1936 — Jan 18-28, Extreme cold/snow/sleet/wind, Midwest to Atlantic, esp. OH, PA-211-263
–226-294 Blanchard tally from State breakouts.
–211-263 Blanchard range.[1]
— 260 AP. “Death Toll From Cold up to 260.” Muscatine Journal, IA. 1-28-1936, p. 10.
— 250 UP. “No Break in Cold Wave Here…” Moorhead Daily News, MN, 1-28-1936, p. 1.
— 230 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, 7.
— 225 AP. “Arctic Wave of Last Week Scores…Comeback.” Freeport Journal, 1-27-1936, 1.
— 211 Blanchard confirmation of individually noted deaths in press reporting at the time.
— 200 Vidette-Messenger. “New Cold Wave Tonight to Sweep Midwest…” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
— 170 AP. “Cold Maintains Grip on Nation.” Charleston Gazette, WV.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
— 150 AP. “Bitter Cold is Still Hanging on…Death List Over 150.” CS, 1-25-1936, p. 1.
— 139 AP. “Weather Takes a Heavy Toll…139 are Dead.” ADG, KS, 1-20-1936, p. 1.[2]
— 125 UP. “40 Below Sets New…Mark…” Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN. 1-24-1936, p.1.
— 115 AP. “City Buried by Heaviest Snowfall…” Portsmouth Times, OH. 1-20-1936, p. 1.
— 110 AP. “Another Cold Wave Moves…East…” Portsmouth Times, OH. 1-24-1936, p. 1.[3]
— 100 Athens Messenger, OH. “Middle West Digs Out as East Shivers,” 1-24-1936, p. 1.[4]
— 75 Evening Gazette, Xenia, OH. “Nineteen Die in Ohio; cold Grips…” 1-24-1936, p. 1.[5]
— 60 UP. “60 is Death Toll of Winter Storm Which Covered U.S.” Edwardsville, IL, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
Summary of Winter Weather Deaths by State Noted Below
Alabama ( 4) Nebraska ( 1)
Arkansas ( 2) New Hampshire ( 4)
Connecticut ( 1) New Jersey ( 5-11)
Georgia ( 1) New York (16-19)
Illinois (19-28) North Carolina ( 1)
Indiana (19-29) North Dakota ( 1)
Iowa ( 9) Ohio (43-57)
Kansas ( 2) Oklahoma ( 9)
Kentucky ( 1-7) Pennsylvania (23-34)
Maine ( 4) South Dakota ( 2)
Maryland ( 10) Tennessee ( 3)
Massachusetts ( 5-7) Texas ( 3)
Michigan ( 8-16) West Virginia ( 7)
Minnesota ( 4-11) Wisconsin ( 16)
Missouri ( 3)
Breakout of Winter Weather-Related Deaths by States and Localities (where noted)
Alabama (4)
–4 Birmingham area. Jan 28. Infants suffocate; wrapped too snugly in efforts to keep them warm.[6]
Arkansas ( 2)
–2 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–1 Fayetteville area, Hwy. 71, Jan 18. Ewell Everett, 36.[7]
Connecticut ( 1)
–1 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
Georgia ( 1)
–1 Atlanta, Jan 29. Exposure; boy, 3-months, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brown.[8]
Illinois (19-28)
–28 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–23 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–19 Blanchard tally of Illinois Winter Weather Deaths by Locality and/or Date.
–14 Evening Gazette, Xenia, OH. “Nineteen Die in Ohio; cold Grips Nation,” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
–13 State. INS. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–8 Chicago, Jan 23.
–5 “Downstate” IL, Jan 23.
— 2 Chicago, Jan 23. Elderly man & sister, 65, suffocated from overheated stove fire in garage.[9]
— 2 Chicago, Jan 26. Exposure. AP. “Winter Tightens Grip on Nation.” San Antonio Express, 1-27-1936, 1.
— 2 Streator, Jan 26. Fire; two young girls when oil stove exploded.[10]
Indiana (19-29)
–29 By Jan 25. Vidette-Messenger. “New Cold Wave Tonight to Sweep Midwest…” 1-25-1936, p. 1.[11]
–26 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–19 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–19 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, 1.[12]
–16 By Jan 24. INS. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–14 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–10 Indianapolis Recorder, IN. “Blind Woman Dies of Cold.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
— 4 Jan 22. “Indiana’s dead totaled four in temperatures that ranged from 2 to 20 below.”[13]
Breakout of Indiana Winter Weather Fatalities by Locality:
— 1 Bloomington, Jan 24. Mrs. Mary Shields, 64, burned while trying to warm herself at fireplace.[14]
— 1 Columbia City, Jan 21 or 22. Russell Betzner, 35 hit by automobile during snow storm.[15]
— 1 Columbus, Jan 24. Can skids on icy road; struck by interurban car; Hilber G. Cox, 35.[16]
— 1 Fort Wayne, Jan 24. Miss Jessie Williamson, 68, found frozen to death at home.[17]
— 1 Hammond, Jan 27. Michael J. Boland, 65, “killed by an automobile on an icy street.”[18]
— 1 Hartford, Jan 27. Pneumonia; infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beeson.[19]
— 1 Indianapolis, Jan 23. Hypothermia; female in home after failing in starting coal fire.[20]
— 1 Indianapolis, Jan 23. Exposure; blind woman in yard after falling while going to coalshed.[21]
— 1 Ireland, Jan 21 or 22. Mrs. Alpha Hurst, 36, fatally burned while building a fire.[22]
— 1 Linton area, Jan 21 or 22. Heart attack; mine boss Clarence Robertson.[23]
— 1 Michigan City, Jan 27. Carl Scharsinski, 60, found frozen to death.[24]
— 2 Monticello, Jan 24. Suffocation; twins, 4-months; too closely blanketed from severe cold.[25]
— 1 Peru, Jan 21 or 22. High wind blew Jess Schriver, 52, under a switch engine.[26]
— 1 Peru, Jan 27. George Klopp, 49, of Indianapolis, “automobile wreck in a blizzard.”[27]
— 1 Stark County, Jan 27. Mrs. Julia Ford, 74, found frozen to death.[28]
— 1 Stinesville, Jan 23. Heart attack followed by hypothermia. Farmer (Gus Snooks), 56.[29]
— 1 Terre Haute area, Jan 21 or 22. Weather-related bus collision; bus driver Roy Cone, 33.[30]
— 1 Vincennes, Jan 27. William James, 53, WPA worker, “heart attack induced by cold.”[31]
Iowa ( 9)
–9 Blanchard tally from Locality/Date breakouts below.
–7 Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA. “Cold Wave to Continue in Iowa.” 1-27-1936, p.1.
–7 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–5 By Jay 25. Ottumwa Daily Courier, IA. “New Cold Wave Strikes Iowa.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
–3 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–1 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
Breakout of Iowa Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Location and/or Date (where noted):
–1 Location not noted, Jan 22. “In Iowa, the cold caused at least one death…”[32]
–1 Corning, Jan 25. Exposure; Milt Devore, body found frozen on ice of Nodaway River.[33]
–1 Des Moines, Jan 19. Man found “frozen to death.”[34]
–1 Fairfax, Jan 24. Heart disease/exposure; Dr. T. C. Gorman, 62; car stuck in snow drift.[35]
–1 Haven, Jan 24. Apparent hypothermia; Clara Morford, 75, in her farm home.[36]
–1 Moorland, Jan 23. Joseph Halligan, 39. Death attributed to “cold.”[37]
–1 Walker area, Jan 26. Exposure; Victor Spencer, 70, found in snowdrift a mile from home.[38]
–1 Wall Lake, Jan 24. Exposure; George J. Green, 64, shortly after being found in a snowdrift.[39]
–1 Location not noted, Jan 26. Fire.[40]
Kansas ( 2)
–1 Locale not noted, Jan 18. Exposure or traffic conditions resulting from ice-sheathed roads.[41]
–1 Atchison area, Jan 21. Steve Hughes, 62, farmer, found “frozen to death on his farm.”[42]
Kentucky (1-7)
–7 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–1 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
Maine ( 4)
–4 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–2 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–1 Biddeford, Jan 19. Collapsed while walking during the storm; Wilfrid Ste. Marie.[43]
–1 Biddeford, Jan 20. Apparent heart attack while shoveling snow with city crew.[44]
–2 Robbinston area, St. Croix river. Two men reported drowned when boat sank in gale.[45]
Maryland (10)
–10 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
— 9 AP. “Maryland Counts Six More Cold Wave Deaths.” Evening Sun, Hanover, PA. 1-24-1936, 1.
— 5 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
Breakout of Maryland Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Locality:
–1 Annapolis harbor. Drowning; Alex Johnson, lost grip on “icy sides of an oyster sloop.”[46]
–1 Baltimore, Jan 20. Sledding accident; Joel S. Fine, 14, when sled collided with automobile.[47]
–1 Baltimore, Jan 23. Exposure/hypothermia; man “froze to death…”[48]
–1 Baltimore, Jan 23. Man, trying to free-up frozen coal, crushed when it broke and he slid down.[49]
–1 Cumberland, Jan 26. Sledding accident; sled of William Hunter Walker, 38, hits police car.[50]
–4 South Mountain, near Knoxville, Frederick County, Jan 24. Home fire.[51] Firemen blocked.[52]
–1 Wicomico County, Jan 20. Exposure; farmer Walter Dukes, 44, while on the way home.[53]
Massachusetts (5-7)
–7 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–5 Blanchard tally from Locality/Date breakouts below.
