The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-30

Miss Mary Forsyth of Washington
brought the death list from Knicker-
booker theatre disaster to 1O8. All
the dead and injured are being re-
moved from the Christian Science
churches which served as clearing
house for the victims. There is little
hope for the recovery of Edward H.
Shaughnessy, assistant postmastss
general, who, with his wife and chill
dren, were injured in the crash.
Washington, Jan.s 30.-With total
of 107 dead and 103 injured, removed
from the ruins of the Knickerbocker
theatre early today the reserves are
still struggling with the heavy wreck
age left when the snow-laden roof of
the structure collapsed Saturday
night during the showing of feature
comedy
Brigadier General Bandholtz, who
is in charge, said it might be another
"a hours before the work would be
completed. 1t is believed, however,
that the section remaining to be ex-
plored would yield few additions to
the awful list of dead and injured. A
party of rescuers is still struggling to
release from the wreckage now being
overturned, one man believed to be
still alive, although imprisoned for Sc
hours.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-The burial Of
two of the victims of the disaster,
John and Elizabeth Jeffries, children
of L. E. Jeffries, general counsel of the
South Railway, will take place We'd
nesday at their old home in Selma,
Ala, it was said. While district of
ficials have stared investigation. Sem
ator Capper introduced resolution
calling for an inquiry by the senate.
Civilians have relieved. the soldiers
and marines who have been on guard
at the scene since the disaster oc-
Cured. Only odds and ends of the de-
Iris remain, and will be removed and
no more bodies are expected to be ro-
covered. ~
Washington, Jan. 29.--The toll Of
] dead in the Knicksrboske GER reached
107 tonight when q final canvass was
made of the city hospitals and all
of the several emergency medical sta
tions which had been established to
care for the victims. This was said
to include everybody thus far recov-
cred from the ruins. The list of in
jured totaled 134 tonight and of these
ID were recorded as having sustained
serious hurts.
Of those in hospitals home sustain
ed injuries in many cases Of such
character that the victims, if they re-
cover, will be manned for life.
Ninety-two of the victims had been
identified when the force Of volunteer
workers, "a hours after the disaster,
approached the end of their long
search of the debris.
Nine additional bodies Of those who
had succumbed to injuries after res
cue lay in city hospitals.
The large majority Of the victims,
both killed and injured, were residents
of the city, although many came re-
Gently from other places. Exploration
of the ruins went on unchecked after
dark but those in charge believe few
additional bodies would be found
Without regard to their own risk SOL
diers, marines, sailors, police, firemen
and citizen volntneers had fought
their way beneath the wreckage over
practically the whole floor space of
the auditorium.
Washington, Jan. 29.-An avalanche
Of broken plaster, bricks, snow, splin-
tered wooden and twisted steel beams
catapulting upon the audience while
the orchestra played and comedy
film ground out is the description Of
the Knickerbocker theater disaster
given today by Representative John
Fl. Smithwick of Pensacola, Fla, He
was in the balcony of the theater
when the roof collapsed under the
uaiobt Of snow and escaped unaided-