| Show r I A wt v vi i 4 1 I I Associated Press Hall Collapse Brings Tragedy John Hunt husband of Mrs Anna Hunt sobs a. a as he identifies his wife as woman who died hen a Chicago dance hall hail collapsed Mrs Hunt mother of ot four fouras Was as trapped between dance halls hails coiling ceiling and floor One Killed 85 SS Injured In Dance Hall Cave in i I. I CHIC CHICAGO GO March r 1 h 18 UP UP- UP Fire d department authorities Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day sought causes ca for the collapse of a dance n e fl floor or where nearly persons were celebrating St. St Patrick's Patricks Pat Fat atrick's at- at ricks rick's d day y One woman wo an was was' killed in the accident and 85 persons many reany Q pf them children were injured three critically Police said the victim Identified as Mrs John Hunt 35 Chicago was was pinned under a support girder Which coil collapsed se I with with the floor Earle Downes fire ire department attorney said the Jn Investigation would s sek ek to determine whether the third-floor third dance hall where the Social club sponsored the dance had more than the legal number of persons persona John Jenkins manager of the dance hall ball and the billiard parlor and bowling alleys located in the same building said sak that larger da dances es had been held on previous occasions without mishap Jenkins h who wad was in the cloakroom cloakroom cloakroom cloak cloak- room near the floor at the time of the accident said he heard a tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre me dous crackling noise and saw saw the thc ceiling start to sag Bag Alm Almost st at the same time the floor floO slowly ga gave e people beg began it sliding toward the lo lowest est spot The grohe roke loose ose completely com com- on one sid Yand md people were thrown into the th rC di dit bel J 1 The flying plaster from the ceiling ceiling ceil cell ing and the drop into the second- second floor billiard illiard room were responsible responsible responsible sible for most most- of the injuries police said although many of those not tr trapped on the broken floor suffered minor injuries in trying to escape from the room At least 50 persons were in the billiard room when the dance floor began to cave in n. n but there was enough time for all ill to escape without without without with with- out injury |
