Many of you will be familiar with these images from the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. We haven’t yet written about it, but there’s an excellent write-up on it at here and at Greater Greater Washington.
The Knickerbocker Theater Disaster: Inside Insights on DC’s Deadliest Disaster
I’m always bemused by the fact that in 1922, people went to the theater after over two FEET of snow had fallen, when today, we’re warned not to risk death and destruction by going to work after a two INCH snowfall.
Mrs. Carrie Pessou was a victim of this horrible disaster…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69842086
Thats because they had nothing else to do at home. Today we have radio, TV, internet, video games, and videos to keep us at home entertained. They just sat and looked at the walls back then.