Breakout of Massachusetts Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Location or date (where noted):
–1 Jamaica Plain section of Boston, Jan 19. Boy, 14, from skiing accident.[54]
–1 Scituate, Jan 23. Mrs. Elwin Cook, 48, heart attack struggled in near zero winds through snow.[55]
–3 Locations not noted, Jan 19. “…heart attacks induced by battling the storm.”[56]
Michigan ( 8-16)
–16 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–15 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–11 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–10 Evening Sentinel, Centralia, IL. “Coldest Wave Since 1897 on its Way.” 1-22-1936, p. 7.
— 8 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 7 Assoc. Press. “Weather Takes a Heavy Toll.” Atchison Daily Globe, KS, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
— 1 Belding, Tower Lake, Jan 26. Drowning; Guy Lozo, 38, fell through hole in lake ice.[57]
— 1 Casnovia, Jan 26. Car skids into path of truck; John Livers, 68.[58]
— 1 Escanaba, Jan 18. Frozen pipes cause boiler explosion upon attempt to fire the boiler.[59]
— 1 Hillsdale County, Jan 27. Exposure; Ben Moore, 64, after-effects of frozen feet.
— 1 Jackson, Jan 26. Heart attack “while working outside in extremely cold weather.”[60]
— 1 Lansing, Jan 26. Heart attack “brough[61]t on by the intense cold…” Frank Cain, 55.[62]
— 1 Pontiac, Jan 26. Drowning/sledding accident; Wayne Todd, 5; sled went through river ice.[63]
— 1 Port Huron, Jan 22. Heart attack brought on by over-exertion walking home in snowdrifts.[64]
Minnesota ( 4-11)
–11 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
— 8 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
— 4 By Jan 23. Logansport Press, IN. “Polar Invasion.” 1-23-1936, p. 5.
— 4 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
— 4 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
Breakout of Minnesota Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Locality (where noted):
–1 Eveleth, Jan 28. Exposure; Martin Centa, 50, after fall into mine shaft hole; walking home.[65]
–1 Hampton, Dakota County, Jan 21. Exposure; Marcus Conzemius, ~65, at his farm.[66]
–1 Minneapolis, Jan 21. Exposure; “William Green…found frozen to death on his doorstep.”[67]
–1 St. Paul, Jan 21. Martin Sueth, 68, “collapsed from the cold…while enroute to a street car.”[68]
Missouri ( 3)
–3 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.[69]
Nebraska ( 1)
–1 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–1 Tecumseh area, Jan 19.
New Hampshire ( 4)
–4 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–1 Manchester, Jan 19. Street railway track inspector hit by car during snow storm.[70]
–1 Meredith, Jan 19. WPA worker stuck by car as he walked alongside road during storm.[71]
–1 Meredith, Lake Winnipesaukee, Jan 19. Drowning; car broke though ice on lake.[72]
–1 Nashua, Jan 19. Female “was killed as her car skidded.”[73]
New Jersey ( 5-11)
–11 Assoc. Press. “Weather Takes a Heavy Toll.” Atchison Daily Globe, KS, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
— 5 Assoc. Press. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p. 1.
New York (16-19)
–19 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–16 Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below. (Missing one of 10 noted upstate NY deaths.)
–15 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–15 By Jan 24. AP. “15 Dead as storm Still Lashes State.” Syracuse Herald, NY, 1-24-1936, p1.
–10 Upstate NY
— 5 New York City (mostly due to heart attacks from exertion or shoveling snow).
–12 NYC. AP. “Weather Takes a Heavy Toll.” Atchison Daily Globe, KS, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
— 9 UP. “60 is Death Toll of Winter Storm…Covered U.S.” Edwardsville Int., IL, 1-20-1936, p. 1.[74]
— 7 NYC, Jan 19. Logansport Pharos-Tribune, IL. “…Blizzard Grips East.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
— 7 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
Breakout of New York Winter Storm-Related Fatalities by Locality (where noted):
— 1 Amsterdam area. County snowplowman Gerard Wagner, 34, when plow went down bank.[75]
— 1 Atwood (near Kingston), Jan 24. Exposure; Richard H. Osterhoudt, 83, at home.[76]
— 1 Gloversville, Jan 19. Agnes Hupitch, 28, in headon car collision.[77]
— 1 Hoosick Falls, Jan 19. Lineman Ralph Peter fell from the top of 30-foot pole.[78]
— 1 Montauk area, Jan 19. State Trooper Clark Lewis, 43, when his car skidded on icy road.[79]
— 1 New Rochelle, Jan 19. Heart attack while working outdoors in cold and snow.[80]
— 5 New York City (mostly due to heart attacks from exertion or shoveling snow).[81]
–1 NYC, Jan 19. Exposure; Xenia Taros, 40; found dead in the snow on 28th street.[82]
–1 NYC, Jan 19. Michael McDonald, 60, “while shoveling snow in front of a church.”[83]
–1 Manhattan, Jan 19. Heart attack “aggravated by the strain of trudging thru drifts.”[84]
–1 Manhattan, Jan 19. Heart attack “aggravated by the strain of trudging thru drifts.”[85]
–1 Ridgewood, Queens. Heart attack “aggravated by the strain of trudging thru drifts.”[86]
— 1 New York City, Jan 23. Exposure, unidentified male.[87]
— 1 Niagara Falls, Jan 23. Heart attack while shoveling snow; unidentified male.[88]
— 2 Utica, Jan 19. CO poisoning; Joseph, 20, and Stanley, 19, Synakowski; closed garage.[89]
— 1 Watertown. Jan 22 or 23. “little girl run down and killed in the storm at Watertown.”[90]
North Carolina ( 1)
–1 Mooresville, Jan 22. Alcohol & exposure (according to county coroner); Jay C. Coggins, 55.[91]
North Dakota ( 1)
–1 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–1 Oakes, Jan 23. Hypothermia after heart attack; William Marks, 80.[92]
Ohio (43-57)
–57 Jan 19-26. Schmidlin and Schmidlin. Thunder in the Heartland. 1996, p. 30.[93]
–51 By Jan 28. (Portsmouth burn victim added to Sandusky Register figure for Jan 27.)
–50 By Jan 27. Sandusky Register, OH. “Cold Takes 50 Lives in Ohio…” 1-28-1936, p. 1.[94]
–48 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–44 By Jan 27. Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio…” 1-27-1936, p. 1.[95]
–43 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.[96]
–32 By Jan 26. Portsmouth Times, OH. “Sub-Zero Mark Here Predicted.” 1-26-1936, p. 1.
–30 By Jan 24. East Liverpool Review, OH “Brief Respite Promised…in Cold Blast.” 1-25-1936, p.1.[97]
–29 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–21 By Jan 24. Athens Messenger, OH. “Relief From Cold Wave is on Way; 21 Dead.” 1-24-1936, 1.
–21 By Jan 24. Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
–8 Heart attacks “induced by cold.”
–5 “…frozen to death…”
–2 “…gas fumes from a stove…”
–2 “…exposure…”
–3 “…killed in traffic accidents…”
–1 “…burned to death…”
–19 By Jan 24. Evening Gazette, Xenia, OH. “Nineteen Die in Ohio; cold Grips Nation,” 1-24-1936, 1.
— 1 Batavia area, Jan 22. John Paul, 70; his car hit oil truck on icy highway.[98]
— 1 Cincinnati, Jan 23-24. Jacob Penlack, 45; heart attack “induced by the low temperatures.”[99]
— 1 Cincinnati, Jan 23-24. Leonard Sanford, 35; heart attack “induced” by low temperature.[100]
— 1 Cincinnati, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; Raymond Lively, 46.[101]
— 1 Cincinnati, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; Mrs. Annabelle Stamp, 58.
