1948 — Jan 23-26, Sleet and snowstorms and cold-wave, South to Ohio to Northeast –42-44

lornajarrettblanchard January 23, 1948

— 60 AP. “New Cold Wave on Way: 60 Dead.” Indiana Evening Gazette, PA. 1-26-1948, p.1.

–42-44 Blanchard Tally based on State breakouts below.

— >40 AP. “40 Persons Die During Blizzard Over Country.” Somerset American, PA. 1-26-1948, 1.

— >23 AP. “Deep South Also Shivers.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1.

Summary of State Breakouts Below

Georgia ( 1)

Kentucky ( 8)

Louisiana ( 2)

Maryland ( 4)

Mississippi ( 1)

New York ( 3)

North Carolina ( 1)

Ohio ( 6)

Pennsylvania (12-14)

South Carolina ( 2)

Tennessee ( 2)

Total 42-44

Breakout of Winter Weather-Related Deaths by States (and localities where noted)

Georgia ( 1)

–1 Jan 25. Freezing.[1]

Kentucky ( 8)

–9 UP. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p.1.

–8 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.[2]

–3 AP. “Winter Spreads Snow Mantle Over the South. Ten Dead…” Florence…News, SC, 1-25-1948, 1.

Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.

–1 Burrhead. Fire caused by overheated furnace; Isaac N. Mills, 87.[3]

–1 Clark County. Found frozen in snowdrift; Perry McIntosh, 48.[4]

–2 Franklin. Found “frozen to death…in a car;” Dorothy Calvert, 17 and Victor [unclear], 23.[5]

–2 Lebanon Junction area. CO poisoning; car in snowdrift; Mary Christine Lee, 20, Joseph Randal Booth, 24.[6]

–1 Lexington. Apparent exposure. Howard Jackson, 78, found dead at home.[7]

–1 Lexington. Smothered from blanket covering from cold; Marsha Elizabeth Vanpity (sp.), 2 mo.[8]

Louisiana ( 2)

–2 AP. “Winter Spreads Snow Mantle Over the South. Ten Dead…” Florence…News, SC, 1-25-1948, 1.

Maryland ( 4)

–4 Baltimore, Curtis Bay area, Jan 24. US Coast Guard plane goes down during snow storm.[9]

Mississippi ( 1)

–1 AP. “Winter Spreads Snow Mantle Over the South. Ten Dead…” Florence…News, SC, 1-25-1948, 1.

–1 Jackson, Jan 23. Exposure/hypothermia. Mark Turner, 44, of Atlanta.[10]

New York ( 3)

–3 NYC, Bowery section.[11] “Three deaths in New York City were attributed to the cold.”[12]

North Carolina ( 1)

–6 AP. “40 Persons Die During Blizzard Over Country.” Somerset American, PA. 1-26-1948, 1.[13]

–1 Elizabeth City, Jan 24. High winds blew Joseph Ethridge Upton, Sr., 58, from bridge into water.[14]

Ohio ( 6)

–6 State. AP. “Ohio Counts Toll of Storm.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1.

–1 Cincinnati. Hypothermia. Robert Chenault, 60, “froze to death in his shanty.”[15]

–1 Mount Vernon area, Jan 24. Cars collide on slippery road; Mrs. Flora G. Wyker.[16]

–1 Portsmouth area. Farmer Vaughn Jones, 40, heart ailment “probably caused by the extreme cold.”[17]

–2 Wolfhurst, Jan 24/25. Home fire; Mrs. Joseph Stropski, 63, grand-daughter, Jaqueline Hasper, 18.[18]

–1 Youngstown, Jan 24. Apparent heart attack; male, 41, while shoveling snow at home.[19]

Pennsylvania (12-14)

–14 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.

