1912 — Jan 3-19 esp., Coldwaves/snow/blizzards, esp. IL/36, NY/31, OH/14, PA/31 — 228
–228 Blanchard tally based on State and locality breakouts below.[1]
Summary of State Breakouts below
Arizona ( 2) (Jan 8)
Arkansas ( 2) (Jan 13)
California ( 1) (Jan 8)
Colorado ( 1) (Jan 7)
Connecticut ( 1) (Jan 11)
Delaware ( 1) (Jan 18)
District of Columbia ( 1) (Jan 9)
Georgia ( 4) (Jan 13)
Illinois (36) (Jan 5-19)
Indiana (10) (Jan 4-13)
Iowa ( 3) (Jan 3-11)
Kansas ( 9) (Dec 30-Jan 12)
Kentucky (10) (Jan 7-19)
Maine ( 1) (Jan 3)
Maryland ( 5) (Jan 8-19)
Massachusetts ( 4) (Jan 8-15)
Michigan ( 1) (Jan 19)
Minnesota ( 4) (Jan 5-18)
Missouri ( 5) (Jan 8-12)
Montana ( 3) (Jan 9)
Nebraska ( 2) (Jan 7)
New Jersey ( 2) (Jan 7)
New York (31) (Jan 5-17)
North Carolina ( 2) (Jan 5)
North Dakota ( 5) (Jan 10-13)
Ohio (14) (Jan 5-18)
Oklahoma ( 9) (Jan 9-16)
Pennsylvania (31) (Jan 3-18)
Tennessee ( 1) (Jan 8)
Texas (10) (Jan 6-13)
Utah ( 4) (Jan 7-14)
Vermont ( 1) (Jan 13-14)
Virginia ( 3) (Jan 13-16)
West Virginia ( 1) (Jan 18)
Wisconsin ( 8) (Jan 4-14)
Breakout of Winter Weather Fatalities by State and Locality (where noted):
Arizona ( 2) (Jan 8)
–2 State. Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
Arkansas ( 2) (Jan 13)
–2 L’Anguille River, near Mariana. Drownings; steamboat Nettie Johnson hits ice, sinks.[2]
California ( 1) (Jan 8)
–1 San Francisco, Jan 8. Exposure; thinly clad homeless man; James Clark.[3]
Colorado ( 1) (Jan 7)
–1 Denver, Jan 7. Hypothermia due to intense cold; small home; Middleton Curnow.[4]
Connecticut ( 1) (Jan 11)
–1 Rowayton, Jan 11. Hypothermia and starvation; home with no stove or food; Alonzo Wilson, 60.[5]
Delaware ( 1) (Jan 18)
–1 Reed’s Island, Jan 18 (body found). Trapper found frozen, believed to be cause of death.[6]
District of Columbia ( 1) (Jan 9)
–1 Cabin John Bridge, Jan 9. Exposure to cold, thinly clad; Mrs. Catherine Young, 41.[7]
Georgia ( 4) (Jan 13)
–3 Atlanta, Jan 13. Itinerants “found frozen in a box car…mercury is 22 above.”[8]
–1 Atlanta, Jan 13. Unidentified man in a tenement house froze to death.[9]
Illinois (36) (Jan 5-19)
–36 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 1 Carmi, Jan 5. Exposure after becoming lost; body found Wabash riv. bottoms; Edwin Miller, 47.[10]
–30 Chicago, Jan 7-13. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “World In Brief.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.[11]
–22 Chicago, by Jan 10. Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “More Cold Weather…” 1-10-1912, 1.
–17 Chicago. Chicago Examiner. “New Cold Wave; Death Roll Now 18.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.[12]
–15 Chicago. Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.[13]
–13 Chicago. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.
–1 Jan 5, County Hospital. “Pneumonia “due to exposure.” James S. Conley, 53.[14]
–1 Jan 5, 55th st. Pedestrian “crossing street with face buried in high fur collar” hit by car.[15]
–1 Jan 5, No. Ashland, Baby “smothered…by blankets…to prevent…suffering from…cold.”[16]
–1 Jan 5, Ridgeway Ave., Fractured skull; slipped on icy pavement; Hilda Langley, 5.[17]
–1 Jan 5. Transit House (hotel) fire. Peter Richards, 19.[18]
–1 Jan 6. Exposure; found at front door, hands and feet frozen; died at hospital; Max Bernahl.[19]
–1 Jan 6. Exposure; died at County Hospital; D. Gorman.[20]
–1 Jan 6. Exposure; Found in barn; died in hospital; man thought to be James Maloney.[21]
–1 Jan 6. Suicide by gas inhalation “because he could not stand the cold.” William Montaeth.[22]
–1 Jan 6. Apparent exposure; found unconscious on street; thought to be Joseph Richter. [23]
–1 Jan 6. “…dropped dead from the cold.” Arthur Wilthire, 44.[24]
–1 Jan 7. 233 Lake Street. Burned; clothing ignited by stove coal; Jewell Bernauer, 2.[25]
–1 Jan 7. 1936 Lake Street. Apoplexy “superinduced by cold.” Mrs. Etta Lorimer.[26]
–1 Jan 7. 1704 Clybourn Ave. Asphyxiation; gas from heater; Gotfried Neubaum.[27]
–1 Jan 7. Forquer Ave. Burns; clothing ignited from coal stove; Mary Scafura, infant.[28]
–1 Jan 8. “…succumbed to cold…returning home from work.” Edmund T. Barton.[29]
–1 Jan 8. Died from injuries sustained when he slipped on icy pavement; Thomas Pierper.[30]
–3 Jan 10. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “World in Brief.” 1-10-1912, p. 1.[31]
–1 Jan 19. Exposure; found frozen on street at Lincoln and Cleveland; John McFarland.[32]
–1 Jan 19. Exposure after fall; found half frozen at West 59th & S. Ashland; William Montgomery.[33]
— 1 Danville. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “The Weather Conditions.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
— 1 Iuka, Jan 14. Exposure. “…is supposed Porter lost his way last night…and fell in the snow.”[34]
— 1 Kinderhook, Jan 13. Hypothermia; farmer found “frozen to death” in his barn; John Walsh.[35]
— 1 Springfield, Jan 13 paper; Froze to death in his room; Daniel Love.[36]
Indiana (10) (Jan 4-13)
–10 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 3 Centralia Sentinel, IL. “Many Deaths…Reported…Intense Cold…Middle West.” 1-8-1912, 1.
