Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-30

opened TO traffic in the street itself
rs tho street cars could not get
through because of the snow. The
automobiles hindcrcd the rescuers'
work. They were picked up bodily
by crowds OF men and lifted out OF
the way. :
Amhulanccs and private machines
gathered UP the injured as they we're
brought out. Finally Il string of
army ambulanccs arrived from Wal
ter Reed Hospital with sacks full of
randagcs. Doctors came from every
where, army and navy ana civilian
doctors.
All through the night the work of
rescue went on. 1t was evident that
nothing could he done for many of
the victims until the weight of the
wreckaec could be lifted \ call to
the navy yard brough; blueta ckets
and hydraulic Jacks and oxyhydrogen
tets 20 burn through the steel beams.
The Jacks were lined up under the
edge OF the fallen balcony and little
AT time It's weight was lifted Res
cuers took their lives in their hands
to creep under and release persons
there.
Dn?light MnlScx Task Ensier.
AS daylight came the task became
easier. Engineer officers from the
army could see what must b. done
they traced each twisted beam and
saw where II would be safe to cut
and where steel girder might be
draGE"d out OF the pile with safety
10 those below. The holes We're cut
through tho wall. and with ropes and
tackle tho soldiers and sailors heaved
away. slipping and falling In the
mushy Snow outside.
Meanwhile all Washington. /.
seemed. was heading for the scene.
with street cars stopped, every
street was black with str,nps -,
PEOPLE stumbling over the banked
snow. They tramped from every
corner ~ the city. and the soldiers
and police held rigid lines about the
'hcat"r 10 keep them back
Hour by hour through the dav the
n"aih '"l! rose Less than half az
The total had been recovered when
,uli daylight came. despite hours OF
hpor' Gradually the work was
organized. Some of the men who
mad worked ali night. were relieved
by comrades to sleep and prepare for
another night or II. New police and
hrc crews came in.
Aftcr the center OF the main floor
mad been cleared OF victims. dug ON,
81 ihe wrcckuge hy main strength; =
NOR" systematic search began ana !:
N"S SKI! going on tonight without u
hi!t' The workers. sure tina. this
center space held no body or u1ur.I
heFsnn. began turning over tho ION,
or uenris. lilLn. Il In that Glac. or
uF'sEihE beams and slabs o'i;S,do.
curing m DAY electricians earn. 10
~ fi4"e 70 aid the work when dark
nr'S rcli on t.. street IN. ,,lor,
"t :To' lighted by the soldiers IN
".rin themselves as they waited 20
hrhEu on rope. threw :,Gdi,ion,l
ihnt on tn" mass Within tn. roof.
los" shell. where hundr.ds laborea
un,cnsiugly.
y 5-ycar-old girl was found un-
hurt. seated between the hodi,s -,
Two women Her life cvidentl, han
Deen saved by her railing be,wonr
ne seats ana the protection given her
~ VA. u"dl"s of the iwo women. who
Wer" Killed hosih" ho~
%" last pcrson to bo taken from
ne ruins was Or. scott Mun,p"m..y.
't Washington. who was r,s,vc,,
fwcly. hours after ,nc roof c.li,n.,h
we was p'nrh by his legs i,,d.r.
h'"ih /" beam, witch Killed IN.
N"rn" woman whom he had .s,nrtnd
I" IN" 'Hodtcr. The beam was rur,
"' the s'pctGr" of the hai.ou. ana
""S literally n hoylog i'm tho tam
above min. II took hours 20 ass.,r,l,
'h" h'!r"uI!c Jacks from tn. uayv
var" "i'gh were tho only Things M.
"Hu"'e 90 lit The heavy weight No
N'crssIfS distance TO free M!m phy-
s!c.ans ulIed him with r.s,ornli,cs
dErns tho might Ills condition We
'Nif'nciy s"r.pu, when h. was taken
OUT ~ tic building.
IN" hnal turning over o- tho
"irahas" was well under way .nnn
"ii'f dark tonight. when tic w.ia4.
q ihe !HS' section % the galley ma
""Gn Lifted ON JACKS aud mc,i hnI
crawi"d h"ueila tu drag ont TN. Inv,
r"nSl"d H"d5, more speed was nos
sihio ana Tho mass tia, formed inc
upiiom - Tie urea shon omen :,
ga" sFr was moving in steady or.
de'iF o"urs" under the Keen cy.s nf
The army ,u"lnc,Is. Daylight shoul5
roe IN" last 20 1t examined ana t1r
'"ii ct death brought by the gre,t
sn,wiall completed