The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-30
SEARCH FOR
BODIES IS
CONTINUING
Washington Bowed in
Grief by Saturday
Night Tragedy

W ASiilNtfIbN, Jan. 10.--With a
total of ios dead and 15a Injured re-
moved from the ruins OF the Knicker-
hooker iheatcr et an early hour to-
day the rcscuers stlll were stfuE-
Cling with the heavy wreckage left
when the snow-ladcn roof OF the
structure collapsed during the show
ing of q comedy bill saturday night.
Brig. General Bandnoltz comtnan-
dant Of federal troops in The dis
trict IN personal charge ~ tho res
cue work. said Il might be 20 hours
before u could be- definitely said
there were no more dead cr Injured
in the wreckaEe Of twisted steel and
concrete which yet remained 20 be
cleared away. Tho great weight
of the steel beams and concrete
which crashed with the room has
IN many instances made the rescue
of victims harrowiuEiy slow and
difficult
The capital city was bowed with
grief today To learn tho fuil extent
OF the tragedy with the recovery Of
victims yesterday and last night This
was the more Intensely shared by the
rest OF tho country brcausc of the
considerable number Of visitors who
suffered In the catastrophe P-osi-
dent Harding in statement last
night. said the tragedy had loft him
with the same ineNpressibie sOr-
row which has come 10 all OF WASH
lngton ana which will be sympathet-
ically felt throughout the land
Ihrcc-Foid Inquiry.
threo-foid Investigation OF the
cause ana circumstance of the col
lapse OF the theater roof was in pros
pect today. Among those proml-
neat on the list OF dead a. A stood
today was former f,eprenentativo A.
J. Barchfield formerly OF Pittsburgh
nnd Mrs Virginia Farrnud sister OF
Minister Bianchi of Guatemala Most
~ the dead still lay early today In
tho basement of the nearby Chris
tinn Science church a. which they
were removed Tor Identification MANY
of the fatally injured Also were taken
there later to swell the total Of vic
Tins
by dnybreuk this morning the
sourchcrs had explored almost every
uOrtion of tho dehris-strewn struc-
iure without finding any more bodies.
Col Cha- Keller a. : 4. engineer,
commissioner of the District ~ CO.
Wmhia. took charge Of tho forces At
thr thoaier ~" as the military gave
way to the civilian forces Nariucs
we're Withdrawn before dawn. and
s"idiors from Fort Myer began leav-
inr
itodics Removed from Church
All dead and injured had hosn re-
moved early today from the Chris
f.Hu Science church which for more
fuHr 2f hours had scryod as , clear
ing house for the victims ~ tho dis
usfer
Edward ShluFhnc,a,y 81 DlIru.p.
..rHUu assistant pnstms-fcr general.
vNu with h's wifr uut Two children
war injured in the crash wns do
ff.n"i today as in s,riuu- coudI-
ii"n with only a fighting chancc FOR
recovery.
Inquiry Assured
N-suruur, that am exhaustive in
VreulafIun would uO made of the
disaster NOT ony with Cd view 10
fAlnE blame hut also oi Iotcrminiug
whether other thoatvrs ana public
building Iu Mashlugsuu are unsafe
was given today hy .rHder- Boa con-
gress as well as om,lals OF no
District OF Columbia
An inquiry already hda been UNDER
ihk"u hN the commissioner Of the
District of Columbia While in tho
senate O. resolution calling tor IN
iuvestlEatiou hy -ruaio committees
"aa ,n r"duc"u ty senator Cappcr.
l'Puhli'un, hnnsHn representative
Mundyn. republican leader of the
house announced. however. thar tho
house would not undertake 10 investI-
pntc the cause oi the disaster until
the District OF Columbia agencies
have concluded an inqmf,.
secretary Hoover un. i4trvu u iossun
had been taughl o. grcat sacrifice
ana announced thit aH rfuri go work
"ut standard huildIue cnur Tor use
in ai riii's OF the puuutis a. "a moaul
of preventing aimilhr caiaatruphts
was being made hy committee af
leading architects In connection with
the commerce department
Wild Rumors.
Wild rumors that the walls OF the
tii.thted theatcr had COLLAPSED on
rercuers. killing many spread
throughout the city today Additional
excitement was oaused hy reports
ihhi roofs uf q number Of apartment
houses aud huiidings has rnllapeea
under the weigh ui snow An such
iuWors proved uufuunAed
While the be- a.ailahlr infoFmR-
ton wt- thai thr dcid Do tfiii,rrsd ins
% wns considered likely thai To-
ch"ckr of the dnath usi might aitar
The total slightly
rho corporation uwniuE the kulch-
'i"uchei announced ttfd in respect
20 'he dead the sia other thesters be-
l"nring 20 the corporation would re-
main closed today ana tonight
Motion picture houses open today
had sNlfcely handful ~ spectators
despite prominent Advertisements In
the morning papers that the bnlldinra
had been inspected and appro.e6
after the removal % the weight ~