Breakout of Indiana winter weather related fatalities by locality.
–1 Bloomington, Jan 4. Body found frozen sitting in chair in front of stove. Leonard Bliss.[37]
–1 Evansville area, Jan 12 report; Found “frozen to death in his cabin.” Hiram Seals, 80.[38]
–1 Fort Wayne area, Jan 13. Exposure to cold; unidentified man found in Bash farm barn.[39]
–1 Gary, Jan 10. Unidentified person froze to death.[40]
–1 Goshen area, Jan 12 rpt. Exposure; found “unconscious from cold” near home; John Meyer, 40.[41]
–2 Hammond. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.
–1 Hessville, area, Jan 6. “…succumbed to the cold.” Henry Essex of Chicago.[42]
–1 Lafayette, Jan 13. Freezing; body found at foot of rail fence; Peter Bohm.[43]
–1 North Vernon, Jan. 13. Exposure to cold; found “frozen to death” in yard; James Orrell.[44]
Iowa ( 3) (Jan 3-11)
–1 Cedar Rapids, Jan 2 (body found). Frozen to death; reputation as heavy drinker; John F. Key.[45]
–1 Davenport, Jan 3. Exposure. Intoxicated; placed in barn stall overnight; Arthur Wundram.[46]
–1 Defiance area, Jan 11. Found frozen to death in the road near home; George Baker.[47]
Kansas ( 9) (Dec 30-Jan 12)
–9 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.
–5 State, by Jan 5. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “The Weather Conditions.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
–3 State, Jan 4 week; Froze to death (additional to Ness City area exposure death).[48]
–1 Fowler area, Dec 30. Exposure. Body of Mrs. W.O. Nifton, found outside after snowstorm.[49]
–1 Larned; Exposure after falling on ice while rabbit hunting; Jacob Brank, 68.[50]
–1 Larned area, 50 miles SW of Scott City ~Jan 12. Rancher tending heard; T. C. Bidwell.[51]
–3 Ness City, Jan 12 report by Ness City telephone lineman.[52]
–1 Ness City area, Jan 4. Farmer going to market fell from wagon; froze to death; E.W. Taylor.[53]
–2 Wright, Jan 5. Trains collide when one runs past station in “blinding snowstorm.”[54]
Kentucky (10) (Jan 7-19)
–10 State. The Tribune, Union, MO. “Kentuckian Is Frozen.” 1-19-1912, p. 2.[55]
— 4 Hazard, Jan 16. Hypothermia; three children of Nancy Allen Fuzzy in snowbound home.[56]
— 1 Henderson, Jan 19 report. Exposure; returning home after delivering tobacco; James Thompson.[57]
— 1 Louisville, Jan 7. Man found “frozen to death…”[58]
Maine ( 1) (Jan 3)
–1 Schooner Island Belle, Jan 3. Mate, Eldridge Dean, of Rockland, ME, froze to death at sea.[59]
Maryland ( 5) (Jan 8-19)
–1 Arlington, Jan 9. Hagerstown train flagman slips on ice atop boxcar; breaks neck; David P. Willheim, 42.[60]
–1 Baltimore, Westport section, Jan 16. Fell down stairs; died of exposure; August T. Roche, 46.[61]
–1 Catonsville, Jan 8. Found “frozen to death in his shanty on Powers lane.” Hezekiah Boyce, 90.[62]
–1 Greensboro, ~Jan 14. Exposure to cold at home (Coroner finding); Mary Ellen Baynard.[63]
–1 Keyser area, 19. Freezing. B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) RR brakeman.[64]
Massachusetts ( 4) (Jan 8-15)
–1 Boston, Jan 13. Froze to death in doorway on Wyoming street; Louis Aarons, 82.[65]
–1 Brookline, Jan 8. Car hits pedestrian “in the blinding snow storm.” Miss Mary Hayden.[66]
–1 Gardner, Jan 13. Heart attack “superinduced by exposure to cold weather” (medical examiner).[67]
–1 Lenox area, Jan 15. Exposure; horse and sleigh driver at night; John Gray, 55.[68]
Michigan ( 2) (Jan 19)
–2 State. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “The Weather Conditions.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.[69]
–1 Bedford Township, found Jan 19. Froze to death in home during cold wave; Charles Easy.[70]
–1 Marquette, Humboldt township, Jan 7 report. Exposure; 12 hrs outdoors; L. C. Burnard.[71]
Minnesota ( 4) (Jan 5-18)
–3 State. Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “The Weather Conditions.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
–1 Deer River, Jan 8. Froze to death; logging camp woodsman Andrew West.[72]
–1 Manchester, Jan 6. Heart attack while shoveling snow; A. J. Ashleson.[73]
–1 Pierz area, Jan 18 report of earlier death. Thought to have “frozen to death.” George Seibert.[74]
–1 St. Paul, Jan 8. Exposure or hypothermia — “One death due to the cold…”[75]
–1 St. Paul. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.[76]
Missouri ( 5) (Jan 8-12)
–2 Centralia Sentinel, IL. “Many Deaths…Reported…Intense Cold…Middle West.” 1-8-1912, 1.
