CRUSHED UNDER SHOW.
COLLAPSE OF A THEATRE.
FIVE KILLED: 75 INJURED,
DISASTER IN WASHINGTON.
By Telegraph—Press Assouation— Copyright. (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z NEW YORK. Jan. 50. A heavy load of .snow caused the collapse of the roof and wall ot a unematngraph theatre at Washington, catching 500' people under the debris. Five dead bodies have been removed, and 75 people seriously injured have been taken to hospitals.
It is believed that many more injured and dead will be found. The entire staff ot tht< Pire Department and the marines, who are on guard at the Washington Confer ence, are engaged in searching the debris.
The worst blizzard known tu Washing toil is sweeping tho city. There is sft. of snow ou the ground, and flake* arcstill falling.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18002, 30 January 1922, Page 5
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