–12 Lebanon Daily News, PA. “Temperature Falls to Six Below…” 1-26-1948, pp. 1 and 9.[20]

Breakouts of Pennsylvania winter weather-related deaths (where noted):

–1 Boyertown area, Jan 24-25, Heart attack shoveling snow; David D. Dotterrer, 59.[21]

–1 Carbondale, Jan 24-25. Heart attack while shoveling snow; Nathan A. Kennedy, 51.[22]

–1 Connellsville, Jan 26. Partially frozen body of Mrs. Florence Nicholson, 36, found in snowbank.[23]

–1 Dalton, Jan 24-25. Heart attack while shoveling snow; Raymond A Rosenkraus, 65.[24]

–1 Johnstown, Jan 25. Hypothermia after collapse in snow on way home, Louis Antoniotti, 55.[25]

–1 Juniata, Jan 24 or 25. Home fire; Shirley Osborne, 13.[26]

–1 Lebanon, Jan 25. From blood clot on brain, from slip and fall on ice earlier.[27]

–1 Lewistown, Jan 24. Overheated home furnace explodes; Shirley Osborne, 13.[28]

–1 Morrisdale, Jan 24. Boy, 10, when his snow sled went into a street and was hit by a truck.[29]

–1 North East, Erie Co., Jan 24. Vehicles collide in snow storm; Helen Louise Lake, 3.[30]

–2 Philadelphia, Jan 24 or 25. Apt. house fire; Mrs. Lina Bachrach, 82, and Vincent Grady, 21.[31]

–1 Pittsburgh, Ohio Riv, Jan 24 or 25. Drowning; Gilbert Speer, 40 “slipped from an icy dock.”[32]

–1 Wilkes-Barre, Jan 24 or 25; Coal stove explodes while being stoked; Albert P. Nat, 18.[33]

South Carolina ( 2)

–2 AP. “No Relief in Sight for Area.” Indiana Evening Gazette, PA, 1-26-1948, p. 2.

Tennessee ( 2)

–2 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.

–1 AP. “Winter Spreads Snow Mantle Over the South. Ten Dead…” Florence…News, SC, 1-25-1948, 1.

–1 Lawrenceburg, Jan 23. Automobile skids out of control on icy road, hits/kills pedestrian.[34]

–1 Memphis, Jan 23. Hypothermia; Mack Moore, 41, in unheated room.[35]

Narrative Information

Jan 23: “The mercury tumbled to a frigid five degrees above zero at 7 o’clock this morning in Fayetteville, and Weather Observer Charles Ford said it was unlikely that today’s high would be more than 24. But unlike many parts of the Midwest where snow accompanied the new cold wave, Northwest Arkansas was enjoying clear, sunny weather today and appeared likely to do so tomorrow.

“This morning’s five degree low was the coldest weather to hit Fayetteville this winter. The precious low — las Saturday — was seven above zero. Tonight will probably see a new low, Ford said, with the mercury hovering around zero….

“The cold wave caused a 42-degree drop in temperature in less than 24 hours, the mercury falling from 47 at noon yesterday to five this morning.

“The Associated Press reported that the icy blasts of the cold wave have whipped across the country from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic seaboard and crept toward the Gulf Coast and the Carolinas.” (Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville. “Zero Weather Here Tonight is Predicted.” 1-23-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 24: “A snow and sleet storm which the weatherman said might be the worst of the Winter swept north-easterly out of Dixie today across the Ohio River Valley toward the Atlantic seaboard and New England. As it blew out of the South the storm left icy pavements and patches of sleet and snow over most of the southern states from New Orleans to Georgia. This morning, its northernmost edge was creeping over Louisville, Cleveland, and Columbus, O., as it headed into West Virginia. The storm dropped five inches of snow on Bowling Green, KY. Below zero temperatures were reported throughout Western Pennsylvania as the severe cold wave moved to the East. The Automobile Club of Pittsburgh (AAA) warned that violent snow flurries made driving hazardous throughout Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.” (United Press. “Snow Covers Area; Storm Moves East.” Daily News, Huntingdon, PA. 1-24-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 24: “One of the heaviest snows in recent years covered Coshocton county [OH] today. At noon, an unofficial measurement showed four and one-half inches and it was still snowing. State, county and city crews had their hands full today keeping streets and roads in shape for motorists as the wind blew drifts and made driving hazardous. The state highway department reported that it had snowplows out but the wind was playing havoc with their work. Some county roads, it was believed, would be impassable if the wind and snow continued.