–1 Joplin, Jan 12. Exposure contribution to poor health; shack during extreme cold. Eliza Doss, 60.[77]
–1 Kansas City, Jan 12. Hypothermia; body found near dead embers of fire at home; Charles Hart;, 75.[78]
–1 St. Louis County, Jan 6. Exposure; froze hands and feet in farm work; Gus Reinke, 57.[79]
–1 St. Louis County, Jan 6. Pneumonia “resulting from exposure…” George Wasem, 76.[80]
–1 St. Louis, Jan 8. Hypothermia; “frozen in a barn.” Unidentified male.[81]
Montana ( 3) (Jan 1-9)
–1 Bozeman, Jan 1 report. Found “frozen still his cabin…” Harry Quinn.[82]
–2 Java area, Jan 9. Avalanche carries and buries railway rotary snow plow; Smith and Allen.[83]
Nebraska ( 2) (Jan 7)
–1 Holt County, Jan 7. Hypothermia; “frozen to death…in his cabin…” -29°; John Pherson.[84]
–1 Norfolk, Madison County, Jan 10 report. Unidentified person froze to death.[85]
New Jersey ( 2) (Jan 7)
–1 Bridgeton, Jan 6. Froze to death in wagon; peddler William Roray, 49.[86]
–1 Bridgeton, Jan 7 (body found). Hypothermia; “humble home” no heat; Alexander Capinelli, ~70.[87]
New York (31) (Jan 5-22)
–31 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
— 1 Bronx, Jan 14. Froze; watchman; shanty at Carter Ave. construction site; John Conroy, 70.[88]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 5-6. Found dead from cold/exposure, in room in a.m.; Elizabeth Barrrett, 40.[89]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Hypothermia after wandering around So. Brooklyn; Dominick Carlille, 60.[90]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Exposure, walking from home to church; Mrs. Margaret Cronin, 65.[91]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Hypothermia in her room, 123 North Elliott place; Anna Deegan.[92]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Exposure; Lexington and Franklin Avenues; William Donovan, 54.[93]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Mrs. James Gill places baby near stove to keep warm; clothes catch fire.[94]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Exposure/hypothermia; found dead in his Albany Ave. room; George Swenger, 45.[95]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Hypothermia in his room, 391 Hicks Street; Robert Turnbull.[96]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 6. Exposure; died in Kings Co. hospital, Brooklyn; William Van Buren, 43.[97]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 10. Apparent heart attack walking in extreme cold; William Carroll, 72.[98]
— 1 Brooklyn, Jan 10. Apparent heart attack “superinduced by the effect of the cold weather.”[99]
— 3 Fire Island area off Long Island, Jan 5. Duck hunters out during “raging winter gale.”[100]
— 1 Flushing, Jan 14. Hypothermia in crib; home fire goes out overnight; Charles Jenkins, 1.[101]
— 1 Monticello, Jan 17 (body found). Hypothermia death in home; Mrs. Sarah Gavan.[102]
— 1 New York City, Jan 6. Exhaustion exacerbated by intense cold; James Wilson.[103]
— 1 New York City, Jan 7. Unidentified man overcome from exposure on Jan 6; in hospital.[104]
— 1 New York City, Jan 7. Drowning; slipped on ice-covered deck of vessel; fell into water.[105]
— 1 New York City, Jan 8. Exposure;; found dead in a hallway; Patrick Sheehan.[106]
— 1 New York City, Jan 10. Cold and exposure; unidentified man found dead west 57th St.[107]
— 1 NYC, Jan 14. Exposure; taken to hospital with frozen feet and legs; died; John Van Epps.[108]
— 1 NYC, Jan 17. Pneumonia, following cold, following exposure fighting Equitable bldg. fire.[109]
— 1 New York City, Jan 17. Frozen to death, 2-months-old infant of impoverished parents.[110]
— 1 Newburgh, Jan 5. Exposure, temperature had dropped to 4 below; Brayton W. Bennett, 55.[111]
— 1 Queens, Jan 6. Hypothermia in Forest Park Golf house; retired policeman John Bowd, 68.[112]
— 1 Saratoga, Jan 6. Frozen to death; temperatures had dropped to 25 below; John Hassett, 35.[113]
— 1 Somerset, Jan 10. Heart attack; “…extreme cold brought on heart failure.” William A. Shaver, 81.[114]
— 1 South Berne, body found frozen to death Jan 14. Home with no stove; Jerome Vincent.[115]
— 1 Utica, Jan 13. Found “frozen to death” at home at 10 a.m.; William Lobutis, 60.[116]
North Carolina ( 2) (Jan 5)
–2 Off Hatteras, Jan 5. Drownings in gale; seamen swept from US scout cruiser Salem.[117]
North Dakota ( 5) (Jan 10-13)
–3 Fargo. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
–1 Fredonia area, Jan 10. Froze trying to walk home from schoolhouse; Ada Steel, 17.[118]
–1 Valley City. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.
Ohio (14) (Jan 5-18)
–1 Canton, Jan 12. Froze to death outside hospital after discharge; apparently slipped and hit head.[119]
–1 Cincinnati, Jan 7. “…one death here today from cold…”[120]
–1 Cincinnati, Jan 9. Froze to death in “improvised shelter under a barn.” Charles Skinner, 40.[121]
–1 Cincinnati, Jan 13. Heart attack while removing snow on sidewalk at home; Frank Sapp.[122]
–1 Cleveland, Jan 5. Lineman, numbed hands, fell from phone pole; fatally injured; Edward Losher, 40.[123]
–1 Cleveland, Jan 16. Froze outside near home of family where he roomed; Walter King, 36.[124]
–1 Cumminsville/Cincinnati, Jan 5. Slipped and fell on icy sidewalk, hitting head; Mrs. Dona Keyser, 82.[125]
–1 Dayton, Jan 13. Apparent heart attack “caused by trudging in the heavy snow.” Joseph Geiger, 55.[126]
–1 Dayton, Nat. Military Home, Jan 18. Exposure; found in snow just outside the home; August Timme.[127]
–1 Dayton, Jan 13. Apparent heart attack after walking mile through snow; David P. Miller, 36.[128]
–1 Junction City area, Jan 13. Froze in shanty; temp down to -40°; oil well driller named Magee.[129]
–1 Sandusky ~OH Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, Jan 9. Froze to death; Joseph Reif, 78.[130]
–1 Sidney, Jan 12. Found frozen outdoors at foot of stairs to his apartment; Osborn Flowers, 48.[131]
–1 Zanesville, Jan 13. Exposure; “wandered…deliriously, through a biting blizzard…” Anthony Rel.[132]
Oklahoma ( 9) (Jan 9-16)
–9 Evening News, Ada, OK. “Blizzard Claims Nine Victims in Oklahoma.” 1-16-1912, p. 2.
–7 Southwest OK. Lawrence Daily Journal, KS. “Seven Deaths From Cold.” 1-16-1912, p. 3.
–5 Gaymon area. Family of five on farm; four in dugout; father on the road.
