New-York tribune., 1922-01-30
Capital, Agghast at Tragedy,
Rushes Every Resource
10 Aid the Wounded
RuinsClearedOfDead;
Troops Direct Aid
Eleven Husbands and Wives Per.
ish Together; Several Entire
Families Are Wi ped Out
f,ou, Tho Tri6une's Washington Bureau

from Tho Tri6une's Washington
WASHINGTON Jan 29.-One hundred and
and children killed last night
when the roof of the Knckerbocker
and Eighteenth Street. collapsed from the weight of the
banked it and buried large part audience under
tons Of Steel concrete and wooden wreckage.
At midnight practically that death list
mad reached It's maximum all the ruins having been explored
except small section Of orchestra
The list of injured had reached Many Of these are in
critical condition.
Rescucrs' Lives in Constant Danger
In e~icating the Dead dying and wreckage
struggled night after 9:lo when the collapse
Of the roof from the suddenly turned
an audience enjoying comedy film Washing
ION mas ever KNOW" The hundreds of at this work
In danger that the side would fall
In at least eleven pshd side by side the
rescue work to-day disclosed While from the
blow of falling steel and e some
to death
The lives of whole families enjoying the movies together were
nusd out while in other ptiful instances
a Of both Several children were saved
% craving under Seats while child being pnoed in
o the bodies Of two Women both Of whom killed
Washington Shocked by Tragedy
Washington literally the tragedy Nothing annroch
ing it here the northwestern section 30 h
s ~ scarcely person who has not lost least
The only that the normal audiences ~ tb x;l
booker not single member or House and onl
member the colony was killed or injured
Inc TWO newspaper correspondents who killed. Chauncey
oraherd CT Inc Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
pittsburgh DlpacE known news
writer's probably in the country saer formerly president Of the
1don Club and has been charge part of the pro
grams Of that organization for long Just been
elected vcepesdent Of the club elected pr
dent next
Brainerd the author addition his news
paper work using the in fiction of Brnerd
died beside her husband st1ayers daughter bad. injured
sIaughnesy's Condition Critical
f. H. shaughessy Second Assistant is In
critical condition at the Walter Reed Hospital while his
broken and his yeard daughter, broken arm
Guy Eldredge Reed Smoo of 1r+ab
was instantly killed His body identified morning bv Dem
uty Commissioner Of Internal Revenue Maso Salt Lake Ctv
Snator Snoo hurried the Christian
nent OF which has been converted the Identification
the dead, and FlJrc -
Garfield Hospital with broke
MISS Caroline UpshaW, Upsau f Ceoro.
mad ono loot cut OFT and the other badly mangcd that will have
to be ampuaed Ten college living fraternity house nar
the theae have volunteered their
may be necessary to Miss Upshaw's recovery.
len Hours in Debris Before Rescue
Little eight-yeaod Grant can be found Of
happy family of
yarod sister the
years DID, listed among the missing persisted
remarkable of fortitudc Miss Ruth
out one OF the SURVIVORS, who
been imprisoned for more debris
erng only from shock and by pv
slcns at the mprovsed first aid Church of Christ
ocens tailed to reveal that injury
When placed the operating table
MISS fou gave her and address without adding am
perfectly all right though believe except that am
cold ~ : ~
maintained her declared are ,v
others really needy of attention that let mo
home and give these others the they
Superintendent of Schools tonight directed that all ,ho,
buildings Washington