“The temperature stayed at eight above zero all morning have and made it all the more uncomfortable outside. The low temperature reading fro the past 24 hours was six at midnight and the high was 14 at 3 p.m. yesterday.” (Coshocton Tribune, OH. “Prolonged Cold Wave Brings Record Snowfall.” 1-24-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 24: “Baltimore, Jan 24 (AP)–The storm-swept Eastern Seaboard hid the fate tonight of five men[36] aboard a two-engine coast guard plane which lost contact with military and civilian communications stations in the gale.

“The Lockheed Lodestar, used by Secretary of Treasury Snyder. Led police authorities and personnel of air communications point a wild chase throughout the day in their effort to advise of possible landing sites. Snyder was not aboard.

“Contact with the plane, believed to be carrying four men and with Lt. Bill Schuh as the pilot, was lost by the Baltimore Municipal Airport about 68 o’clock this morning. Visibility was about zero. In late afternoon, State Police and Coast Guard stations lacked any definite information on the craft’s whereabouts.

The Baltimore airport cleared the plane for a landing at 8:36 a.m. at the height of the storm, but the pilot reported he could cot come down and went on. Reports that the plane passed over Rockville, Md.; Fredericksburg, Va., and other points flowed in, but the plane still was missing. The Naval Air Station at Patuxent, Md., said it believed it had noted the plane in its radar scope about noon, but was unable to make direct contact.

“Maryland State Police at Pikesville alerted all detachments to be on the lookout for the storm-plagued craft which left Newark, N.J. early this morning.

“The plane tried to land at Washington first, but was directed to attempt it at Baltimore.

“At 2 p.m. the Coast Guard communication headquarters in Washington assumed that the plane had come down by that time because the fuel supply was sufficient to last only to 12:30 p.m.” (Associated Press. “State Alerted for Five Men Aboard Plane.” Sunday Times, Cumberland, MD. 1-25-1948, p. 2.)

Jan 25: “At least 40 persons were counted as weather victims Sunday [Jan 25] in the cold wave which held much of the east in a frigid grip and promised new cold and snow for the midwest by Monday. The wintry weather didn’t spare the south either. The temperature dropped to 11 below zero at Harrisburg, Va., Saturday night, one of the lowest marks in state history. Six persons died in North Carolina as a result of the weather. Georgia had one death by freezing.

“In Chicago, a return to zero temperatures was forecast for Monday night with snow beginning Monday afternoon when cold weather from the Rockies moves into the area….

“The U.S. weather bureau predicted sharpened cold in the wake of the snow over New York and New England with temperatures in the zero range Sunday night and Monday morning….” (AP. “40 Persons Die During Blizzard Over Country.” Somerset American, PA. 1-26-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 25: “Columbus, O., Jan. 25–(AP)–Ohio’s worst winter storm in four years blew itself out today after causing six deaths, plummeting temperatures in spots to 20 below zero and spilling as much as 17 inches of snow in some areas. Only scattered light snow was in prospect tonight and tomorrow for the state which was blanketed over the week-end to a depth of six inches in the southern section and increasing to 17 inches in the Youngstown area, heaviest there since 1901. Toledo had only 3 inches and other cities varying depths. Tomorrow will be a little warmer, the forecast said.

“Two women burned to death at Wolfhurst, near Bellaire, in a fire which destroyed four homes and drove 17 other persons into sub-zero cold. The victims were Mrs. Joseph Stropski, 63, and her grand-daughter, Jacqueline Hasper, 18, of Detroit. Stanley Stropski, 30, Mrs. Stropski’s son and his wife, Anna, 22, leaped from second story window’s to safety.

“Sixty-year-old Robert Chenault froze to death in his shanty in Cincinnati’s westend. At Youngstown, Metro Temnick, 61 collapsed and died while shoveling snow. Highway patrolmen blamed the storm for the death of Mrs. Flora G. Wyker, 565, of Mount Vernon, in a traffic accident on Route 13 near that city. Coroner Virgil Fowler of Portsmouth said farmer Vaughn Jones, 40, died of a heart ailment ‘probably caused by the extreme cold.’