— 1 Cleveland, Jan 19. Snow-sled hits tree (Frank Skufca or Skufon,[102] 9).[103]
— 1 Cleveland, Jan 19. Cause not noted. (Article notes two deaths in Cleveland Jan 19.)[104]
— 1 Cleveland, Jan 23-24. Spencer Arnold, 40, transient, heart attack “induced” by the cold.[105]
— 1 Cleveland, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; John Margal, 48.[106]
— 1 Cleveland, Jan 25-26. Cold-related heart victim; Daniel Tinkler.[107]
— 1 Columbus, Jan 22-23. Male, 66 collapsed on street; heart attack induced by extreme cold.[108]
— 2 Dayton, Jan 20. Road/rail accident. Couple in car on icy road killed when hit by train.[109]
— 1 Dayton, Jan 22-23. Exposure; Austin Holmes, 35, found frozen at foot of a park statue.[110]
— 1 Dayton, Jan 22-23. Apparent exposure; William Meyer, 68, found dead on front porch.[111]
— 1 Dayton, Jan 25-26. Carbon monoxide poisoning “gas heater fumes;” C. J. Abraham, 55.[112]
— 1 East Liverpool, Jan 22. Pedestrian hit by car; left alone and died from exposure in cold.[113]
— 1 Findlay area, Jan 19. Traffic accident; car skids into telephone pole (Allen Yeatzer, 20).[114]
— 1 Fostoria, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; Susan Ferrell, 80.[115]
— 1 Lima, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; Rexford Mendenhall, 5.[116]
— 1 Logan, Jan 25-26. Cold-related fire/burn victim; Rachael Helen Dicken, 50.[117]
— 1 Mansfield, Jan 24. Frozen body of Thomas H. Miller, 35, found.[118] Car stuck in snowdrift.[119]
— 1 Mt. Vernon, Jan 25-26. “Frozen to death.” Albert Doup, 58.[120]
— 1 Newark, Jan 20. Heart attack; school bus driver, 60, tried to dig bus out of a snow drift.[121]
— 1 Norwalk, Jan 25-26. Carbon monoxide poisoning “gas heater fumes;” Ellen Daniels, 19.[122]
— 1 Portsmouth, Jan 28. Gown caught fire at fireplace while trying to get warm; female, 61.[123]
— 1 Salem, Jan 22-23. Exposure? William Meyer, 68, found dead on street ~hospital (-16°).[124]
— 2 Springfield, Jan 25-26. Weather-related “traffic victims.” Emma Waski, 30; Robert Murray, 34.[125]
— 1 Steubenville, Jan 27. Exposure; Richard Kramer, 52, after police found in snow unconscious.[126]
— 1 Toledo, Jan 25. Hypothermia; Martin Ferguson, 63, found in shack, freezing condition.[127]
— 1 Urbana area, Jan 20. Auto skids off icy street into tree. (Rev. David L. Saunders).[128]
— 1 Warren, Jan 25-26. Carbon monoxide poisoning “gas heater fumes;” George Wireman, 26.[129]
— 1 West Milton, Jan 25. Suffocation; boy, 9-months; too much blanketing; intense cold.[130]
— 3 Locations not noted. Heart attacks “induced by the cold.”[131]
— 2 Location not noted. Gas fumes from a stove.[132]
— 3 Locations not noted; as of Jan 24. Exposure and/or hypothermia.[133]
— 1 Location not noted, Jan 25-26. “Frozen to death.” Richard Kramer, 53.[134]
Oklahoma ( 9)
–9 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–2 Places not noted, Jan 18. Exposure or traffic conditions resulting from ice-sheathed roads.[135]
–1 Durant area, Jan 18. Oil truck skids off icy bridge; I. K. McClintic, 45.[136]
–1 Oklahoma City, Jan 26. Exposure; apparent itinerant male found dead, woman’s back yard[137]
–1 Stringtown area, Jan 18. Exposure; Charles Daugherty, 33.[138]
–4 Tupelo area, Jan 29. School bus skids on icy road into ditch killing driver and 3 children.[139]
Pennsylvania (23-34)
–34 Associated Press. “Cold and Fire Take 34 Lives.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 1-29-1936, p. 6.
–29 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–23 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.[140]
–16 Charleroi Mail, PA. “More Snow Due to Come With Moderating Weather.” 1-24-1936, p1.
–15 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–13 AP. “Winter Keeps Tight Grip on Pennsylvania.” Oil City Derrick, PA. 1-25-1936, p. 1.
–10 By Jan 21. Lock Haven Express, PA. “Mercury Drops to 7 Degrees Today…” 1-21-1936, 1.
— 8 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
— 6 Tyrone Daily Herald, PA, “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
Breakout of Pennsylvania Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Locality:
— 1 Altoona, Jan 18. Heart attack while shoveling snow off sidewalk; Leonard Horner.[141]
— 1 Cannonsburg, Jan 28. Samuel Smith, 39, found dead in snow drift 100 yards from home.
— 1 Coatesville, Jan 26. Snow sled hits a tree; Robert Barron, 12.[142]
— 1 Easton, Jan 26. Snow-sled and automobile collision; Alfred Delfole, 21.[143]
— 1 Gratz, Jan 26. Snow-sled and automobile collision; Alvin Daniels, Jr.[144]
— 1 Greensburg, Jan 26. Hypothermia; William Shanafelter, 70, found frozen in his basement.[145]
— 1 Hazleton, Jan 19. Apparent heart attack; John Balosky, 65, found half buried in snow.[146]
— 1 ~Hazelton, Jan 19. Emory Oleyar, 68, of Beaver Meadow, struck by car on snow-banked road.[147]
— 1 Kittanning, Jan 21. CO poisoning; Mr. Paul Shaner, in car in garage with doors closed.[148]
— 2 Malvern, Jan 28. Fire, children’s pavilion of Rush Hospital for Consumption.[149]
— 1 Norristown, Jan 19. Apparent heart attack while shoveling snow; Charles Keller, 66.[150]
— 4 Philadelphia, Jan 19.
–1 Fall on slippery sidewalk fracturing skull; Simon Brown, 75; walking to church.[151]
–1 Traffic accident due to heavy snowfall impairing vision; male.[152]
–1 Vehicular; Walter Progue, 26, of Lawndale, “when his car crashed into…abutment.”[153]
–1 Traffic accident attributed to blizzard; unidentified victim.[154]
— 1 Pittsburgh, Jan 23. Pneumonia & hypothermia; ill man in home where fire had gone out.[155]
— 1 Pittsburgh area, Jan 28. Exposure; William McCloud apparently fell over embankment.[156]
— 1 Pittsburgh, Jan 28. Edith Wolfe, 28, after her clothing was ignited by open grate fire.[157]
— 1 Reading, Jan 27. Exposure and exhaustion; fireman George Long, 38, fighting a fire.[158]
— 1 Wilkes-Barre, Jan 19. Exposure/hypothermia; Robert Richardson, 57, Poconos cabin.[159]
— 1 Wilkes-Barre, Jan 28. “…man, out for a walk, collapsed and froze to death.”[160]
— 1 Location not noted; Jan 22. Man frozen.[161]
South Dakota ( 2)
–2 Sisseton area, Jan 18. Carbon monoxide poisoning; couple in car, stalled in a snow bank.[162]
Tennessee ( 3)
–3 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–3 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–1 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
–1 Covington, Jan 19. Truck “skidded off slippery highway and smashed into tree.” Boy, 14.[163]
–1 Harrodsburg, Jan 25. Hypothermia; Green Parsons, 71, in his cottage (noted as 3rd death).[164]
–1 Kingsport, Jan 26. Burns; Man’s clothes caught fire after he fell asleep next to fireplace.[165]
Texas ( 3)
–3 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–1 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–1 Brownwood, Jan 28. Fire; Mrs. Lev P. Baugh, 89; clothing caught fire from heating stove.[166]
–1 Fort Worth, Jan 18. Walker Wilson, 38, slips on ice, cerebral hemorrhage, died Jan 27.[167]
–1 Houston, Jan 28. Exposure; W. C. McGallion, 61, fell asleep in wet clothes on porch.[168]
West Virginia ( 7)
–7 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–5 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
–4 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
–1 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
Breakout of West Virginia Winter Weather-Related Deaths by Locality (where noted):
–3 Fairmont area, Jan 24. Fire; Mrs. Howard Hunsicker, 22, daughters Evelyn/4, Charlotte Jean/11-mo.[169]
–1 Jackson County, Jan 23. Exposure; farmer R. H. Rummager, 75, found dead in the snow.[170]
–1 Moundsville, Jan 19. Exposure; Mrs. Mary Riggs.[171]
–1 South Charleston; Pedestrian (Henry Thomas) hit by a car.[172]
–1 Wellsburg, Jan 25. Sledding accident; Betty Jane Brown, 13; sled ran into coal truck.[173]
Wisconsin (16)
–16 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–12 Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to…Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7.
— 6 By Jan 25. AP. “Bitter Cold…Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p.1.
— 4 AP. “More Than Hundred Dead as Cold Wave Moves Eastward.” Hamilton Journal, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
Breakout of Weather-Related Fatalities by Locality:
–1 Augusta area, Jan 22. “The cold wave claimed the [life] of…Ad Shiels, 57…farmer…”[174]
–1 Beloit, Jan 24. Hypothermia; William Satterlee, 58, “…found frozen to death in his bed.”[175]
–1 Brantwood, Jan 27. Mike Luhtala, 58, “…illness aggravated by exposure…’ (Coroner)[176]
–1 Eau Claire, Jan 22. Either collapsed in cold or was struck by car after his had stalled.[177]
–1 Fall Creek area, Jan 21. Hypothermia; Otto Shield, 55, after his car became disabled.[178]
–3 Fond du Lac Co., Jan 21. “…women…killed in auto accidents caused by cold and blinding snow…”[179]
–4 Kenosha area, Jan 18. Fishing tug Cheerio wrecked during 40 mph gale.[180]
–1 Milwaukee, Jan 21. Hypothermia; Raymond Russell Harling, 2-months, in bed; no heating.[181]
–1 Milwaukee, Jan 22. Hypothermia; walking to bus station; Reinhold Unke, 56; -19° temp.[182]
–1 Oconomowoc, Jan 22. Heart attack “possibly aggravated by the cold.” Hans Nielson, 65.[183]
–1 Stanley, Jan 23. Exposure; Mrs. Hartwig Solie, 38, after escaping burning home; -30° temp.[184]
Narrative Information
Jan 18: “Chicago, Jan. 18.–(AP)–Drama rode with a swift-flying snowstorm which covered most of the Midwest with a fresh blanket today, ranging as deep as a foot and a half. Much colder weather trailed the storm, whose center sped from near St. Louis during the night to central New York state in the afternoon, but the mercury started climbing again in the northern plan states after sinking deep under zero last night.
“Racine, Wis., coast guardsmen found the wreckage of a fishing tug near Kenosha and expressed belief that its crew of four had perished trying to ride out a 40-mile blow.
“A young couple returning from a dance near Sisseton, S.D., died from carbon monoxide poisoning when their car stalled in a snow bank. A companion was given a chance to recover.
“Two deaths in Oklahoma and one in Kansas were attributed to exposure or traffic conditions resulting from ice-sheeted thoroughfares.
(Associated Press. “Drama Rides With Snow in Midwest, Trailed by Wave of Much Colder Weather,” Miami Daily News-Record, OK. 1-19-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 19: “More than a score of persons lost their lives Sunday [Jan 19] as blizzards and tornadoes ravaged three-fourths of the United States. Sleet gripped the upper Atlantic seaboard in ice. Destructive winds raged through Dixie, and snow piled a foot high in the northwest and sections of the plains states.
