Show washington COMMENT 1 I cried yet brave words from 16 year old caro lyn upshaw high school girl victim ot of the knickerbocker theatre disaster miss upshaw made a plucky fight for her lite life but her injuries were stronger than her body and she has passed on the heritage of true courage she leaves should be more than an inspiration both to her contemporaries and those older they should b be IS a battle cry to the city fathers of every municipality nici niel urging them on to adequate inspection of at all places of public assembly and to ruthless condemnation of all structures which cannot be dem sate sale beyond a doubt three hundred persons in ili the knickerbocker 97 crushed to death badly injured suppose the knickerbocker er had been filled to its capacity ot of nearly 2000 suppose the moving picture house which you attend has a beam that Is creeping creeping away irom from its support suppose your child Is nightly sitting beneath a swore sword of 0 damocles in ili the form of a concrete i root and a steel truss which may any moment drop drap and crush its victims bayong recognition the world has been told how they died these victims of 0 so error but not in what shape the falling masses left them nor can it ever be told it Is too horrible to tell you mr citizen you mrs mother iother are directly concerned it is your business it Is your child who may be the next nest victim it if not ait it is s your friend your relative your husband or wife with the memory ot of those pitifully brave words in your cars little heroine wh who with legs crushed so ci badly that a she e died smiled in her agony and said 1 I cried yet do you cry with a loud voice to those in authority and see to it that they allow you and yours to assemble only tn in sate safe halls hails so shall miss upshaw and 95 others not haye been c rushed to death in val vain I 1 |