“Temperatures climbed today but the highest reported was 21 degrees at Cincinnati. Toledo recorded 19 degrees, Cleveland 17 and Columbus 12.

“A state highway department bulletin reported all roads snow-covered and slippery, although plows and cinder crews continued to relieve hazardous driving conditions. Motorists were urged to stay home ‘unless absolutely necessary.’ The department said the mercury skidded to 20 below zero last night near Cleveland and ranged to 10 above elsewhere over the state. Cleveland proper reported a zero reading during the night. Toledo -5, Columbus -3 and Cincinnati three above.” (Associated Press. “Ohio Counts Toll of Storm.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 26: “The bottom of the thermometer fell out again on Ohio this morning as the state became the nation’s ‘icebox.’ Promised a little improvement in last night’s midnight forecast after a week-end of frozen auto radiators and fuel lines and the deepest snow in years, Ohioans awoke to find the mercury had pulled another reverse. Temperatures ranged from minus 35 at the little town of Cannelville, 12 miles southeast of Zanesville and long priding itself as the ‘icebox of southeastern Ohio,’ to a mild five above at Cleveland. At Toledo a 100 percent curtailment of gas service to industries caused the lay-off of 1,100 workers. In Detroit, it was feared that the cold might force officials to extend a one-day shutdown of gas to industry which idled 100,000 workers Monday [Jan 26]. One of the Brooklyn’s [OH] three gas companies limited 1,275 families using its service to cooking only. Those who normally used gas for heating either shivered in cold flats or made hast conversions to other types of fuel.

“The number of deaths attributed directly or indirectly to the weather during the last two weeks rose to 156 today in the nation.[37] The total included 107 dead from fires, mostly from overheated stoves; 22 dead from freezing, and 27 miscellaneous causes. Two skiers were reported dead Monday in Colorado….” (Lima News, OH. “Ohio Becomes U.S. ‘Icebox’ Early Monday.” 1-26-1948, p. 1.)

Jan 26: “Most of the eastern half of the nation had bitterly cold weather Sunday [Jan 25] as a swath of new snow fell from southern Louisiana to New England, reaching a maximum depth of 13 inches at Albany, N.Y. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicted sharpened cold in the wake of the snow over New York and New England with temperatures in the zero range Sunday night and Monday morning.

“At least 23 deaths were attributed to the cold wave.

“Slight relief was in prospect Sunday night for the southeast where Richmond, Va., reported an early Sunday zero reading. The Gulf area, where Mobile, Ala., shivered with a 22, had another subfreezing night forecast before warmer weather comes Monday.

“Exception to the rule of cold in the southeast was Florida where Miami’s lowest Sunday morning temperature was 63, while Tampa had a low of 45 and Jacksonville, 41.

“The southern snow belt stretched northeastward from Lake Charles, La., which had two inches and a low temperature of 25 degrees. New Orleans reported a low temperature of 29. Snow fell in Mississippi, Northern Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and most of New England.

“Temperatures reached lows of 12 below zero at Columbus, O., where six inches of snow fell, and 10 below at Huntington, W. Va. where four inches of additional snow brought the ground depth to eight inches.

“Northerly and northeast winds whipped the snow into drifts at New York City where 6.3 inches fell at La Guardia field and 4.6 inches were measured in Battery Park. New York City’s minimum temperature early Sunday was 15 above zero, but a low of 5 to 10 degrees was forecast for Sunday night.” (Associated Press. “Deep South Also Shivers.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p1.)

March 16: “Baltimore, March 16 (AP) — A body found floating in the lower harbor today was identified tentatively as that of one of the four crew members of a Coast Guard plane which disappeared in a snow storm January 24. Police said papers in the pockets bore the name of Aviation Radioman 1C Rudolph H. Schoening, 40, of Temple, Pa. The body was found off the Curtis Bay area of the harbor by the crew of a tugboat. It was clad in a service flying jacket.

