1975 — Sep 16-27,[1] Trop. Storm/Hurricane Eloise & remnants, PR, FL Gulf (23rd), US East-68
–93 Blanchard tally of U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, U.S. States.
–68 Blanchard tally of Puerto Rico and U.S. States.
Summary of U.S. State and Territory Breakouts Below
Connecticut ( 2)
Florida ( 5)
Massachusetts ( 1)
New York ( 5)
Pennsylvania ( 9)
Puerto Rico (44)
Virginia ( 1)
West Virginia ( 1)
Total 68
Breakout of Fatalities by U.S. States and Territory of Puerto Rico
U.S. Territory of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (44 {were also 19 missing}[2])
–44 Blake, et al. The Deadliest…[US]Tropical Cyclones…1851 to 2010. Aug 2011, p. 7.[3]
–44 Sullivan. “Landslide Toll Termed Worst in U.S. History.” New York Times, 10-10-1985.
–34 NHC. “Hurricane Eloise, Sept. 13-24, 1975.” Climatological Data (Sep 1975), p. 5.[4]
–2 Utuado, Sep 16. Crushing, municipal building collapses.[5]
–1 Burning; oil refinery worker; flood waters caused electrical fire in control room.[6] –2 Drownings.[7]
–2 Electrocutions.[8]
United States (Mainland): (24)
–24 Blanchard tally based on State and locality breakouts below.
–21 Hebert. “Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1975.” MWR, V104, Apr 1976, 455.
U.S. Southeast: ( 7)
— 7 Blanchard tally based on State and local breakouts below (FL, 5; VA, 1; WV, 1).
— 4 NHC. “Hurricane Eloise, September 13-24, 1975.” Climatological Data, 26/9, p. 5.[9]
–2 “…two of them [of the four] were related to heart attacks.”[10]
Florida ( 5)
–5 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
–4 Anderson. “Sunday Marked 37 Year Anniversary of Hurricane Eloise.” WJHG, 9-24-2012.
–4 Bay Co. (indirect). Bay Co. “Hurricane Eloise.” Bay County CRS Progress Report 2014, p.2.
–4 Panama City Beach, Bay Co. Florida Memory – Div. of Library & Info. Services.[11]
–1 Panama City. Heart attack (cardiac arrest); female.[12]
–1 Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County. Heart attack in an emergency shelter; male.[13]
Virginia ( 1)
–1 Charlottesville, US Hwy. 29; car goes into 40-foot hole in road created by rainfall.[14]
West Virginia ( 1)
— 1 Rupert vicinity, Meadows River. Drowning; small child.[15]
U.S. Northeast: (17)
–17 Blanchard tally based on State and locality breakouts below.
–17 NHC. “Hurricane Eloise, September 13-24, 1975.” Climatological Data, 26/9, p. 5-6.[16]
Connecticut: ( 2)
–2 State. One confirmed, the Watertown presumed drowning of boy, noted below.[17]
–2 Westchester County. Thompson (National Climatic Center). Sep 1975, p. 23.[18]
–1 Watertown. Drowned; boy, 14, swept from raft in rain-swollen Steele Brooke.[19]
Massachusetts: ( 1)
–1 Shirley, Rte. 2-A, Sep 25. Car skids into tree, rain-slick road; Nichole Randall, 6.[20]
New York: ( 5)
–3 Binghamton, NY. Susquehanna River. Drowning of firemen in rain-swollen river.[21]
–2 Westchester County. Thompson (National Climatic Center). Sep 1975, p. 23.[22]
–Mt. Pleasant. Drowning; boy, 11, attempting to save boy, 8, in storm sewer.[23]
–White Plains. Water sweeps over Hutchinson Riv. Pkwy., unidentified person.[24]
Pennsylvania: ( 9)
— 9 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
—>6 State.[25]
— 1 Carlisle. Apparent heart attack in car; John Rossenberry Sr., 62.[26]
— 1 Farrandsville, Clinton Co. Vehicle plunged into flood water. Audrey Allen, 39.[27]
— 1 Huntington. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 66.[28]
— 1 Lemoyne. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 77.[29]
— 1 Newburg, Franklin County. Drowning in stream near home; boy, 21-months-old.[30]
— 1 Philly. Drowning; man, 30, found as water receded from railroad underpass.[31]
— 1 Reading. Presumed drowning in creek when raft overturns; male, 18.[32]
— 1 Wellsboro. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 41.[33]
— 1 York vic. Drowning; female, 83,[34] in her car as she was trying to flee floods.[35]
Elsewhere other than U.S.
— 18 Haiti. NHC. “Hurricane Eloise, September 13-24, 1975.” Climatological Data, 26/9, p. 5.