“Heaviest loss of life occurred along the Florida-Alabama border where a family of six was killed by a tornado and two other persons died from injuries.[185]….
“Seven persons were dead in the metropolitan area of New York, and for the nation’s largest city it was a ‘million dollar’ storm. Fifteen thousand men were put to work trying to clear the streets of snow and ice.
“Boston was under 13 inches of snow and four persons were dead in New England as a result of the storm.
“Cleveland reported one dead, and in parts of Ohio the snow was a foot deep….Ohio and West Virginia were blanketed by heavy snows, which raced into the area on high winds that in some places reached blizzard proportions. Many highways cleared of snow by the wind, were glazed with ice and traffic moved slowly.
Jan 20: “By the Associated Press. Chicago, Jan 20–Tornadoes swept three southern states while blizzards lashed the northwestern tier of states from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast as the nation today counted at least 115 dead, including 58 in traffic accidents. The majority of the reported automobile fatalities were chargeable to slippery streets and obscured vision of drivers.
“Snow, ice and sleet blanketed most of the upper half of the nation and the weather forecast called for more snow and colder weather. In many sections the weekend storm was called the ‘worst blizzard of the year’. Many schools were ordered closed today.
“Traffic generally was impeded seriously. Many airports were closed and planes grounded. Railroads ran far behind schedule. In many cities trolleys were blocked by snow and automobile traffic virtually was halted. Most main highways were reported open to traffic but few secondary roads were passable in the midwest.
“Heavy snows and rain in some southern states brought a new menace from floods and rivers and streams rose sharply.
“Several ships were in distress. The S. S. City of Camden went aground near Penns Grove, N.J., but its 70 passengers were brought ashore safely. Another steamer, the F. S. Ipswitch, reported aground near Panama City, Fla., was reported in no immediate danger. A barge sank in New York harbor and three fishing boats were reported missing from Tampico. Four drowned in the sinking of one. Four men also were reported missing and believed drowned on a fishing tug near Kenosha, Wisc….
“Snow drifts were reported between 12 and 15 feet deep in several sections. The Rocky Mountain sections were buried under deeper than normal snows.
“North Adams, Mass., in the Berkshires, had 24 inches of snow and most of the upper midwestern sections from eight to 18 inches.
“Tornadoes claimed 18 lives in Florida, Georgia and Alabama; six persons were froze to death; seven died from over-exertion; three were burned to death, two died from carbon monoxide fumes, and 19 others from unreported causes.” (Portsmouth Times (citing Associated Press), OH. “City Buried by Heaviest Snowfall In Many Years; Storm Grips Most of U.S.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 20: “By United Press. The most severe and widespread storm of the winter blew out to sea off the New England coast today, leaving more than sixty dead and traffic of more than half the country snarled in snow.
“Temperatures dropped rapidly in the thickly populated east as the skies cleared, creating intense suffering among thousands of the poor in metropolitan centers and hampering the work of highway crews fighting to open smothered highways.
“…only the most extreme south and west escaped freezing. All the North Atlantic coast was embedded in snow….
Aside from temperature, New York City was the hardest hit community. Eight inches of snow…fell on Manhattan yesterday. In some suburbs the fall was 15 inches.
“Fifty thousand men and 800 snow plows worked all Saturday night, all day yesterday, all last night and today. Still they had cleared only the most vital traffic way. City authorities were grateful that the storm struck on Sunday, for motor traffic was almost impossible while the snow fell and hundreds of motorists who attempted it stalled in streets….” (United Press. “Storm Takes Heavy Toll.” Times Herald, Olean, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 22: “Chicago, Jan. 22–(AP)–Bitter, blasting cold froze the middle west tonight in a polar invasion which shattered weather records in widely separated areas and threatened to establish still lower temperatures in the next 24 hours. In the frozen wake of the winds and snow, which swept from Nebraska as far east as Pennsylvania, were impassable roads, semi-paralyzed shipping, and death. At least 18 persons lost their lives in the worst cold wave of many years, frigidity which drove the temperature down as far as 55 below on the bridge linking International Falls, Minn., with Canada. Thirteen states, in varying degrees of frost-bitten weather, felt the effects of the invasion. Schools were ordered closed in many of them. Normal activities in hundreds of chilled communities were reduced to a minimum in deference to the reign of winter.
“A 40 mile an hour gale drove the snow and cold into Ohio, where temperatures ranged from zero to 14 below at Dayton. Deputy sheriffs on horseback rescued 100 school children tonight from buses buried in 16-foot drifts near St. Clairsville, O., but 60 other children had to spend the night in two Champaign county schools.
“…the cold wave swept into New York and other eastern states….
“The cold will stay in Indiana, however, and still lower temperatures were forecast for upper and lower Michigan. Detroit reported the mercury falling below zero, with 15,000 WPA workers facing a layoff. Lake harbors were blocked and ice was sweeping in. A roaring blizzard blocked the highways of the upper peninsula.
“As the storm whipped into Pennsylvania, one man was frozen. School children were marooned near Somerset and Uniontown, Pa, and at New Castle, delinquent taxpayers were offered credit on their bills if they would shovel snow. Only a few trunk highways were open. Bus traffic was stopped.
“It was 10 below zero in Covington, Ky., and six below at Louisville, with snow adding to the danger of travel in the Blue Grass state.
“Wisconsin weather brought hazards to more school children. A bus full of students overturned at Pewaukee, and the youngsters sought what shelter they could until they were rescued. Newsboys were withdrawn from exposed corners in Milwaukee as the mercury hovered at eight below.
“In Iowa, the cold caused at least one death and brought suffering to hundreds….Highways were generally blocked by drifting snow.
“Indiana’s dead totaled four in temperatures that ranged from 2 to 20 below. Six state highways were impassable. Schools were dismissed, but near Anderson 200 pupils were forced to spend the night in their class rooms.
“Eastern Nebraska was feeling the cold with minus readings. A north wind from the besieged middle west dropped the temperature eight degrees in an hour at Woodward, Okla, but left in comfortably at 52 above. It was 14 below tonight at Kirksville, Mo…and seven above at Topeka, Kan. A minimum of 17 degrees below zero was reported in Chicago, where mounted police were ordered from the streets because of the blasting winds and all public schools were closed until the weather moderates. What many Illinois communities termed the worst blizzard in their history made its influence felt as far as the southern boundary line. In Chicago tonight the temperature had risen to 11 below…” (Associated Press. “Bitter, Blasting Cold Sweeps Over Midwest; 18 Persons Are Dead.” Jacksonville Daily Journal, IL, 1-23-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 23: “By the Associated Press. Ohio struggled…today to free itself from the paralyzing grip of a record-breaking cold wave. Normal outside operations were virtually suspended in many sections. After a night of suffering, fears of a heavy death toll were expressed by authorities. Whistling winds, deep snow and thermometer readings of 12, 15 and 18 below zero were common throughout the state. Troy reported an unofficial minus 24 degrees. No relief was in sight until tomorrow at least. Hundreds of needy families faced the prospect of spending another night with the sub-zero cold sifting into their flimsy dwellings.
“Today rural schools were empty; automobiles stood abandoned on drifting highways and icy city streets; buses, planes and trains moved haltingly; scores of early-morning fires broke out; residents kept vigil over furnaces and stoves. Numbed highway crews made slow progress against drifts 10 to 16 feet high in places….
“Six hundred school children were marooned in busses or class rooms, half of them rescued by volunteer parties and the rest forced to remain away from home….Three hundred children slept on desks and seats in the Staunton centralized school near Troy, while 14 teachers stood guard. Snow plows were clearing the roads and the children expected to return home today.
“Forty children were rescued from a bus between St. Clairsville and Glencoe by farmers in bobsleds. Other volunteers rescued 40 from a stranded bus near Rock Hill and a score from a bus near Centerville, 15 miles south of St. Clairsville. Two bus loads containing 60 children were located near Fairpoint. A dozen pupils in Butler township, near Dayton, were trapped for two hours. Four high school girls, a teacher and one boy spent the night at an Urbana township school. Thirteen children were rescued from a stranded bus near Terre Haute school. In Putnam county, 16 miles northwest of Findlay, 18 students stranded for four hours made their way to safety in a farm house. Some of the pupils suffered from frostbite….
“At Cincinnati the temperature was 15 below zero today, the coldest in 11 years. Dayton reported 20 below, Middletown 18 below. At Hamilton the wind was so high it broke windows. Drifts four and five feet high blocked roads in western Hamilton county. In suburbs of Cincinnati it was 20 below. At Toledo the mercury hit 11 below at midnight. Twenty small fires were reported there. Roads were blocked in many places. At Columbus the temperature was 17 below, the lowest on a Jan 22 since 1885, when it was minus 18….” (East Liverpool Review, OH. “Coldest Wave in Six Years Grips City.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 24: “Indianapolis, Jan. 24–(INS)–Indiana’s cold wave, which broke all low temperature records for at least eight years past and left sixteen persons dead in its wake, was broken today as the mercury began an upward climb in thermometers throughout the state. Temperatures recorded by the United States Weather Bureau here reached the cellar of the cold wave that gripped early Thursday [Jan 23] with a reading of 17.8 degrees below zero. Early today the upward climb to eight degrees below had started and relief was promised.
“Snow and ice today blocked twenty state highway routes in Indiana and was being battled by an augmented corps of roadworkers with trucks and snow plows. Snow will remain in Indiana for several days to come, the weather bureau officials said here today. Many persons throughout the state were suffering from frostbite….
