness as rescuers
worked Sunday morning to get her
from under the debris.
She went to the theater with
young William Galloway, a high
school friend, who comes from Gulf
port, Miss. Mr.. Galloway, who is
a cousin of Bishop Galloway, was
injured, but not seriously.
Cheer up, Bill, they'll get to us
yet" rescuers heard Miss UpshaW
say Sunday morning, while She was
still imprisoned under the Wreckage.
Representative Upshaw came to
the capitol Tuesday afternoon after
an inspection of the wrecked theater
and declared his belief that faulty
construction, and not the snow,
caused the collapse
Il shall invite the members of the
hous> committee on the District of
Columbia to go and examine these
walls" said Mr.. T'pshaW, land fix
responsibility for what L believe was
criminal negligence. There today
[ saw enough to convince me that
the roofs and walls were unsound
The Orders rested hollow tiles
and were not keyed. TWentysiX
inches of snow could not have
brought the collapse unless the roof
Was ineXcusably weak, and this
tragedy that has come to my fam
fly and many others should be in
Vestigated."
Representative Upshaw telephon-
ed the district commissioners Tues
day afternoon and insisted that the
walls be not RACED until members OF
cong esa have had an opportunity to
inspect them.
Miss Marian Tpshaw, sister of
Miss Caroline and secretary to Rep
;ntative Upshaw, left the youns
girls bedside Tuesday and returned
to he" duties at the capitol. Mrs.
Upshaw, the mother, '. o recently
lost her husband, is nearly pros
trated by the Knickerbocker .trag-
edy and the serious illness of her
youngest daughter.
Congressional Probe Urged
Representative UpshaW said that
regardless of Investigations begun
| by the district attorney and their
government, he believed the district
committees of congress should probe
the Knickerbocker disaster. Find
ing opportunity for the first time
Tuesday to go to the theater, Mr.
| UpshaW, while not q structural en-
gineer, expressed the belief on eX-
animation that even a layman would
recognize the weakness of the
| KniCkerbOCker CONSTRUCTING.
Washington began to hold its
| funerals Tuesday. Because of the
| condition of the streets, still piled
high with snow, and the unusual
tasks put upon undertakers and hos
pitfalls, it was impossible earlier to
begin burying the dead. Street car
service was partially resumed Mon
| day afternoon and became fairly
regular Tuesday. 1t was also posi-
| BILE Tuesday to return to the use of
| automobiles in certain sections of
the city, but the suburbs are still
snoW-bound in many places.