The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-30
INJURED LIST STANDS
 AT 134 EARLY TODAY
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(COntinued from Page one) cony, four or five tiers deep. were known as "reserved'' seats. They were priced above the succeeding rows and except when the house was damned, commonly were not all oc- cupied. With the small attendance of last night, probably only a-few had paid the extra price for these seats, the majority preferring to sit fur ther back in the balcony. And many of those behind scrambled up the steep slope of the fallen balcony to safety although many were struck down in the first blow when the roof came in. Some were hurled down into the pit wreck when the balcony front fell and some of these escaped with bruises. There is no record| however, of survivor among those in the foremost balcony seats
 Frantic calls for aid went out as soon as those in the double walled structures which form the Eighteenth street and back wall of the audi torium realized what had happened. These two three-floor wings form the offices, stores along the Eighteenth street front, and house the stairways and the approaches and exists both on that side and along the back wall, and they were not involved in the, disaster. which was confined to the auditorium itself. Later these stores and corridors became the first aid stations as the mangled victims were dragged from the wreckage.
 Fight Way to Scene
 Bremen fought their way through heaping snow drifts in answer. to general alarm. Police patrols filled with men churned and skidded through the white muck. In,answer to summons, marines from barracks clear across the city came at double time, panting through the heavy going. At Fort Myer across the river the cavalry was turned out and started in truck loads to the rescue only to find roads blocked with snow. The men shoveled their way frantical- ly but finally four mule teams from the fort and from the engineers bar racks were called on.
 At the scene of the disaster there was wild confusion for time. Those who first made their way to the audi torium doors saw before them a dim. mysterious heap of wreckage faintly lighted by string of colored cleo tries on the stage that still stood in-
  the leaden skies above the void where the roof had been. Minute by minute the crowds about the door thickened. The crash of the falling roof had drawn many, some who had relatives In that mass of ruin and melting snow inside. The clang of fire apparatus brought other hun dreds and until the marines came panting up the police were powerless to fight off the crowd.
 Single Wall Stands
 Bremen plunged into the wreck age with lanterns. Men with electric torches came from all sides to aid And it was daunting task they faced. They stood on the debris they must lift to reach those dead or dy- ing below. On the Columbia road side the single wall lowered menac- ingly above their heads, stripped all most bare except for the high exit signs marking the way out of the balcony, now a crumbled mass be- low. Not window In the long wall was broken.
 With infinite care the rescuers be- gan work. Every beam they touched might let another mass of concrete down if it was moved too swiftly. There were some groans in the dark ness below and no one knew how many men, women and children had been crushed or trapped there. The huge slabs of concrete from the roof, torn from their steel supporting gird- CTS, stood in crazy attitudes. A touch might send them toppling.
 Begin Removal of Dead
 But against every difficulty, the soldiers, sailors and firemen and po- lice and citizens toiled desperately and a slow stream of dead and in- jured began to trickle out through the doorways.
 Nearly every house and store in the vicinity became rescue station Housewives made up pots of coffee for rescuers and rescued as the night wore on.
 On the Eighteenth street front row of parked automobiles stood, for owners killed or hurt in the crash inside. They were hub deep in snow and only narrow lane was opened t. traffic in the street itself as the street cars could not get through be. cause of the snow. The automobiles hindered the rescuers' work. They were picked up boldly by crowds men and lifted out of the way.