–1 Hooker area. Farmer found on a road; Harry Falls.[133]
–1 “Freighter” froze to death enroute from Ochiltree, TX to Liberal, KS.
–2 State. Centralia Sentinel, IL/Nat. News Assn. “Two Frozen to Death in Oklahoma.” 1-9-1912, p.1.
Pennsylvania (31) (Jan 3-18)
–30 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
Breakout of weather-related fatalities by locality:
–2 Brownsville, Jan 8. Drownings; broke through river ice while playing; brothers, 11 & 12.[134]
–1 Columbia, Jan 8. Exposure after accident (hand & foot cut off); W. D. Kochenauer, 26.[135]
–1 Deibler’s Station, Jan 8. Hit by train at crossing; 0°; had ears covered; did not hear train.[136]
–1 East Mahanoy Junction, Pottsville area, Jan 13. Ice cutter found dead; -18° day; Lawrence Knoll.[137]
–1 Franklin, Jan 7. Exposure in shack with no fire; Dr. A.C. Sutton, 80.[138]
–1 Lancaster, Jan 6. Fall on ice near home, hits head, ruptures blood vessel; Benjamin D. Heller, 63.[139]
–1 Lewistown, Jan 15. RR watchman blinded by snowstorm hit by train; Frank McGirk, 69.[140]
–1 Locustdale area. Jan 5. Exposure; miner found frozen sitting against fence on way to work.[141]
–1 New Castle area, Jan 18? Exposure; several-months-old baby put outside to stop crying.[142]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 3. Froze to death; itinerant upholsterer found in open lot; George Sibert, 65.[143]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 3. Froze to death; body found in cellar near home; Edward Tallom, 27,.[144]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 8. Body found frozen, 21st & Somerset; James Garrity, 38.[145]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 8. Slipped on ice fracturing skull; Michael Kenney, 48.[146]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 10. Exposure to cold; sailor on steamer Karoma, after docking; Awang Atun.[147]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 10. Hypothermia; home with no heat; fire burned out; Katherine Quinn, 44.[148]
–1 Philadelphia, Port Richmond, Jan 10. Injuries from fall on icy pavement; William Skelton.[149]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 10. Old age and exposure; Morris Stein, nearly 100-years-old.[150]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 10. Hypothermia/exposure; found dead at home; Morris Urian, 46.[151]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 12. Exposure to cold; found frozen in snow; Joseph Folwell, 32.[152]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 12. Exposure to cold; Martin Morrisey, p. 58.[153]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 12. Heart attack? “…exhausted by exposure to the snow and cold, collapsed.”[154]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 12. Froze to death, Bradford’s blacksmith’s shop; Frank Shields, 39.[155]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 14. Exposure; Found dead Chadwick st. wood yard; John Anderson, 43.[156]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 14. Hypothermia; froze in kitchen of home; Michael Burns, 45.[157]
–1 Philadelphia, Jan 14. Exposure; homeless man found dead in a stable; William Harding, 75.[158]
–1 Pottsville, Jan 5. Exposure; man falls, fractures leg, not able to get up; Fred O. Liebner, 42.[159]
–1 Pottsville, Jan 13. Elderly man found “frozen stiff” on sidewalk at home, -12° temp.; John Ball.[160]
–1 South Bethlehem, Jan 9. Accident; slips on ice; falls under wheels of train; Henry Shinlever, 55.[161]
–1 Westmont, Jan 9. Boy mail carrier in high wind and “severe cold” ear muffs; hit by train.[162]
–1 York, Jan 14. Found frozen to death after falling down stone steps at bridge; Harry Peterman, 45.[163]
Tennessee ( 1) (Jan 8)
–1 Memphis, Jan 8. Froze to death in small flag shanty while napping; RR clerk Henry Paul.[164]
Texas (10) (Jan 6-13)
–10 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
Breakout of Texas winter weather related fatalities by locality:
–1 Caldwell, Cookes Point section, Jan 6. “…overcome by the cold…” Elderly man.[165]
–1 Dallas. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, p1.[166]
–1 Dennison. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.
–1 Fannin, Jan 6. Exposure in open wagon between Victoria and Fannin; William Simpson, 30.[167]
–2 San Antonia, Jan 7 (bodies found). Hypothermia; Miles Lindley, 72 and Ralph Miller, 68.[168]
–1 Sanderson. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.
–1 Sherman. Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, p.1.
–1 Waco area, Cameron farm, Jan 12 (body found). Froze to death overnight; Lucy Record, ~90.[169]
–1 One of above localities — reporting was that 6 people froze to death in these five localities.
Utah ( 4) (Jan 7-14)
–1 Salt Lake City area, Jan 14 (body found). “Frozen to death…” Chas. H. Reagan.[170]
–3 South Blacksmith Fork Canyon near Paradise, Jan 7. Snowslide; Morris, Miles and Ellis.[171]
Vermont ( 1) (Jan 13-14)
–1 Burlington, overnight Jan 13-14. Exposure; fell outside home, “unable to rise,” Adolphus Grovereau, 76.[172]
Virginia ( 3) (Jan 13-16)
–1 Danville, Jan 15 (body found on a street). Froze to death; John Powell, 45.[173]
–1 Norfolk, Jan 16. Found frozen to death in Main street house; M. Reifkovitz, 62.[174]
–1 Staunton, Jan 13. Exposure; fell from horse breaking leg, could not move away; J.L. Beard.[175]
West Virginia ( 1) (Jan 18)
–1 Sistersville, ~Jan 18. Exposure; Charles G. Bishop, 72.[176]
Wisconsin ( 8) (Jan 4-14)
–8 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
–4 Int. News Service. “Four Freeze to Death.” Joplin Morning Tribune, MO, 1-6-1912, p. 5.
–2 By Jan 8. Centralia Sentinel, IL. “Many Deaths…Intense Cold…Middle West.” 1-8-1912, 1.
