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The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, [2] or Children's Blizzard, [3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths , it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm on record.
Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America is a 2000 Children's history book by Jim Murphy . It is about the Blizzard of 1888 that hit the north-east of North America , and concentrates on New York City .
The History of public health in New York City has played a major role in social and political history since 1625. The main themes include history of. unsanitary condition; sanitation laws; organization of government public health agencies; provision of clean water supplies; disasters and epidemics of contagious diseases; the role of physicians and nurses; hospitals, medical schools, and ...
Horses pull carts filled with snow in New York City after the Great Blizzard of 1899. (Library of Congress) The wrath of the blizzard pummeled the mid-Atlantic between Feb. 11 and Feb. 14, 1899 ...
Coupled with 17-degree temperatures, the snowstorm was the worst since the famed Blizzard of 1888, The Record reported. ... Still, 1904 stands as the coldest year on record in New Jersey. The ...
In mid-January 1888, a severe cold wave passed through the northern regions of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of the United States, then considered to be the northwestern region of the nation. It led to a blizzard for the northern Plains and upper Mississippi valley where many children were trapped in schoolhouses where they froze to death.
However since then, the city has seen two seasonal totals that have eclipsed the 1995-96 season: In 2009-2010, 78.7 inches of snow piled up and in 2013-2014, the city tallied 68 inches of snow.