—>6 Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Ozama River flooding. Drownings.[36]
— 25 Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic).[37]
Causes of Death (U.S. and Puerto Rico)
Building Collapse: ( 2)
–2 Utuado, Puerto Rico, Sep 16. Crushing, municipal building collapses.
Drownings: (14)
–1 CT. Watertown. Drowned; boy, 14, swept from raft in rain-swollen Steele Brooke.
–3 NY. Binghamton. Susquehanna River. Drowning of firemen in rain-swollen river.
–1 NY. Westchester Co., Mt. Pleasant. Boy, 11, attempting to save boy, 8, in storm sewer.
–1 NY. Westchester Co., White Plains, Hutchinson River Parkway, unidentified person.
–1 PA. Farrandsville, Clinton Co. Vehicle “plunged into flood water.” Audrey Allen, 39.
–1 PA. Newburg, Franklin County. Drowning in stream near home; boy, 21-months-old.
–1 PA. Philadelphia. Drowning; man, 30, found as water receded from railroad underpass.
–1 PA. Reading. Presumed drowning in creek when raft overturns; male, 18.
–1 PA. York vic. Drowning; female, 83, “in her car as she was trying to flee…floods.”
–2 PR. Drownings
–1 WV. Rupert vicinity, Meadows River. Drowning; small child.
Electrocutions: ( 2)
–2 PR. Electrocutions
Fire: ( 1)
–1 PR. Burning; oil refinery worker; flood waters caused an electrical fire in control room.
Heart Attacks: ( 6)
–1 Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County. Heart attack in an emergency shelter; male.
–1 FL. Panama City. Heart attack (cardiac arrest); female.
–1 PA. Carlisle. Apparent heart attack in car; John Rossenberry Sr., 62.
–1 PA. Huntington. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 66.
–1 PA. Lemoyne. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 77.
–1 PA. Wellsboro. Heart attack “struggling to save…property from damage.” Male, 41.
Traffic Accident: ( 1)
–1 MA. Shirley, Rte. 2-A, Sep 25. Car skids into tree, rain-slick road; Nichole Randall, 6.
Washed-Out Road: ( 1)
–1 VA. Charlottesville, US Hwy. 29; car goes into 40-foot hole in road created by rainfall.
Unidentified: (41)
— 1 CT.
— 3 FL.
–37 PR.
Narrative
Hebert: “Eloise was the most deadly and destructive hurricane season, and the only one to make landfall in the United States. It was the first major hurricane to strike the Panama City area in this century. This was the fourth consecutive year with only one U.S. landfall of a named storm in contrast to a long-term average of three per year. Once again no hurricane affected the Atlantic coast or peninsular Florida.” (Hebert. “Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1975.” MWR, V104, Apr 1976, pp. 453, 455.)
“The disturbance which spawned Eloise left the African west coast on 6 September as a rather unimpressive system on satellite photographs although the Dakar, Senegal, upper air sounding gave evidence of a fairly strong cyclonic circulation at lower levels. The disturbance moved westward at an average speed of 13 kt during the next six days. Satellite photographs and ship reports gave evidence of a very gradual increase in convection and organization during this time. The first sign that a weak depression had formed came early on 13 September….” (p. 458)
“A NOAA reconnaissance aircraft reported winds reached minimal hurricane force prior to the center striking the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic late on 16 September….Few storms fail to intensify as they move through the Yucatan Channel into the Gulf of Mexico, and Eloise was no exception. An approaching upper level trough in the westerlies caused Eloise to turn to the north on 21 September….Eloise [regained] hurricane force on the morning of 22 September in the central Gulf of Mexico about 300 n mi south of New Orleans….” (p. 459)
“Eloise continued strengthening until landfall about midway between For Walton Beach and Panama City shortly after 1200 GMT 23 September. At that time it was moving towards the north northeast at better than 20 kt. The hurricane weakened rapidly after landfall as drier, cooler air was drawn into its circulation. Eloise was downgraded to a tropical storm by 1600 GMT 23 September while over east central Alabama, a tropical depression by early evening while over eastern Tennessee, and lost all tropical characteristics by the time it reached extreme western Virginia on the morning of 24 September. A low pressure center identifiable as the remnant of Eloise was no longer discernable later that day. However, the moisture brought northward by the hurricane combined with an old frontal system over the northeastern United States to produce heavy rainfall and serious flooding until skies cleared on 27 September.” (p. 459)
