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English: The "Knickerbocker" snowstorm dumps over two feet of snow on the City of Washington. Government employees are sent home, as the city is enveloped by the blizzard. All downtown businesses and buildings close, including the National Museum. In the evening, hundreds of people are trapped in the Knickerbocker Theater when the roof collapses due to the weight of the snow. Over 100 people are killed and many more injured. "Hundreds, Dead or Injured, Buried Under Ruins," reported the Washington Post on January 29, 1922, p. 1. [Location: south side of Smithsonian Castle, facing east.]
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