Among…[those] who sacrificed their lives directly or indirectly to the cold wave that gripped that state during the past twenty-four hours were the following:
Billie and Frances Dolph, four-month-old twins of Mr. and Mrs. William Dolph, north of Monticello, who suffocated when tucked too deeply under blankets to keep out the cold.
Gus D. Snooks, 56, of Stinesville, a farmer, who suffered a heart attack while shucking corn and was found frozen to death by his nine-year-old son, Ivan Snooks.
Mrs. Mabel York, 50, on Indianapolis, who lived alone, was in poor health and was found frozen to death in her home where she had tried to start a coal fire with newspapers.
“….In many sections of the state, including Indianapolis, schools remained closed today, giving the children an enjoyable and unexpected vacations.
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“While the middlewest shivered in the backwash, the great tidal wave of bitter cold lashed at the eastern seaboard today with unabated fury. Maine and Vermont were in the grip of a howling blizzard….
“The nation’s death toll was expected to mount well above the century mark [100] today, as additional deaths were reported from isolated rural sections.
“Chicago, where the temperature dropped to 17.1 degrees below zero yesterday, was promised a balmy reading in the neighborhood of fifteen above by midday today. The temperature at midnight was twelve below. The bitter cold took a toll of eight lives here, five in downstate Illinois. Chicago and suburban hospitals were crowded with victims of the cold. Miss Edith Field, a nurse, faced amputation of her feet today. She was rescued late yesterday from far out on frozen Lake Michigan where she had wandered during the height of the blizzard Wednesday night.
“Overheated furnaces and stoves caused innumerable fires, many deaths and inestimable property damage. In Chicago alone, firemen have answered almost 400 alarms since the mercury began its skid to record-breaking low levels.
“‘Slowly rising temperatures’ were predicted for Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri and Iowa today. Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas were promised relief today but ‘colder’ weather tomorrow. Snow was generally predicted.” (Independent News Service. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.)
Jan 25: “Chicago, Jan. 25 (AP)–Bitter cold hung on in Illinois today, with the forecasters predicting it would get worst before it got better….Sunday morning will dawn at 10 below for most of the state, the weather man said. Today’s temperatures were up only a few degrees from the record smashing lows established Thursday [Jan 23] and Friday, making it the most persistent attack of Arctic cold the state has seen for many years…..Mundelein, north of Chicago, recorded 28 below early today. Other cold spots reported these readings: Waukegan, 14 below; Quincy, -9; Monmouth, -9. At Sterling the temperature rose from 10 below to zero during the morning. Six inches of snow fell at Quincy overnight. Chicago…had a minimum reading of 4 below zero, but the mercury rose in the morning to 8 above.
“The tabulated list of the dead in the worst sub-zero siege of the Twentieth century, exceeded 150….
“The Milwaukee observers reported an unofficial 6 degrees below zero at midnight. The official forecast was for a rise to above zero today, but added ‘relief will end Sunday with a new subzero plunge.’
“Iowa with a new fall of snow up to 10 inches, reported minus 5 at midnight in Des Moines with a forecast of continued cold and more snow today.
“Minnesota’s twin cities reported the weather had warmed up to only 20 below at midnight, but there was an ominous air about today’s forecast — ‘Snow with colder weather in northern Minnesota.’….
“An all day snowfall piled up four inches deep at St. Louis with a reading of 9 above at midnight. The northwestern part of the state was buried under more than a foot of snow. The forecast was ‘fair, colder.’ Kansas City reported one above.
“….New York City’s temperature was 9 at midnight…Boston reported cold winds, which dropped the mercury below zero…
“The death list in Ohio rose to 29. Illinois, with 23 dead, followed Ohio. Indiana had 19; Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York 15; Minnesota 8, Maryland and New Jersey, 5, Wisconsin, 6, West Virginia, 4; Iowa, 3; Kansas, Kentucky, North and South Dakota 1 each…”
(Associated Press. “Bitter Cold is Still Hanging on in Illinois; Death List Over 150.” Centralia Sentinel, IL, 1-25-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 25: “Winter, not content with one grim harvest of death, suffering and untold property damage, threatened to breathe another icy blast of sub-zero weather over the states lying east of the Rockies today. While the nation enjoyed a brief respite from the bitter cold which as already taken an estimated 200 lives, weather observers reported a new cold wave nurtured in Canada’s Upper MacKenzie river basin and being swept into the states by strong northwest winds.
“Montana, Minnesota and the Dakotas will be in the grip of the new cold wave today, government forecasters predicted, while Chicago, where the mercury was expected to hit ten above today, and the north central states will see thermometers sink to sub-zero readings tonight….” (Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight to Sweep Midwest, Forecast; Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 27: “Chicago, Ill., Jan 27.–(AP)…Forecaster F. R. Lloyd…predict[ed] at least another 24 hours of sub-zero cold would grip most of the nation, which today counted a death list of at least 225 persons since Wednesday [Jan 22]….
“The frigid wave which generally had avoided the Pacific coast states today entered the State of Washington. Spokane had a minimum of 16 degrees yesterday which was the coldest temperature there since last October.
“The abnormal weather described as the worst of the 20th century, extended south into Oklahoma, Texas and parts of Florida.
“A snow blanket covered most of the northern states and extended as far south as North Carolina, where one to two inches fell.
“More snow was in prospect for many sections. A light fall started at midnight in New York city, where the temperature was 23 at midnight (central standard time). Many upstate roads remained blocked. Near Storm King mountain 700 ‘snow train’ passengers were marooned in near zero weather on the west bank of the Hudson river after a freight train wreck tied up traffic on the west shore railroad.
“All of New England faced continued cold. At New Haven, Conn., the mercury stood at 19, while Philadelphia reported 20 with more snow and colder forecast today.
“Sudden drops in temperature over the state of Georgia led to prediction of snow and sleet. The thermometer dropped to below freezing.” (Associated Press. “Arctic Wave of Last Week Scores Strong Comeback.” Freeport Journal-Standard, IL, 1-27-1936, p. 1.)
Jan 28: “Chicago–(AP)–Snowbound highways, ice-choked rivers, threats of fuel and milk shortages became commonplace today as most of the nation snuggled a bit farther down into its coat collar and muttered, ‘Oh well, it can’t last forever.’
“Frigid temperatures clasped the states east of the Rockies from the Canadian border into the deep south and the number of weather deaths rose 35 Monday [Jan 27] to 260 for the current siege.
“The Minnesota twin cities, breeding ground for weather abnormalities, reported a new cold wave moving in. The mercury there climbed way up to 2 above zero Monday for the first time in 145 hours, but apparently disgusted with its effort soon dropped back into its more familiar sub-zero territory. At 1 a.m. central standard time today the reading at Moorhead, Minn., was 17 below. Jamestown, N.D., reported 22 below. It was warmer in St. Louis with only 1 below zero. But the forecast was for 10 below. Chicago was 4 below as it entered its seventh successive day of Arctic-like weather.” (Associated Press. “Death Toll From Cold up to 260.” Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, IA. 1-28-1936, p. 10.)
Jan 28: “Dakota, Ill., Jan. 28.–The Dakota Community high school board of directors ordered the school closed Monday [Jan 27] and Tuesday on account of the cold wave. A number of students from the country have been unable to get in on account of the drifted roads and extreme cold.” (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL. “High School At Dakota Closed Monday and Today Because of Cold Weather.” 1-28-1936, p. 2.)
Jan 29: “(By United Press). Light snow broke the Midwest’s prolonged cold wave today. Temperatures were above zero in nearly all sections of the nation. The mercury hovered from five to ten degrees above zero throughout the area which experienced temperatures of from 20 to 30 degrees below during he past week….Colder weather was forecast Thursday for most central and northern sections. Temperatures remained below normal over the entire country east of the Rocky mountains.” (Hammond Times, IN. “Colder Weather is Predicted…” 1-29-1936, p. 1.)
