1962 — Feb 23-24, Snow/ice storms, Midwest, Northeast; deaths in IL, IN, NY, OH, PA– 11

lornajarrettblanchard February 23, 1962

–11 Blanchard tally based on State and locality breakouts below.

Illinois (1)

–1 Watseka area. Two semi-trailer trucks collide in snow storm; one driver burns to death.[1]

Indiana (3)

–3 State. UPI. “New Storm Rips Northern U.S.” Mansfield News-Journal, OH. 2-25-1962, p. 6.

–1 Fowler, Feb 24. Heart attack in driveway after car stalled in snowdrift. Louis Charlesworth.[2]

–1 Indianapolis, Feb 24. Heart attack after shoveling snow; Everett Ramsey, 72.[3]

New York (1)

–1 Herkimer, Feb 24. Car on way to hospital with burned girl, bogs down in snowdrift.[4]

Ohio (3)

–1 Lima, Feb 24. Boy runs into street during snow storm/low visibility; into path of truck.[5]

–1 Sheffield Township, Feb 23. Snowplow runs over pedestrian John P. Kozub, 34.[6]

–1 Shelby, Feb 24. Heart attack while shoveling snow; James D. Sales, 68.[7]

Pennsylvania (3)

–3 Erie, Feb 23. Car skidded on ice near curve, hitting truck; females, 54, 52 and 20.[8]

Narrative Information

Feb 24: “By United Press International. Winter smacked the northland from coast to coast with snow and freezing rain today…Heavy snow warnings shot up from northern Ohio to western New York as the storm that dumped up to 7 inches of the white stuff on the Midwest moved eastward toward New England. Bradford, Pa., was blanketed with 7 inches of snow during the night, while 5 inches fell on South Bend, Ind., Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, and Olean, N.Y. To the south of the snowy belt Friday night [23^rd], heavy rains soaked parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia….” (UPI. “Storm Pounds North States, Blocks Roads.” Cumberland Evening Times, MD, 2-24-1962, p. 1.)

Feb 25: “A new storm dumped up to a foot of snow from North Dakota to New York Saturday [Feb 24], with towering drifts clogging traffic and hitting some areas with the worst weather of the winter. Drifts piled six feet high in western New York. Four inches of ne snow fell on southeastern North Dakota and the mercury dropped to 23 below at Beach and Parshall, N.D. The greater Buffalo, N.Y., International Airport was closed for 10 hours. Crews worked to open the Rochester, N.H. airport….

“Three deaths were lamed on the weather in Indiana, which was struck by a major winter storm for the third year in a row during the same three day February period…

“The wind-driven snow blocked roads and pulled down power lines. The Detroit Dept. of Public Works used up the last of its $700,000 appropriation for snow removal as the storm swept the city.

“Heavy snow warnings of four to eight inches were up in most of New Hampshire and Maine. Weathermen posted hazardous driving warnings for parts of Vermont, Massachusetts and New York State….The temperature went to 19 below zero at Cutback and Havre, Mont., and was below zero in the midlands as far south as western Nebraska….Michigan snow depth ranged to eight inches in Detroit suburbs and was a record-breaking 8.3 inches at Windsor, Ont., just across the river. Northeast Ohio measured seven inches of snow and three-foot drifts which closed roads in at least 5 spots. In the southern part of the state, power lines snapped and sagged under a burden of ice….” (UPI. “New Storm Rips Northern U.S.” Mansfield News-Journal, OH. 2-25-1962, p. 6.)

Sources

Associated Press. “Dad Sees Girl Die in Snow Bogged Car.” Bridgeport Post, CT, 2-25-1962, p. D6. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/bridgeport-post-feb-25-1962-p-77/

Associated Press. “Find Snow Victim.” Terre Haute Tribune, IN. 2-26-1962, p. 1. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/terre-haute-tribune-feb-26-1962-p-1/

Associated Press. “Heavy Snow Staggers Most of Hoosierland.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN, 2-24-1962, p. 1. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/seymour-daily-tribune-feb-24-1962-p-1/

Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, OH. “Snow Plow Kills Man; Train Injures Woman.” 2-24-1962, p. 1. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/elyria-chronicle-telegram-feb-24-1962-p-1/

Evening Independent, Massillon, OH. “Winter’s Heaviest Snow Hits Area.” 2-24-1962, p. 1. Victim identified as Jimmy Eberle, 12. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/evening-independent-feb-24-1962-p-1/

Mansfield News-Journal, OH. “Snow Causes Man’s Death.” 2-25-1962, p. 6. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/mansfield-news-journal-feb-25-1962-p-14/

United Press International. “New Storm Rips Northern U.S.” Mansfield News-Journal, OH. 2-25-1962, p. 6. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/mansfield-news-journal-feb-25-1962-p-14/

United Press International. “Storm Pounds North States, Blocks Roads.” Cumberland Evening Times, MD, 2-24-1962, p. 1. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/cumberland-evening-times-feb-24-1962-p-1/

United Press International. “Three Women Die in Collision.” Cumberland Evening Times, MD, 2-24-1962, p. 1. Accessed 11-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/cumberland-evening-times-feb-24-1962-p-1/

[1] United Press International. “New Storm Rips Northern U.S.” Mansfield News-Journal, OH. 2-25-1962, p. 6.

[2] Associated Press. “Find Snow Victim.” Terre Haute Tribune, IN. 2-26-1962, p. 1.

[3] Associated Press. “Heavy Snow Staggers Most of Hoosierland.” Seymour Daily Tribune, IN, 2-24-1962, p. 1.

[4] Associated Press. “Dad Sees Girl Die in Snow Bogged Car.” Bridgeport Post, CT, 2-25-1962, p. D6. There had been a home fire; Debra Johnson, 2, died in the car after the car became stuck in a snowbank.

[5] Evening Independent, Massillon, OH. “Winter’s Heaviest Snow…” 2-24-1962, p. 1. Victim was Jimmy Eberle, 12.

[6] Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, OH. “Snow Plow Kills Man; Train Injures Woman.” 2-24-1962, p. 1.

[7] Mansfield News-Journal, OH. “Snow Causes Man’s Death.” 2-25-1962, p. 6.

[8] United Press International. “Three Women Die in Collision.” Cumberland Evening Times, MD, 2-24-1962, p. 1. Women identified as Mrs. Mildred E. Weston, 54 (the driver), Mrs. Edna Blood, 52, and Mary Ann Carroll, 20.