That's exactly what happened on January 12, 1888, when the infamous Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as ... The children died of hypothermia, and Royce had to have both feet amputated due to ...
Imagine a snowstorm so severe it buried New York City and claimed hundreds of lives before the advent of snowplows.
Learn about the Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the fiercest East Coast storms ever recorded. As railroads drove western expansion, Buffalo Bill brought Wild West shows back east, hiring displaced ...
A blizzard swept across Long Island on a mild March day in 1888 and buried Long Island under 3 feet of snow. Mary Cascone, Babylon Town historian, says Sunday, March 11 was a lovely mild day that ...