“Meteorological Data, Deaths, Damage Estimates…Northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Haiti. The primary effects of Eloise in these areas was flooding resulting from torrential rains and consequent deaths and damages. Total storm rainfall amounts ranged from 5-10 inches from St. Kitts and St. Martin westward across St. Croix to Puerto Rico with amounts of 10-20 inches common over eastern and southwestern Puerto Rico. The greatest total reported was 26.7 inches near Sabana Grande in southwest Puerto Rico….” (p. 460)
“United States…Southeast….Measurements of high water marks by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, indicate hurricane tides of 12-16 ft above mean sea level (MSL) occurred from just east of Fort Walton Beach to south of Panama City….Preliminary reports indicate at least 10 tornadoes occurred from northeastern Florida to western North Carolina, causing no deaths and only minor damage….” (p. 461)
“Northeast….the combination of the moisture brought northward by Eloise and a stagnant frontal zone produced rainfall amounts greater than 5 inches over eastern Virginia, extreme eastern West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, the eastern half of Pennsylvania, and southeastern and south central New York state. Storm totals exceeded 10 inches along some of the eastern mountain slopes and in southeastern New York with the maximum of slightly over 14 inches recorded near Harrisburg, Pa. Major flooding took place on the Chemung, Susquehanna, Potomac and Shenandoah rivers with flash floods along smaller rivers and streams…..” (p. 461)
Newspapers
Sep 29: “….President Ford declared a 30-county area of Pennsylvania a major disaster area, clearing the way for millions of dollars in aid to homeowners, farmers and communities along the Susquehanna River, gorged by a stormy backlash from Hurricane Eloise….Pennsylvania was hardest hit by the storm and a civil defense spokesman pegged damages at more than $150 million. The flood knocked out 13 water supply plants and 16 sewage treatment plants, forcing residents of small towns to boil their drinking water. Some 3,300 National Guardsmen who assisted Saturday in evacuating about 26,000 persons from their homes turned their efforts towards the cleanup on Sunday….” (United Press International. “Floodwaters from Eloise recede; six persons die.” South Mississippi Sun, Biloxi, 9-29-1975. p. 1.)
Sep 29: “….The U.S. Geological Service rated it a 60-year flood, the kind that can be expected, statistically, once in 60 years.” (Associated Press. “Thousands Return To Flooded Homes.” Titusville Herald, PA. 9-29-1975, p. 1.)
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[1] National Hurricane Center shows dates as Sep 13-24. We start with Sep 16 when Tropical Storm Eloise hit Puerto Rico, and we end on the 27th when Eloise remnants, causing flooding and taking lives, cleared.
[2] “There were 34 deaths (with 29 additional people unaccounted for)…” (Department of Natural Resources, Planning Area (San Juan, PR. Coastal Flood Hazards and Responses in Puerto Rico: An Overview. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, Feb 1980, p. 19.) In that we use Blake, et al. figure of 44 deaths, we have somewhat arbitrarily cut the notation of 29 missing down to 19 missing. Besides the flooding there were mudslides which perhaps accounts for the “missing” or “unaccounted for.”
[3] Table 2. “Mainland U.S. tropical cyclones causing 25 or greater deaths 1851-2010.” Addendum (Not Atlantic/Gulf Coast), noting “Eloise (Puerto Rico)” with 44 deaths from Eloise while it was a Tropical Storm.
[4] “There were 34 confirmed deaths in Puerto Rico. Also: Hebert. “Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1975.” MWR, V104, Apr 1976, 455. An AP report of Sep 20 writes that in addition to “At least 34 persons…reported killed, 29 [were] missing and 275 injured…[and] thousands others were relocated from flooded homes.” Also notes that on Sep 19 President Ford “declared Puerto Rico a disaster area…” (Indiana Evening Gazette, PA. “Eloise Could Intensify.” 9-20-1975, p. 3.)
[5] Associated Press, San Juan. “Hurricane Slashes Past Puerto Rico.” Anderson Herald, IN. 9-17-1975, p. 1. Credits PR Civil Defense headquarters for the report.
[6] Associated Press, San Juan. “Hurricane Slashes Past Puerto Rico.” Anderson Herald, IN. 9-17-1975, p. 1
[7] Associated Press, San Juan. “Hurricane Slashes Past Puerto Rico.” Anderson Herald, IN. 9-17-1975, p. 1
[8] Associated Press, San Juan. “Hurricane Slashes Past Puerto Rico.” Anderson Herald, IN. 9-17-1975, p. 1.
[9] “There were four storm related deaths, although none occurred as a direct result of the winds or storm surge during the passage of Eloise.” Also: Hebert. “Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1975.” MWR, V104, Apr 1976, 455.
[10] Wikipedia. “Hurricane Eloise.” 9-13-2014 update.
[11] “Storm damage from Hurricane Eloise – Panama City Beach, Florida” website.