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Defiance Crescent-News, OH “Storm in Ohio Worst since New Century.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/defiance-crescent-news-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Dubois Morning Courier, PA. “230 Deaths Charged to Unprecedented Cold Wave.” 1-28-1936, p. 7. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/dubois-courier-jan-28-1936-p-7/
East Liverpool Review, OH “Brief Respite Promised Here in Cold Blast.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/east-liverpool-review-jan-25-1936-p-1/
East Liverpool Review, OH. “Coldest Wave in Six Years Grips City.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/east-liverpool-review-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Emporia Gazette, KS. “Kansan Freezes to Death.” 1-22-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/emporia-gazette-jan-22-1936-p-1/
Escanaba Daily Press, MI. “Cold Wave is Most Severe in 100 Years.” 1-28-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/escanaba-daily-press-jan-28-1936-p-1/
Escanaba Daily Press, MI. “Flint Man Killed in Explosion Here.” 1-19-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/escanaba-daily-press-jan-19-1936-p-1/
Evening Chronicle, Marshall, MI. “17 Violent Deaths in the State.” 1-27-1936, p. 2. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/marshall-evening-chronicle-jan-27-1936-p-2/
Evening Gazette, Xenia, OH. “Nineteen Die in Ohio; cold Grips Nation,” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/xenia-evening-gazette-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Evening Independent, Massillon, OH. “Five Die in Cold Wave.” 1-23-1936, p. 7. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/evening-independent-jan-23-1936-p-7/
Evening Sentinel, Centralia, IL. “Coldest Wave Since 1897 on its Way.” 1-22-1936, p. 7. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-evening-sentinel-jan-22-1936-p-7/
Evening Times, Cumberland, MD. “W. Hunter Walker Dies in Sledding Crash.” 1-27-1936, p. 9. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/cumberland-evening-times-jan-27-1936-p-8/
Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Four Die as Severe Frigid Blast Sweeps N.W.” 1-22-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/albert-lea-evening-tribune-jan-22-1936-p-1/
Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Winter Retains Frigid Grip Over N.W.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/albert-lea-evening-tribune-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Twins Suffocate.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/marysville-evening-tribune-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/fitchburg-sentinel-jan-20-1936-p-6/
Freeport Journal-Standard, IL. “High School At Dakota Closed Monday and Today Because of Cold Weather.” 1-28-1936, p. 2. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/freeport-journal-standard-jan-28-1936-p-2/
Hammond Times, IN. “Colder Weather is Predicted for Thursday.” 1-29-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/hammond-times-jan-29-1936-p-76/
Independent News Service. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/valparaiso-vidette-messenger-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Indiana Progress, Indiana, PA. “Kittanning Wife Finds Husband, 27, Dead in Parked Car with Woman.” 1-22-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/indiana-progress-jan-22-1936-p-1/
Indianapolis Recorder, IN. “Blind Woman Dies of Cold.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/indianapolis-recorder-jan-25-1936-p-1/
Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Drifting Snow Blocks Roads,” 1-22-1936, p. 10. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-globe-jan-22-1936-p-10/
Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Some Relief for Midwest.” 1-24-1936, p. 10. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-globe-jan-24-1936-p-10/
Kingsport Times, TN. “115 are Reported Dead in Blizzard.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-12-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingsport-times-jan-20-1936-p-1/
Kingsport Times, TN. “New Frigid Blast Seen in Mid West.” 1-26-1936, p. 12. Accessed 9-12-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingsport-times-jan-26-1936-p-12/
Kingsport Times, TN. “Relief From Zero Cold is Promised.” 1-28-1936, p. 3. Accessed 9-12-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingsport-times-jan-28-1936-p-3/
Kingston Daily Freeman, NY. “Local Death Record.” 1-25-1936, p. 6. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-daily-freeman-jan-25-1936-p-6/
Lima News, OH. “Infant Smothered.” 1-26-1936, p. 12. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-jan-26-1936-p-2/
Lima News, OH. “Temperature Skids to Zero; Snow Snarls Traffic in Ohio.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-jan-20-1936-p-1/
Lima News, OH. “Victim of Cold.” 1-26-1936, p. 12. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news-jan-26-1936-p-2/
Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero Mark Hit Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4. Accessed 9-12-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lincoln-nebraska-state-journal-jan-20-1936-p-4/
Lock Haven Express, PA. “Mercury Drops to 7 Degrees Today After Snow Storm.” 1-21-1936, 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/lock-haven-express-jan-21-1936-p-1/
Logansport Pharos-Tribune, IL. “…Blizzard Grips East.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune-jan-20-1936-p-6/
Logansport Press, IN. “Polar Invasion.” 1-23-1936, p. 5. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-press-jan-23-1936-p-5/
Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-press-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Miami Daily News-Record, OK. “Drama Rides With Snow in Midwest, Trailed by Wave of Much Colder Weather,” 1-19-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/miami-daily-news-record-jan-19-1936-p-1/
Miami Daily News-Record, OK. “Storm Brings Death in State” (continued from p. 1.), 1-19-1936, p. 2. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/miami-daily-news-record-jan-19-1936-p-2/
New Castle News, PA. “West Pittsburg Man Found Dead. Illness and Exposure Cause Death of WPA Worker in Home During Night.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-castle-news-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Oelwein Daily Register, IA. “Second Day of Cold Wave Continues in Iowa.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/oelwein-daily-register-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Ottumwa Daily Courier, IA. “New Cold Wave Strikes Iowa.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/ottumwa-daily-courier-jan-25-1936-p-1/
Portsmouth Times (citing Associated Press), OH. “Another Cold Wave Moves Toward East From Rockies Region.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Portsmouth Times (citing Associated Press), OH. “City Buried by Heaviest Snowfall In Many Years; Storm Grips Most of U.S.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-20-1936-p-1/
Portsmouth Times, OH. “…Result of Deep Snow” (continued from p.1.). 1-21-1936, p. 2. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-21-1936-p-2/
Portsmouth Times, OH. “Snow Blankets Several States.” 1-19-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-19-1936-p-1/
Portsmouth Times, OH. “Sub-Zero Mark Here Predicted.” 1-26-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-26-1936-p-1/
Portsmouth Times, OH. “Woman in City Dies of Burns.” 1-29-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-times-jan-29-1936-p-1/
Racine Journal-Times, WI. “Cold Kills Baby.” 1-29-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/racine-journal-times-jan-29-1936-p-1/
Racine Journal-Times, WI. “Wisconsin Counts Storm Death Toll of 8.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/racine-journal-times-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Sandusky Register, OH. “Cold Takes 50 Lives in Ohio; No Relief Sighted.” 1-28-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-register-jan-28-1936-p-1/
Schmidlin, Thomas W. and Jeanne Appelhans Schmidlin. Thunder in the Heartland: A Chronicle of Outstanding Weather Events in Ohio. Kent State University Press, 1996, 362 pages. Partially digitized by Google at: http://books.google.com/books?id=QANPLARGXFMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Somerset Daily Herald, PA. [Heart attack while shoveling snow, Altoona death], 1-19-1936, p. 2. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/somerset-daily-herald-jan-18-1936-p-2/
South Haven Daily Tribune, MI. “Mercury Rises Here but Other Cities Still Cold.” 1-23-1936, p. 8. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/south-haven-daily-tribune-jan-23-1936-p-8/
Statesville Record, NC. “Coroner’s Report of Coggins Death.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/statesville-record-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/steubenville-herald-star-jan-24-1936-p-1/
Syracuse Herald, NY “Mercury Falls 38 Degrees in City and is Due to go Below Zero.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-23-1936-p-1/
Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA. “Discover Cold Wave Victim Dead in Jail.”, 1-26-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/dubuque-telegraph-herald-jan-26-1936-p-1/
The News, Frederick, MD. “Winter Holds Maryland Tight in its Icy Grip.” 1-21-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/news-jan-21-1936-p-1/
Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/tipton-daily-tribune-jan-28-1936-p-6/
Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/tyrone-daily-herald-jan-20-1936-p-1/
United Press. “3 Children Killed in School Bus Crash.” Racine Journal-Times, WI. 1-29-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/racine-journal-times-jan-29-1936-p-1/
United Press. “60 is Death Toll of Winter Storm Which Covered U.S.” Edwardsville Intelligencer, IL, 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/edwardsville-intelligencer-jan-20-1936-p-1/
United Press. “No Break in Cold Wave Here…” Moorhead Daily News, MN, 1-28-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-10-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/moorhead-daily-news-jan-28-1936-p-1/
United Press. “Storm Takes Heavy Toll.” Times Herald, Olean, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/olean-times-herald-jan-20-1936-p-1/
United Press. “Syracuse Without Milk for Hours as Drifts Block Roads.” Syracuse Herald, NY, 1-23-1936. Accessed 9-11-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-23-1936-p-1/
United Press. “Three Persons Die of Cold in Wisconsin…” Sheboygan Press, WI, 1-22-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-13-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/sheboygan-press-jan-22-1936-p-1/
Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight to Sweep Midwest, Forecast; Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-9-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/valparaiso-vidette-messenger-jan-25-1936-p-1/
Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1. Accessed 9-8-2018 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/wilmington-news-journal-jan-27-1936-p-1/
[1] We have verified 211 individual deaths and thus feel confident this identifies the low-end of our range. We suspect that the high-end of the State Breakout includes 20 deaths in AL, FL and GA tornadoes on Jan 18, which we list separately, as well as eleven deaths on Jan 24 when a train hit a family car at RR crossing in Grabill, IN, which we list separately as well, in that it was not conclusively the case that the weather was a factor in the collision.
[2] Includes deaths in south due to tornadoes as well as at sea.
[3] “Snow barriers deepened over the northwest just as the eastern half of the country was beginning to thaw out from a two-day frigid wave that left at least 110 dead in 17 states.”
[4] “Chicago — (AP) — Intense cold which paralyzed the upper half of the nation leaving almost 100 dead…today…headed for the Atlantic Ocean…with more snow were forecast generally.”
[5] “Deaths attributed to the intense cold mounted to more than seventy-five.”
[6] Associated Press. “Four Infants Die of Suffocation.” Moberly Monitor-Index, MO. 1-28-1936, p. 1.
[7] Miami Daily News-Record, OK. “Storm Brings Death in State” (continued from p. 1.), 1-19-1936, p. 2.
[8] Racine Journal-Times, WI. “Cold Kills Baby.” 1-29-1936, p. 1.
[9] Evening Gazette, Xenia, OH. “Nineteen Die in Ohio; cold Grips Nation,” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[10] Associated Press. “Winter Tightens Grip on Nation.” San Antonio Express, 1-27-1936, p. 1
[11] “The Arctic blizzard which was sweeping out of Indiana today left no less than twenty-nine persons in the state dead, either directly or indirectly due to the cold wave, a survey here indicated.” [As article goes on to note, included were 10 members of a family whose car was hit by a train at a crossing. In that it is not clear to us that this was weather related [see separate listing and document], we do not include these 10 deaths in our own tally.
[12] An INS article, the same day, notes “Many persons [not included in tally of deaths] died from pneumonia contracted during the recent frigid temperatures according to health authorities in Indianapolis and elsewhere.” (Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight…Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.)