Breakout of Wisconsin winter weather related fatalities by locality:
–1 Doylestown, Jan 5. Hypothermia at home; Mrs. L. Collerhan.[177]
–1 Green Bay, Jan 4. Froze to death; unidentified person.[178]
–1 Kenosha, Jan 6. Stove fire reported as “The first death as a result of the extreme weather…”[179]
–1 Kenosha, Jan 14. Apparent effects of multiple days of exposure; power house; J. Muldoon.[180]
–1 Loganville, Jan 10 rpt. Froze to death in home; impoverished family; Mrs. Christina Kolsack.[181]
–1 Mason Smith’s mill between Upson and Iron Belt, Jan 18. Exposure; Charles Lindbeck, 62.[182]
–1 Milwaukee, Jan 5. Exposure; found on street, hands and feet frozen; died in hospital; Selzer.[183]
–1 Pardeeville area, Jan 4. Found frozen to death; Louis Stebbins.[184]
Narrative Information
General, U.S.
Jan 5: “….Winter took a firmer grip upon the entire county last night, and there are no signs of moderation. All over the Northwest and Great Lakes region much lower temperatures were record, below zero prevailing in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and the Dakotas. The coldest spots in the United States were Moosehead, Minn., and Devil’s Lake, N.D., each of which reported 24 below. The coldest spot in Canada, so far reported, was Winnipeg, with 30 below. The warmest spot on the United States map was Tampa, Fla., with 62 above. Indianapolis was 12 degrees colder than Cincinnati. In Chicago this morning it was 10 below with a foot of snow on the ground. Schools are being closed in Kansas and trains abandoned in Colorado because of the intensely cold weather and snow drifts. Fifteen persons were frozen to death at various points.” (Bedford Daily Mail, IN. “Delayed By Snow.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 10: “An extensive snow covering overlies the country, reaching as far southward as southern Tennessee, central Arkansas, southern Kansas and northern Texas. Depths of from 10 to 14 inches are reported in Iowa and in portions of the Lake region from 4 to 7 inches over the upper Missouri valley, Nebraska and Kansas, and from 1 to 3 inches over the reminder of the great central valleys. The map today shows a varied condition of air pressure, including an extensive storm or ‘Low’ on the Atlantic coast, and another developing in the Rocky mountain region. A ‘High’ is pushing down from the Canada border and another on the Gulf coast. The cold has continued with but little change in the northern portions, except in the eastern sections, where more moderate temperatures prevail, with heavy rainfalls. The Gulf states are also moderate in temperature. Elsewhere minus figures still prevail. Devil’s Lake registers -24; Grand Forks, -26; and it is -30 to -32 in north-western Canada.” (Hutchinson, J.C. “The Weather Conditions.” Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL, 1-10-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 11-12: “Kansas City, Jan. 12 — Not in 25 years has the southwest experienced such weather conditions as early today. Although a blizzard which swept western Kansas, northern Oklahoma and southern Missouri yesterday at forty-mile speed, abated, the mercury dropped twenty degrees below zero here at 8 o’clock to-day.” (Associated Press. “Middle West Is Coldest In Past 25 Years.” Orange County Times-Press, Middletown, NY. 1-19-1912, p. 2.)
Arizona
Jan 8: “Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 8–Cold wave sweeping the entire southwest, shattering all records. Six below following by snow storm. Two men are reported frozen to death.” (Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
District of Columbia
Jan 13: “Washington, Jan. 13.– Great suffering among the city’s poor today from zero weather in Washington. At 9 o’clock today the government mercury registered zero and at noon it was eight above.” (Evening Observer, Dunkirk, NY. “Shivering From The Cold.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 14: “Washington, Jan. 14.–The National Capital shivered to-day in the grasp of a cold wave which drove the mercury at the Weather Bureau down to 13 below zero, within two degrees of the record temperature, 15 below, on Feb. 11, 1898. The city for days had felt the sting of the frigid wave that has swept the entire Atlantic seaboard, but the lowest temperature was not reached until 6 o’clock this morning. The intensity of the cold was dissipated to-night, the thermometer registering 17 above at 8 o’clock…” (New York Times. “Vermont Felt 26 Below…Washington, D.C., Registered 13 Below.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
Georgia
Jan 5: “Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.–Atlanta and a large territory surrounding is shivering in bitter cold which came yesterday after a week of rain. Thermometers here registered 23 degrees at 7 o’clock, only two degrees higher than the season’s record.” (Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning. The Country Generally in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13.–Snow covers the greater part of Georgia and the southern and western portion of the Carolinas. At Charleston, S.C., the first snow in eleven years fell. Business was practically suspended, so that all might witness the unusual spectacle. About four inches of snow covers Atlanta–the hardest fall in nine years. Charlotte, N.C. has seven inches; Columbia, S.C., Macon and Augusta, Ga., about three; Jacksonville, Fla., reports the temperature falling rapidly. Street car and railroad traffic is hindered.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Snow in Georgia and Carolina.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.)
Illinois
Jan 5: “Chicago, Jan. 5.–Chicago shivered today before the iciest blast that has visited the city in two years. Zero weather for the first time this winter came in early last evening before a driving northwest wind that continued to send the mercury downward until 2 o’clock this morning when six degrees below was reached. At that hour the gale subsided somewhat and four hours later it was three degrees warmer. In the government bureau no relief was held out, Forecaster Cox making the prediction that the temperature might go to 10 degrees below zero during the day.
“The bitter blast found Chicago’s poor unprepared. The municipal lodging house accommodated 750 men, 300 more than its ordinary capacity. When all beds were filled, bunks were made on the floors. When the last inch of space was taken, 100 more who could not be accommodated were sent to police stations. Two men were found on the streets by policemen badly frozen and were sent to hospitals. By a coincidence one year ago today was the coldest day of the year in Chicago.
“Scores of persons were driven into the streets, two buildings destroyed, and three families were made homeless by a fire on the south side early today. At one time the flames threatened to wipe out an entire block. All of the water plugs in the immediate vicinity of the blaze were frozen and water was obtained from plugs three blocks away. Water was frozen in the hose bursting it. An attempt to thaw out a frozen water pipe caused the fire.” (Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning. The Country Generally in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 8: “Chicago, Jan. 8.–After hanging below zero for seventy-two hours, a heavy snow commenced this forenoon, which is delaying all kinds of traffic. At noon today the mercury was eight above in the tower of the weather man. It is announced that it will get below zero again tonight. The storm now raging is of vast extent and is sweeping over the entire middle west. Twenty-two deaths have been reported in this city due to the cold weather.” (National News Assoc. “Many Deaths Are Reported Due to the Intense Cold Throughout Middle West.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 10: “Chicago, Jan. 10. This city and the entire middle west have enjoyed a brief respite from the below-zero weather, today. The mercury has been above zero for several hours, but the predictions from the northwest are such that it will likely go scurrying downward again tonight. A severe cold and storm is headed this way from the northwest, and as it is a gale, it will probably reach Chicago and vicinity tonight or early tomorrow. The snow is falling in great depth over the Dakotas and Northern Wisconsin. Many trains are tied up and it is feared lives have been lost. Two more deaths from the cold in this city were reported today, bringing the total for Chicago up to 22.” (Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “More Cold Weather…” 1-10-1912, p.1.)