[12] Jay Barnes. Florida’s Hurricane History. Chapel Hill and London: UNC Press, 1998, p. 244.
[13] Jay Barnes. Florida’s Hurricane History. Chapel Hill and London: UNC Press, 1998, p. 244.
[14] AP. “Thousands Return To Flooded Homes.” Titusville Herald, PA. 9-29-1975, p. 1.
[15] “…small stream flooding was reported in the New River Basin from rains of 3 to 4.5 inches on the 17th and 19th, and again on the 22d-24th from rains of 4 to 5 inches associated with the remnants of Hurricane Eloise. A small child drowned in the Meadows River near Rupert, WV, during the latter event.” (Thompson. “General Summary of National Flood Events, September 1975.” Climatological Data National Summary, Vol. 26, No. 9, Sep 1975, p. 31.)
[16] “The 17 deaths in the area were mostly drownings.”
[17] AP. “Thousands Return To Flooded Homes.” Titusville Herald, PA. 9-29-1975, p. 1.
[18] Thompson. “General Summary of National Flood Events, September 1975.” Climatological Data National Summary, Vol. 26, No. 9, Sep 1975, p. 24.
[19] Daniel Byrnes identified as presumed drowning victim, missing two days. (AP. “Thousands Return To Flooded Homes.” Titusville Herald, PA. 9-29-1975, p. 1.)
[20] Nick Caraganis. “Chelmsford, Shirley mishaps take two lives.” The Sun, Lowell, MA. 9-26-1975, p. 1. We do not include the second of the two lives lost – identified as the “mysterious” death of a woman on Rte. 3 in Chelmsford. Article cites Chelmsford Police Chief to effect that “the woman had been dragged by a car in the northbound lane of Rte. 3…the driver of the vehicle…was signaled to stop by a motorist who noticed that a body was being dragged on the undercarriage of the car.” The driver said he didn’t know that he was dragging the woman. Was arrested and charged with operating vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Does not appear to be storm-related.
[21] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA. “Scattered Storms Highlight Weather.” 9-30-1975, p. 2. Writes that “…Fire Chief John Cox, 55, and Fire Capt. Donald McGeever, 53 drowned Monday [Sep 29] while trying to recover the body of another fireman in the Susquehanna. The firemen’s boat overturned as they tried to hook a line to Rockbottom Dam [Binghamton, NY] in order to search for the body of fireman John Russell, 26. Russell drowned Sunday [Sep 28] while going to the aid of two young men whose rubber raft capsized while they tried to go over the dam.”
[22] Both Mt. Pleasant and White Plains are in Westchester County, thus the two drowning deaths we show for these localities are apparently the ones referred to.
[23] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8.
[24] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8.
[25] UPI. “Floodwaters from Eloise recede; six persons die.” South Mississippi Sun, 9-29-1975. p. 1. It is clear that the reference is to deaths in PA: “Raging floodwaters on the Susquehanna River [central PA] caused by Hurricane Eloise receded Sunday, leaving behind death and destruction estimated at $150 million in one of the worst floods in Pennsylvania’s history. At least six persons lost their lives.”
[26] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8. Victim identified in: AP, Harrisburg PA. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, p. 8.
[27] Associated Press, Harrisburg PA. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, p. 8.
[28] Victim identified as Wilbur Waite in: AP. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, 8.
[29] Victim identified as Ross W. Krow. (AP. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, 8.)
[30] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8. Newburg identified as locality in: UPI. “Susquehanna 10 Feet Above Flood.” Leader-Times, Kittanning, PA. 9-27-1975, p. 1. Victim identified as Jacob Flaud in: AP. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, 8, which wrote that he “fell into water that flooded a field near his home.”
[31] Victim identified as R. T. Peebles in: AP. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, 8. See, also: Thompson (National Climatic Center). Sep 1975, p. 25.
[32] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8. Age from: Thompson (National Climatic Center). Sep 1975, p. 25.
[33] Victim named as Joseph Cunningham: AP. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-75, 8.
[34] UPI, Harrisburg. “Eloise flooding leaves trail of death, destruction in Pa.” Pocono Record, PA. 9-29-1975, 1.
[35] United Press International. “Disasters Declared in Eastern Areas.” Sandusky Register, OH. 9-27-1975, p. A-8. Flood victim identified as Mrs. George Ruby in: Associated Press, Harrisburg PA. “Flood assistance centers will open.” Bradford Era, PA. 9-30-1975, p. 8.
[36] Associated Press. “Hurricane blasts eastern Cuba.” Journal News, Hamilton, OH. 9-18-1975, p. 36.
[37] Hebert. “Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1975.” MWR, V104, Apr 1976, 455.