“The twin-engined plane was on a flight from Newark, N.J. to Washington when caught by the snowstorm. It was last heard from when it acknowledged a signal to land at the Baltimore municipal airport.” (Assoc. Press. “Body Recovered.” The News, Frederick, MD, 3-17, 1948, 2.)

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[1] Associated Press. “40 Persons Die During Blizzard Over Country.” Somerset American, PA. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[2] We do not include a ninth death from an automobile accident on the 23^rd.

[3] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[4] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[5] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[6] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[7] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[8] United Press. “Death Toll Rises to 9 as Mercury in Ky. Drops.” Daily Middlesboro News, KY. 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[9] Associated Press. “Body Recovered.” The News, Frederick, MD, 3-17, 1948, p. 2.

[10] “Snarled traffic on a frozen highway was blamed by police here [Jackson] today…” A Jackson man was asked to drive Turner to a hospital by the driver of one of the vans involved in the accident “because he ws ‘about frozen to death’.” (Associated Press. “Snarled Traffic on Frozen Highway Blamed for Death.” Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, MS, 1-25-1948, p. 2.)

[11] Assoc. Press. “Second Sub-Zero Wave of Week Hits New York.” Salamanca Republican, NY, 1-24, 1948, p. 1. Cites police for stating “the cold was partly responsible.”

[12] Lima News, OH. “Road Crews Fight Drifts.” 1-25-1948, p. 2. Noted elsewhere cause of death was exposure.

[13] Another source (Statesman Daily Record) notes eight “weather and violence” deaths, only one appears to be definitely weather-related.

[14] Statesville Daily Record, NC. “Weather and Violence Bring Death to Eight.” 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[15] Associated Press. “Ohio Counts Toll of Storm.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[16] Lima News, OH. “5-inch Snow Hits Lima; Gas Low.” 1-25-1948, p. 1.

[17] AP. “Ohio Counts Toll of Storm.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1. Quote is from Coroner.

[18] Associated Press. “Ohio Counts Toll of Storm.” Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH, 1-26-1948, p. 1.

[19] Lima News, OH. “5-inch Snow Hits Lima; Gas Low.” 1-25-1948, p. 1.

[20] “At least 12 deaths were reported due to the freeze and the snowfall which swept the State over the week-end. Winds of 40-mile-an hour…buffeted sections of the Keystone State in Saturday’s [Jan 24] bringing snowfall.”

[21] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[22] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[23] Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA. “Mrs. Edwin Penn Dies in Snowbank in Sight of Home.” 1-25-1948, p. 1. Notes cause of death “believed to have …[been] exposure.”

[24] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[25] Indiana Evening Gazette, PA. “Dog Keeps Vigil by Frozen Master.” 1-26-1948, p. 2. Notes the Bethlehem Steel Co. worked “collapsed in the snow on the way home” on a night when the temperature dropped to five below zero.

[26] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[27] Lebanon Daily News, PA. “Altar Boy Dies Last Evening Result of Fall.” 1-26-1948, p. 1. Victim identified as Anthony Remlinger, 9.

[28] Daily News, Huntingdon and Mount Union, PA. “Child Burns to Death at Lewistown.” 1-24-1948, p. 1.

[29] Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, PA. “Lad Killed Sled Riding.” 1-24-1948, p. 1.

[30] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[31] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[32] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[33] Associated Press. “Storm Takes Five Pa. Lives.” Gettysburg Times, 1-26, 1948, p. 2.

[34] Kingsport Times-News, TN. “Weather,” 1-25-1948, p. 7A. Identifies victim as Edward M. Williams, 72.

[35] Kingsport Times-News, TN. “Weather,” 1-25-1948, p. 7A. Died on way to hospital after being found unconscious.

[36] According to March 16, 1948 AP report noted herein, and to Check-six.com, the plane carried four men. According to Check-six, “The plane was finally located after the body of one of the crewmen was found in mid-March off Wagner’s Point near Baltimore.”

[37] We have a separated listing and file for a Jan 1-2 winter ice, sleet and snow event from the Great Plains to New England, which took an estimated 21-36 lives.