Jan 11: “Springfield, Ill., Jan. 11.–A snow storm, approaching the proportions of a blizzard, and accompanied by a 20-mile an hour wind, swept down upon Springfield today. The temperature suddenly dropped from 20 above zero to 3 below at 7 o’clock tonight. The snow is drifting badly and all trains into the city are from a half hour to five hours behind their schedules.” (Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Chicago, Jan. 13.–Fifteen below was recorded last night, the coldest in forty years. Thirty deaths have occurred in Chicago during the week because of the cold. Food prices are soaring.” (Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “World In Brief.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.)
Indiana
Jan 4-6: “Ten degrees below zero, the lowest mercury record in Logansport in two years, was in prospect at 2 o’clock this morning. The temperature was then falling, according to the best reports, a little more than a degree an hour. At 2 o’clock the government thermometer at Longcliff hospital stood at five degrees below zero, three degrees lower than it had stood at the same hour on the previous night. The mercury mark had then dropped almost four degrees since midnight and gave every indication of continuing its downward course. The lowest mark on Thursday morning [4th] by the Longcliff instrument was 4 degrees below zero. That mark had been exceeded by one degree at the last reading this morning. To add to the discomfort of the situation weather bulletins last night predicted a continuance of the cold wave with increased cloudiness and snow by tonight…
“The cold which envelopes the city and county is not a local matter. A resume of general conditions received by the Tribune in a dispatch late last night announced that cold weather records for the year, and in many instances for many years, were broken yesterday, or will be broken by the succeeding twenty-four hours in the territory within a 1,000 mile radius of the great lakes, according to the predictions issued by the Chicago weather bureau….” (Logansport Daily Tribune, IN. “Ten Below Zero Record of Cold Expected Today.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 7, Logansport: “With the mercury of the U.S. government thermometer at Longcliff registering 7 degrees below zero at 2 o’clock this morning, and no relief promised by the weather bureau, Logansport awakes this morning to another of the coldest days. The thermometer dropped 7 degrees from 6 last night to 2 this morning. During the morning yesterday the cold snap abated owing to the snow which fell without cessation all morning. From 6 a.m. until noon the mercury stood at 7 degrees above zero and slowly crawled downward and at 6 o’clock it registered 1 above zero. At 8 o’clock the mercury had crawled to 3 degrees below nad by 10:30 the thermometer registered 5 below. At 12 o’clock it registered 6 below, at 2 o’clock, 7 below and still going down. The demand for plumbers and coal dealers has been large for several days and wagons of the coal companies were upon the streets rushing fuel to fires that had burned low because of a failure to anticipate the advent of the cold wave.
“Lake Cicott is covered with a coating of ice seven inches thick and the Panhandle railroad company will begin cutting ice tomorrow….” (Logansport Journal, IN. “7 Below Zero At 2 A.M.; Still Colder Today.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.)
Iowa
Jan 4: “Cold Hits Cedar Rapids. Dark clouds and a fierce northwest wind swept south from Minneapolis today towards Cedar Rapids, causing an extreme increase in the chill of the atmosphere, and dropping the mercury ten degrees within two hours at some places. The mercury was 5 below here this morning….
“Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 4–Nine below at 7 o’clock.” (Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Cold Has Iowa in Its Grip.” 1-4-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 6: “Paralyzed freight traffic and badly delayed and abandoned passenger trains today continued on the railroads running through Cedar Rapids, the officials and railroad men being unable to conquer the terrific attack of Jack Frost. The intensity of the cold not only increased greatly here and in the north, but made a strong sweep southward giving even Burlington a bad chill. Early this morning Rock Island railroad thermometers registered as follows:
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Iowa Falls, 20 below.
Decorah, 20 below.
Cedar Rapids, 17 below.
West Liberty, 12 below.
Burlington, 12 below.
“The mercury kept dropping rapidly in the southern cities of Iowa since midnight. At twelve o’clock last night Burlington had only 5 below against 12 below early this morning. West Liberty had 10 below against 12 below this morning. With only a range of five degrees, the maximum being 16 degrees and minimum 11 degrees below zero of the past twenty-four hours according to the government thermometer, made for Cedar Rapids one of the severest continued cold spells that has been experienced in a log time. The mean temperature was 13½….” (Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Mercury Falls Lower With No Relief In Sight.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 8: “”Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 8.–The cold wave began to abandon Des Moines and central Iowa today, when the temperatures moved upward around the zero point. It was five below at 9 o’clock.” (Muscatine Journal, IA. “Cold Wave Abandoning Iowa.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 11: “Des Monies, Ia., Jan. 11.–Snow, driven by a strong wind, swept over Iowa today. The government thermometer here tonight registered 16 degrees below zero and it expected to sink to twenty degrees below before morning.” (Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Kansas
Jan 4: “Ness City, Jas., Jan. 4….At least four persons are known to have frozen to death in this section of western Kansas since the heavy snow and cold wave came a week ago.” (Fort Wayne Sentinel, IN. “Dog Notifies of Death.” 1-4-1912, p. 5.)
Jan 8: “Salina Kas., Jan. 8–Lowest temperatures in many years throughout Kansas early today. Twenty-eight below zero here. Foot of snow covers the state and much suffering.” (Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 12: “Kansas City, Jan. 12.–Not for twenty-five years has the southwest experienced such severe winter conditions as yesterday and today. The thermometer here registered twenty below at eight o’clock this morning. Although the blizzard, the worst since eighteen eighty-six abated today, the mercury over the entire district dropped to the lowest of the season. It was thirty-five degrees below zero at Sioux City this morning.
