The Knickerbocker Snowstorm (Images of America)

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At the evening of January 28, 1922, several hundred people fought their way in the course of the greatest storm from snow in Washington’s history to see a show on the Knickerbocker Theater, the city’s largest and most brand new moving picture theater of the time. Unbeknownst to the theater patrons, the Knickerbocker Theater’s flat roof used to be tremendously burdened by the weight of the snow. All through the show’s intermission, the snow-covered roof crashed down upon the crowd. As the roof fell, it collapsed the theater’s balcony and pulled down portions of the surrounding brick walls, killing 98 people and injuring 133. A few of Washington’s prominent politicians and business owners were a number of the casualties. The disaster ranks as certainly one of Washington’s worst in history, and the storm from snow continues to hold the record for Washington’s single greatest snowfall.

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