The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-01
BUSINESS HALTS AS WASHINGTON
BURIES IT'S NINETY-EIGHT DEAD
Another Building in Washington
C0llapses, but No Injuries;
$4,000 Damage Done.
fRy The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-Washington
today held the first of its many funerals
for the 81 persons who perished Satur-
day night when the roof of the KnlckeT-
booker motion picture theatre collapsed
under the weight of snow, and memorial
services were announced by number
of churches and other organizations. So
ceased in honor of the dead. and the
theatres again in operation sheltered
meager audiences, while hospitals con-
tinued to treat the more than go injured
still confined A number of official and
unofficial Investigations also got under
way today and others were announced.
Meanwhile, late today, another build
ing, ione of the long sheds of the freight
depot of the Baltimore & Ohio railway
at First street and Florida avenue, coll
Iapsed two minutes after eight men, who
had been employed in 1t during the day,
had checked out No one was injured.
Damage to the shed and the freight it
confined was estimated at $4,000. The
structure, one OF the walls of which gave
way, it is believed. due to the effects of
melting snow on the sloping roof, was
built in 1904. Firemen and police imme-
diately began an investigation.
Edward II. Shaughnessy of Chicago.
second assistant postmaster general, who
was one of the most critically injured in
the Knickerbocker collapse, was reported
steadily improving tonight. His wife and
two daughters also were injured.
The funeral today included that OF
Madame Virginia Feraud, sister Of Dr.
Julio Bianchi. Guatemalan minister under
the Herrera regime ia ST Paul's Roman
Catholic church Her body win be sent
to Ventura, Calf. to rest beside that of
her husband.
Secretary Weeks sent flowers to the
families residing here of the seven war
department employees who were killed in
the catastrophe and personal letters of
coincidence to those not living in the city.
Memorial services were held today in
the press gallery Of the capitol by the
Washington correspondents for L. W.
Strayer of the Pittsburgh Dispatch and
C. c. Brainerd of the Brooklyn Eagle,
and the law class of 1924 at George
Washington university held similar serv-
ices in honor Of two of its members who
also were killed Georgetown university,
five OF whose students were among the
dead. announced that its memorial sery-
Ice would be held tomorrow in ST. Pat
sick's church. St. PauIs church an
nounced that requiem mass would be
said Friday for all the dead. and num-
rangements.
The city commission today turned over
it's investigation of the disaster to Col.
Charles Keller, engineer commissioner,
and the building inspectors office. The
federal grand jury and the coroner's jury
visited the ruins of the theatre today.
and it was announced they would con-
duct thorough Investigations to deter
mine. If possible, the cause of the acci-
dent and whether any individual was to
blame. Payton Gordon, district attorney.
requested the war department to assign
several army engineers to assist the cor
oner jury in its inquiry.
The Capper resolution proposing an in
otliry to the disaster was referred to-
night by the senate to its District Of Co
Tunabia committee at the request of its
sr.onsor, who said he committee desired
to make survey OF the inquiries already
ordered and to determine further the
scope of the senate investigation.
Senator Calder, republican, New York.
urged that the inquiry be broadened so
as to determine what additional building
codes should be adopted to serve as a
further safeguard. He said the present
code was adopted years ago before the
present "wide-spanned theatres came
into vogue