“The Provident Association here announced that unless heavy contributions were received immediately freezing and starvation would result to hundreds here. The threatened famine in western Kansas has assumed a most serious aspect. Not since noon Thursday [Jan 11] has a train passed over the Santa Fe or Rock Island between Hutchinson and Dodge City or Hutchinson and Liberal. Near Kingman on the Santa Fe six locomotives are stalled in a cut. The crews deserted them and sought shelter at the nearest homes. In some towns the railroads are dividing fuel with the citizens to prevent suffering.
“Twenty below zero here was the lowest January reading known to the local Weather Bureau. Readings ranged from six below at Oklahoma City to forty-two below at Huron, S.D. Dodge City was eighteen below. Fort Smith, Arkansas zero. The cold wave spread to the Texas coast where Corpus Christi was startled by a temperature of twenty-six above and snow driven by a high wind. The mercury at Topeka registered nineteen below. A fuel famine is threatened there. No train has reached or departed from Hutchinson, Kansas since yesterday. The coal supply is short there also. Twenty degrees below was registered at Lawrence Kansas. The University will remain closed until after Monday on account of lack of coal.” (Associated Press. “This Cold Snap Getting Serious. Weather Conditions in Kansas Worse Than For 25 Years.” Iola Daily Register, KS, 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Kentucky
Jan 11: “Louisville, Ky., Jan. 11.–With almost the proportions of a blizzard a snow storm has been raging over Kentucky since this morning. The temperature was expected to reach zero before morning. Snow lies to a depth of six inches and over on the level and in Louisville and other cities traffic is blocked and street car service crippled.” (Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Maryland
Jan 12: “Baltimore, Jan. 12.–Baltimore is in the grip of a blizzard today. Snow has been falling since early yesterday afternoon and the weather bureau promises no relief for the next two days. At eight o’clock this morning four inches of snow covered the city. There is intense suffering among the poorer classes. Traffic is badly hampered.” (Evening Times, Cumberland, MD. “Blizzard Hits Baltimore.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Baltimore, Md., Jan. 13.–For the first time in thirteen years the temperature here today dropped to zero. In view of the suffering entailed by the severe weather the police department suspended its rule not to allow funds, coal or provisions to be distributed from station houses, and supplies and other provisions were distributed from the stations throughout the day.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Baltimore’s Coldest in 13 Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.)
Jan 14: “Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14.–Two degrees below zero was the temperature recorded at the weather bureau here from 6 to 8 o’clock this morning. The mercury steadily rose during the day, however, until a maximum of 20 degrees above zero was recorded at 6 o’clock tonight. The weather bureau thermometer at Frederick, Md., marked 23 degrees below zero today.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “23 Below at Frederick, Md.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
Jan 20: “A moderate cold wave, such as the weather man saw heading toward Frederick, arrived during the night. The mercury was chilled by it to 14 degrees above zero, which was considerably colder than the night before when the thermometer at no hour registered as low as the freezing point. The cold air froze up things and prevented the snow, which rapidly melted yesterday, from entirely running away. On the roads and streets the slush froze solid and saved sleighing for a while…” (Daily News, Frederick, MD. “Mercury Chilled to 14 Degrees.” 1-20-1912, p. 3.)
Massachusetts
Jan 13-14: “King Winter took his toll in Boston yesterday [Jan 13], death and intense suffering making memorable the coldest day this city has known in five years. The coldest hours were from 5 to 8 o’clock yesterday morning, the thermometer registering five degrees below zero. We will have a cold Sunday [14th] but it will be somewhat warmer.
“Not alone Boston, but all New England as well, was in the grip of winter, for from all parts of the eastern section came reports of troubles of all kinds brought about by the great and penetrating cold. There is a prediction that the temperature will slowly rise today, but up to a late hour last night the thermometer was steadily falling.
“With his coat collar turned about his ears, in a pitiful attempt to keep warm, Louis Aarons, 82 years old, was found frozen to death in a doorway at 8 Wyoming street early yesterday morning.
“All day yesterday the hospitals about th city were kept busy attending to cases of men, women and children who came in frostbitten. Up to 10 p.m. 66 cases of frostbite had been reported at the various hospitals. Until late into the night they were added to a the thermometer sank lower.
“Last night in the Roxbury district the intense cold so affected the gas pipes that many of the householders were obliged to use lamps and candles for illumination. The feeble glow of candles was by no means uncommon, an official of the gas company explaining that the frost had at last entered the pipes, in many instances rendering them practically useless. It is said to be the first time in the history of the city that such a thing has occurred. Last night employees of the gas company, despite the biting cold, worked with all possible speed to restore the service as much as possible, for a number of takers depend on gas for heat as well as light….
“The greatest suffering abut the city was reported among the poor. Insufficient fuel and clothing brought forth a demand from Mayor Fitzgerald that the overseers of the poor use all the available resources of the department to furnish fuel and warm wearing apparel for the needy….
“From Gloucester came the report early in the day that the harbor was frozen over for miles, to an extent but once recorded in 40 years. In some places in Gloucester the temperature fell to 15 degrees below zero, while the average temperature was from 8 to 10 degrees below the zero mark. Ice froze in the harbor to a depth of 4 inches and extended over a large area. By dint of strenuous efforts tugs managed to keep open a narrow channel, possibly 25 feet in width, for the passage of shipping. The ferryboat was caught in the ice at East Gloucester and was unable to make headway. Men who have been along the water front for many years say that it has been 40 years since a cold wave of the present strength has visited that section of Massachusetts….” (Boston Post. “Warmer Weather Is Expected Today.” 1-14-1912, p. 1.)
Minnesota
Jan 5: “Duluth, Minn., Jan. 5.–Street thermometers this morning showed 33 to 35 below zero. A slow north wind is blowing. This is the coldest day of the winter. Duluth to-day is said by the weather bureau to be the coldest place in the United States. (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Records Broken–Predict Still Lower Temperatures.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 6: “Virginia, Minn., Jan. 11.–The last cold spell in this section was a record breaker. It was 45 below zero here last Saturday morning [Jan 6], which gave Virginia the distinction of being the coldest point in North America…” (Saturday Blade, Chicago. “45 Below at Virginia, Minn.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.)