[13] AP. “Bitter, Blasting Cold Sweeps Over Midwest; 18 Persons…Dead.” Jacksonville Journal, IL, 1-23-1936, p.1.
[14] Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight…Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Notes her dress caught fire.
[15] Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[16] Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight…Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[17] Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. “New Cold Wave Tonight…Death Toll in State Rises.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[18] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[19] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[20] Independent News Service. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
[21] Indianapolis Recorder, IN. “Blind Woman Dies of Cold.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. “Mrs. Anna Ross, 40, was found in the yard of her home at 810 Darnell street, early Thursday morning frozen stiff and dead. Above her, stretching from the back door of her house to a coal shed was a wire which neighbors said the blind woman, who lived alone, used as a guide. It is thought that while attempting to get more coal for her stove sometime during the night she stumbled and fell half buried in a deep snow drift, her head striking an object which rendered her unconscious. Temperatures during he night had fallen to 15 degrees below zero.”
[22] Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[23] Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[24] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[25] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Twins Suffocate.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Identified as Billie and Francis Dolph. (Independent News Service. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.)
[26] Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[27] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[28] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[29] Independent News Service. “Frigid Blast in Indiana Leaves 16 Dead.” Vidette-Messenger, IN, 1-24-1936, 1.
[30] Logansport Press, IN. “Sub-Zero in Entire State. At Least Five Deaths Attributed to Weather.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[31] Tipton Daily Tribune, IN. “Casualty List Due to Cold Wave is Increased.” 1-28-1936, p. 6.
[32] AP. “Bitter, Blasting Cold Sweeps Over Midwest; 18 Persons…Dead.” Jacksonville Journal, IL, 1-23-1936, p.1.
[33] Beatrice Daily Sun, NE. “Froze to Death on River Ice.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[34] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero Mark Hit Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4.
[35] Ottumwa Daily Courier, IA. “New Cold Wave Strikes Iowa.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[36] Ottumwa Daily Courier, IA. “New Cold Wave Strikes Iowa.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[37] Oelwein Daily Register, IA. “Second Day of Cold Wave Continues in Iowa.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[38] Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA. “Cold Wave to Continue in Iowa.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[39] Ottumwa Daily Courier, IA. “New Cold Wave Strikes Iowa.” 1-25-1936, p. 1. Another article notes the victim was from South Sioux City, Neb. and had been working in the are for two week disinfecting chicken houses. Notes that after he had been found in a snowdrift he had been taken to the town jail, where he died. (Telegraph-Herald, Dubuque, IA. “Discover Cold Wave Victim Dead in Jail.”, 1-26-1936, p. 1.)
[40] Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette, Burlington, IA. “Cold Wave to Continue in Iowa.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[41] Portsmouth Times, OH. “Snow Blankets Several States.” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[42] Emporia Gazette, KS. “Kansan Freezes to Death.” 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[43] Biddeford Daily Journal, ME. “Two Men Dead in Storm; Streets Blocked in City.” 1-20-1936, pp. 1-2.
[44] Biddeford Daily Journal, ME. “Two Men Dead in Storm; Streets Blocked in City.” 1-20-1936, pp. 1-2. Victim identified as Rodolphe Brousseau, 55. Article notes “The blizzard was…one of the worst storms in several years.”
[45] Associated Press. “Frigid Spell Falls Short of Forecast.” North Adams Transcript, MA. 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[46] The News, Frederick, MD. “Winter Holds Maryland Tight in its Icy Grip.” 1-21-1936, p. 1.
[47] The News, Frederick, MD. “Winter Holds Maryland Tight in its Icy Grip.” 1-21-1936, p. 1.
[48] Associated Press. “Maryland Counts Six More Cold Wave Deaths.” Evening Sun, Hanover, PA. 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[49] Associated Press. “Maryland Counts Six More Cold Wave Deaths.” Evening Sun, Hanover, PA. 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[50] Evening Times, Cumberland, MD. “W. Hunter Walker Dies in Sledding Crash.” 1-27-1936, p. 9.
[51] Associated Press. “Maryland Counts Six More Cold Wave Deaths.” Evening Sun, Hanover, PA. 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[52] “With ice-coated, snow-blocked roads cutting off rescuers, four members of a family of five were burned to death early today as fire destroyed their isolated frame house on South mountain.” (Swope family.) (Associated Press. “Four Die in Maryland.” Charleston Daily Mail, WV, 1-24-1936, p. 1.)
[53] The News, Frederick, MD. “Winter Holds Maryland Tight in its Icy Grip.” 1-21-1936, p. 1.
[54] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[55] Associated Press. “Frigid Spell Falls Short of Forecast.” North Adams Transcript, MA. 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[56] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[57] Escanaba Daily Press, MI. “Cold Wave is Most Severe in 100 Years.” 1-28-1936, p. 1.
[58] Evening Chronicle, Marshall, MI. “17 Violent Deaths in the State.” 1-27-1936, p. 2.
[59] Escanaba Daily Press, MI. “Flint Man Killed in Explosion Here.” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[60] Evening Chronicle, Marshall, MI. “17…Deaths in the State.” 1-27-1936, p. 2. Victim id’d as Howard Raygor, 57.
[61] Escanaba Daily Press, MI. “Cold Wave is Most Severe in 100 Years.” 1-28-1936, p. 1.
[62] Evening Chronicle, Marshall, MI. “17 Violent Deaths in the State.” 1-27-1936, p. 2.
[63] Evening Chronicle, Marshall, MI. “17 Violent Deaths in the State.” 1-27-1936, p. 2. Sled fell into Clinton River.
[64] South Haven Daily Tribune, MI. “Mercury Rises Here but Other Cities Still Cold.” 1-23-1936, p. 8. Victim identified as John Clark, 58.
[65] United Press. “No Break in Cold Wave Here…” Moorhead Daily News, MN, 1-28-1936, p. 1.
[66] Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Four Die as Severe Frigid Blast Sweeps N.W.” 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[67] Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Four Die as Severe Frigid Blast Sweeps N.W.” 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[68] Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Four Die as Severe Frigid Blast Sweeps N.W.” 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[69] Does not provide details. We know that two deaths occurred by fire in Wellsville, when a farm house burned. (Assoc. Press. “Retired Farmer, Wife Die When Home Burns.” Jefferson City Post-Tribune, MO, 1-27-1936, p. 1.)
[70] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[71] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[72] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[73] Fitchburg Sentinel, MA. “10 Deaths Toll of Storm in N.E.” 1-20-1936, p. 6.
[74] “Nine persons died in New York, most from heart disease aggravated by walking in a 50-mile an hour wind.
[75] Assoc. Press. “State Digging Itself Out of Severe Storm.” Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[76] Kingston Daily Freeman, NY. “Local Death Record.” 1-25-1936, p. 6.
[77] Assoc. Press. “State Digging Itself Out of Severe Storm.” Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[78] Assoc. Press. “State Digging Itself Out of Severe Storm.” Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[79] “…his car skidded on the icy roads and overturned during the height of the storm early Sunday.” (Associated Press. “State Digging Itself Out of Severe Storm.” Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, NY, 1-20-1936, p. 1.)
[80] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero…Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4. John Woods, 49, victim.
[81] Associated Press. “15 Dead as storm Still Lashes State.” Syracuse Herald, NY, 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[82] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero Mark Hit Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4.
[83] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero Mark Hit Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4.
[84] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero…Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4. Morris Bachrach, 64 victim.
[85] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero…is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4. Catherine Robinson, 60, victim.
[86] Lincoln State Journal, NE. “13 Below Zero…Hit Here is 3 Year Low.” 1-20-1936, p. 4. William J. Ward victim.
[87] Syracuse Herald. “Mercury Falls 38 Degrees in City and is Due to go Below Zero.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[88] Syracuse Herald. “Mercury Falls 38 Degrees in City and is Due to go Below Zero.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[89] “They closed the garage doors to keep out the snow and cold…were found dead, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning.” AP. “State Digging…Out of Severe Storm.” Daily Messenger, Canandaigua NY, 1-20-1936, 1.
[90] Syracuse Herald. “Mercury Falls 38 Degrees in City and is Due to go Below Zero.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[91] Statesville Record, NC. “Coroner’s Report of Coggins Death.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. (Died outside on cold night.)
[92] Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Winter Retains Frigid Grip Over N.W.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[93] Cites Columbus Dispatch, OH. 1-27-1936
[94] “Ohio’s list of dead from extreme low temperatures led other states of the nation at 50 last night as the mercury hovered at subzero levels with no prospects for immediate relief.”
[95] Includes six “fire deaths.”
[96] This represents only the deaths we have been able to substantiate as to locale or cause in reporting at the time.
[97] “Ohio’s death toll, directly and indirectly attributed to the cold, rose to 30 Friday night [Jan 24].”
[98] Evening Independent, Massillon, OH. “Five Die in Cold Wave.” 1-23-1936, p. 7.
[99] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[100] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[101] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[102] Logansport Pharos-Tribune, IL. “…Blizzard Grips East.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[103] Lima News, OH. “Temperature Skids to Zero; Snow Snarls Traffic in Ohio.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[104] UP. “60 is Death Toll of Winter Storm Which Covered U.S.” Edwardsville Intelligencer, IL, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[105] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[106] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[107] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[108] Defiance Crescent-News, OH “Storm in Ohio Worst since New Century.” 1-23-1936, p1. William Forgrave vict.
[109] Portsmouth Times, OH. “…Result of Deep Snow” (continued from p.1.). 1-21-1936, p. 2. Identifies victims as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bunn, both about 47, of Miamisburg, OH.
