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Reminisce on the deadly Schoolchildren's Blizzard of 1888
The nightmare mega-storm on Jan. 12, 1888, is sometimes called the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard because it caught so many children away from home on a Thursday. Acts of heroism by parents ...
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LIVES LOST IN THE STORM; FEARFUL RESULTS OF THE NORTHWEST BLIZZARD. THE KILLED AND MISSING IN DAKOTA AND OTHER STATES LARGER THAN AT FIRST REPORTED.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 14.--The loss of life by the great blizzard of Thursday is shown to have been very great, by far the largest number of casualties being reported from Dakota points.