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Show Theatre Owners Are Stunned By Death Crash WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 The board of directors of tho Crandall company, owners of the Knickerbocker theatre, tonight Issued the following statcmont; "We are stunned by this catastrophe catastro-phe "Th" Knickerbocker was the pride of our circuit, constructed of no limit of coal beforo the war when the best materials and engineering brains were secured to make this house a model 'f theatre architecture and construction The troatro was subjected to and passed pass-ed every municipal and government Inspection and test. We cannot find words to express the depths of sympathy wo feel for those bereaved by this appall ng catastrophe catas-trophe We would Infinitely rather have abandoned all our enterprises than that a single life should have been lost or any Individual maimed or Irf-Jured." Irf-Jured." Every theatre In this city. Including Includ-ing both motion picture houses and play houses, was ordered closed tonight to-night not to reopen until building ln-pectora ln-pectora have certified thnt there is no danger of their snow-laden roofs collapsing |