[110] Defiance Crescent-News, OH “Storm in Ohio Worst since New Century.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[111] Defiance Crescent-News, OH “Storm in Ohio Worst since New Century.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[112] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[113] East Liverpool Review, OH. “Coldest Wave in Six Years Grips City.” 1-23-1936, p. 1. C. B. Hunt, 70, the victim.
[114] Lima News, OH. “Temperature Skids to Zero; Snow Snarls Traffic in Ohio.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[115] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[116] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[117] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[118] East Liverpool Review, OH “Brief Respite Promised Here in Cold Blast.” 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[119] Associated Press. “No Let-Up in Cold Weather.” Atchison Daily Globe, KS, 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[120] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[121] Portsmouth Times, OH. “…Result of Deep Snow” (continued from p.1.). 1-21-1936, p. 2. William Kemper, 60.
[122] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[123] “Mrs. Anna Flagg, 61…died in Portsmouth General hospital at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday [Jan 28] from burns suffered Tuesday morning when her kimono ignited as she stood in front of an open fireplace to get warm.” (Portsmouth Times, OH. “Woman in City Dies of Burns.” 1-29-1936, p. 1.)
[124] Defiance Crescent-News, OH “Storm in Ohio Worst since New Century.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.
[125] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[126] Associated Press. “Exposure Fatal.” Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 1-27-1936, p. 8.
[127] “Toledo, Jan 25…Martin Ferguson, 63, who was found in his shack here Thursday [Jan 23] with frozen hands, feet and ears, died in a hospital today.” (Lima News, OH. “Victim of Cold.” 1-26-1936, p. 12.)
[128] Portsmouth Times, OH. “…Result of Deep Snow” (continued from p.1.). 1-21-1936, p. 2.
[129] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[130] “A Heavy covering of blankets to protect him from the intense cold, snuffed out the life today of nine-months-old Jerry Lee Kelly, Coroner Cecil Marshall said the son of Mr. and Mrs. Denune Kelly, of West Milton Suffocated.” (Lima News, OH. “Infant Smothered.” 1-26-1936, p. 12.)
[131] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Notes eight such deaths, but we have been able to note locations above for five such deaths.
[132] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[133] Steubenville Herald, OH. “Ohio Promised Relief as Cold Toll Nears 100.” 1-24-1936, p. 1. Notes 5 people “frozen to death” and two “from exposure.” We note by location above four such deaths, which we subtracted.
[134] Wilmington News-Journal, OH. “Death Toll is 44 in Ohio as Cold Continues.” 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[135] Portsmouth Times, OH. “Snow Blankets Several States.” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[136] Miami Daily News-Record, OK. “Drama…With Snow…Trailed by Wave of…Colder Weather,” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[137] Galveston Daily News, TX. “Cold Wave,” 1-27-1936, p. 2. Found in yard of Mrs. Jack Shirley. Coroner Carl Traub, ruled the death apparent exposure.
[138] Miami Daily News-Record, OK. “Drama…With Snow…Trailed by Wave of…Colder Weather,” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[139] United Press. “3 Children Killed in School Bus Crash.” Racine Journal-Times, WI. 1-29-1936, p. 1.
[140] While we have included several burn/fire deaths, we have omitted several other mentioned as burn/fire deaths in that it was not clear (or less clear) that the fires were cold-weather related. This explains why we choose 23 as toll.
[141] Somerset Daily Herald, PA. [Altoona Death], 1-19-1936, p. 2.
[142] Associated Press. “Accidents Kill Seven in State Over Week-End.” Titusville Herald, PA. 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[143] Associated Press. “Accidents Kill Seven in State Over Week-End.” Titusville Herald, PA. 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[144] Associated Press. “Accidents Kill Seven in State Over Week-End.” Titusville Herald, PA. 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[145] Associated Press. “Accidents Kill Seven in State Over Week-End.” Titusville Herald, PA. 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[146] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8.
[147] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8.
[148] Was found dead in car with unconscious female. Inference is that car left running due to extreme cold outside. (Indiana Progress, Indiana, PA. “Kittanning Wife Finds Husband, 27, Dead in Parked Car…” 1-22-1936, p. 1.)
[149] “The deaths due to the weather jumped to 34 yesterday. At Malvern, Chester county, two six-year-old boys, John Loux and Edward Schumacher, were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the children’s pavilion of the Rush hospital for consumption.” (Assoc. Press. “Cold and Fire Take 34 Lives.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 1-29-1936, p. 6.)
[150] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8. We write “apparent heart attack” in that the article attributes cause of death to “over exertion while shoveling snow.”
[151] Chester Times, PA. “Sleet Storm Sweeps Area.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. Identity of victim from: Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8.
[152] Chester Times, PA. “Sleet Storm Sweeps Area.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[153] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8.
[154] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 1. (Actually notes three traffic deaths, but we subtract one, having noted an impaired-vision traffic death already.)
[155] Victim identified as John Tackses, 57. (New Castle News, PA. “West Pittsburg Man Found Dead. Illness and Exposure Cause Death of WPA Worker in Home During Night.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.) Another article, after noting this death wrote that at Pittsburgh “the mercury dropped from 35 above zero at noon to 13 below at 11 p.m.” (Bradford Era, PA. “King Winter’s Icy Clutch Its Western Pennsylvania.” 1-23-1936, p. 1.)
[156] Associated Press. “Cold and Fire Take 34 Lives.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 1-29-1936, p. 6.
[157] Associated Press. “Cold and Fire Take 34 Lives.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 1-29-1936, p. 6.
[158] Associated Press. “Accidents Kill Seven in State Over Week-End.” Titusville Herald, PA. 1-27-1936, p. 1.
[159] Tyrone Daily Herald, PA (INS), “Pa. is Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard in Recent Years.” 1-20-1936, p. 8.
[160] AP. “Cold and Fire Take 34 Lives.” Gettysburg Times, PA. 1-29-1936, p. 6. Victim id’d as Frank Caldrone, 82.
[161] AP. “Bitter, Blasting Cold Sweeps Over Midwest; 18 Persons…Dead.” Jacksonville Journal, IL, 1-23-1936, p1.
[162] Portsmouth Times, OH. “Snow Blankets Several States.” 1-19-1936, p. 1.
[163] Kingsport Times, TN. “115 are Reported Dead in Blizzard.” 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[164] Kingsport Times, TN. “New Frigid Blast Seen in Mid West.” 1-26-1936, p. 12.
[165] Kingsport Times, TN. “Relief From Zero Cold is Promised.” 1-28-1936, p. 3.
[166] Associated Press. “Cold Weather Continues to Strike Texas.” Lubbock Morning Avalanche, TX, 1-29-1936, p. 1.
[167] AP. “Oil Company Official Dies From Fall on Ice.” Daily Capital News, Jefferson City, MO. 1-28-1936, p. 1.
[168] Assoc. Press. “Cold Weather Continues to Strike Texas.” Lubbock Morning Avalanche, TX, 1-29-1936, p. 1.
[169] Charleston Daily Mail, WV. “Cold Blamed in 4 Deaths.” 1-25-1936, p. 7. [There was an exposure death as well.]
[170] Charleston Daily Mail, WV. “5 Below Here. Relief in Prospect…Find Farmer Dead.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[171] Associated Press. “Traffic Slowly Resumes in West Virginia. Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[172] Associated Press. “Traffic Slowly Resumes in West Virginia. Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV, 1-20-1936, p. 1.
[173] Charleston Daily Mail, WV. “State Awaits for New Cold Wave…Sled Crash Fatal.” 1-26-1936, p. 1.
[174] United Press. “Three Persons Die of Cold in Wisconsin…” Sheboygan Press, WI, 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[175] Associated Press. “Continued Cold Over Weekend is Predicted.” Manitowoc Herald-Times, WI. 1-25-1936, p. 1.
[176] “…body…found at the door of his home…Coroner Walter Blume of Price County said Luhtala apparently became ill while cutting wood at his home and died as he attempted to enter his house. The illness apparently was aggravated by exposure, Blume said.” (Associated Press. “Man Found Dead at Door of Home.” Racine Journal-Times, WI. 1-28-1936, p. 1.)
[177] Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Some Relief for Midwest.” 1-24-1936, p. 10.
[178] Evening Tribune, Albert Lea, MN. “Four Die as Severe Frigid Blast Sweeps N.W.” 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[179] Racine Journal-Times, WI. “Wisconsin Counts Storm Death Toll of 8.” 1-24-1936, p. 1.
[180] Associated Press, Kenosha. “Gale Wrecks Tug; Four Die.” Janesville Daily Gazette, WI. 1-18-1936, p. 1.
[181] “Raymond Russell Harling…froze to death in his bed. There was no coal to keep the house warm.” (Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Drifting Snow Blocks Roads,” 1-22-1936, p. 10.) Another source notes: “The father, a WPA worker, told authorities their home was heated only by gas. ‘We could get not coal or wood…I tried in vain to get fuel at the relief stations. Our home was like an ice box this morning.’ Physicians said the baby died of exposure.” (United Press. “Three Persons Die of Cold in Wisconsin…” Sheboygan Press, WI, 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[182] Logansport Press, IN. “Polar Invasion.” 1-23-1936, p. 5; United Press. “Three Persons Die of Cold in Wisconsin…” Sheboygan Press, WI, 1-22-1936, p. 1.
[183] “He had stopped at…[a] store to get warm and toppled over as he resumed his walk to a nearby hotel.” (Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Some Relief for Midwest.” 1-24-1936, p. 10.)
[184] Ironwood Daily Globe, MI. “Some Relief for Midwest.” 1-24-1936, p. 10.
[185] We have a separate listing and document on the tornadoes.