Jan 8: “Minneapolis, Jan. 8.–With the mercury hovering around 22 below zero Minneapolis experienced a fire loss of more than $175,000, the most disastrous conflagration since the destruction of the Syndicate block nine months ago, when the loss aggregated more than a million dollars.” (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN. “With Mercury 22 Below.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 8: “St. Paul, Jan. 8.–One death due to the cold, several persons severely frostbitten …marked the eighth day of the cold spell which has broken all records for duration in St. Paul since 1873, when the local weather bureau was established.” (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN. “Cold Spell Breaks Records.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 11: “Minneapolis, Jan 11.–The thermometer got down to 27 degrees below zero here last night. The advices from the west and north are that there is no change for the warmer in sight, and the present wave seems to extend from the frozen plains of the British Northwest to the plains of Texas, and may yet grow colder. The suffering is beyond description and many fuel yards are out of supplies. Following temperatures are below zero: Cook, Minn., 56 degrees; Cusson, Minn., 40; Duluth, 34; Moorehead, Minn., 24….” (National News Assn. “Cold Reaches From Canada to Mexico.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-11-1912, p. 1.)
Missouri
Jan 7: “….From Kansas City is reported the lowest temperatures in many years over Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, causing intense suffering among the poor and heavy losses to farmers from frozen live stock and ruined orchards. Light snows fell over most of Missouri and Kansas, demoralizing train and street car service. In Kansas City the temperature dropped to 14 below, the coldest in many years. There was practically no gas pressure. Every lodging house in the city was crowded to capacity. Every train arriving was several hours late.
“Two deaths from cold were reported in St. Louis county. George Wasem, 76 years of age, died of pneumonia, resulting from exposure, after he had obtained shelter in a friend’s home, and Gus Reinke, a wealthy farmer, 57, succumbed after freezing his hands and feet by working on his farm until late in the afternoon. The thermometer in St. Louis registered 3 below zero.
“At Jefferson City, Mo., it was 10 below and snowing, with street car traffic stopped. Zero weather, with some points reporting even lower temperatures, is general throughout the state….” (Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Low Temperature Continues in the Northwest.” 1-7-1912, p. 2.)
Jan 11: “St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 11.–This city was in the grip of the worst blizzard of the winter tonight. At 8 o’clock, with the temperature 1 degree below zero, a 25-mile wind was blowing a blinding snow storm which had raged all day. At that time the fall registered 3.8 inches, with no prospects of abatement.” (Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “St. Louis, Jan. 13.–Official records for the twelfth day of the cold wave in this city show 16 degrees below zero as the climax, the wave from the north having now passed to the southeast…Northwest Missouri reports a new cold wave record established and a coal famine imminent….” (Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
Montana
Jan 5: “Kalispell, Jan. 5.–Snowfall unparalleled in years has marked the past 20 hours and the mercury is slowly creeping down to zero. Stiff winds blew for a few hours today and the country roads are almost impassable….” (Helena Daily Independent, MT. “Heavy Snows At Kalispell.” 1-6-1912, p. 2.)
Nebraska
Jan 7: “Norfolk, Neb., Jan 8.–John Pherson, a pioneer in Holt county, was frozen to death yesterday in his cabin, where he lived alone. The mercury here yesterday reached the lowest point in 13 years, 29 degrees below zero. Early today it stood at 14 below. This is the fifteenth consecutive day, save one, that the temperature was at zero or lower in Norfolk.” (Muscatine Journal, IA. “Man Found Frozen to Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
New Hampshire
Jan 4-6: “Proceeded by a north-east snow storm, the real cold wave of the winter arrived on Thursday night [Jan 4], and although the fall of snow was small, the wind which during Friday afternoon shifted north and increased to a gale, drifted it in some places into sizeable drifts. With the shift in the wind there was a steady drop in the thermometer and at one o’clock this morning it was but ten above zero and the glass falling all of the time, with zero weather in sight by daylight. The cold was intensified by the gale of wind which prevailed during the night, which at times reached fifty miles an hour. No damage was reported other than a few branches blown from trees. The wind being off shore there was no shipping endangered but it was a wild night for the life saving crews along the coast….” (Portsmouth Daily Herald, NH. “Cold Wave Comes with Gale of Wind.” 1-6-1912, p. 5.)
Jan 6-8: “The coldest weather of the winter was recorded on Saturday night [Jan 6] and Sunday. The cold wave which arrived Friday in front of a howling north-west storm, continued over Sunday and this morning promises to be even colder. The high wind went down Saturday night, which made a material difference in the effects of the cold, but it did not result in any rise in temperature, nor after the wind went down the temperature dropped gradually until at six o-clock Sunday morning it was six below in several places. At the police station it was six below and up on the Square four below. Sunday there was a rise in the temperature and for a time it was overcast and there was a rise in the temperature and for a time it was overcast and there was some snow fall, but during the day the sky cleared and the thermometer began to drop with the sun and it was zero at six o’clock. At midnight at the police station it was six below and the temperature was dropping all of the time….” (Portsmouth Daily Herald, NH. “Cold Wave Breaks Record.” 1-8-1912, p. 5.)
New Jersey
Jan 9: “When Camdenites awoke yesterday [9th] they found the streets and sidewalks like glass. In fact, everything was coated. Those compelled to go out to work failed to appreciate conditions because it was a constant slip and slide, many being severely injured….As an evidence of the power of the gale that came out of the northwest, a large bulk window at the store of Blank Brothers, at Fifty and Walnut streets, was blown into small pieces. Many overhanging signs, fences and chimneys were demolished, pedestrians having narrow escapes….” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Camden in Grip of Sleet and Ice.” 1-10-1912, p. 3.)
Jan 13: “Camden experience the coldest day in many years yesterday. In the city proper there were thermometers which registered zero, while in the suburbs, such as Collingswood and Westmont, the mercury went as low as 10 degrees below….” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Camden in the Zero Zone.” 1-14-1912, p. 7.)
New Mexico
Jan 11: “El Paso, Tex., Jan. 11.–The present winter is the most severe ever known in this latitude. The reports from the ranges of Texas and New Mexico are that thousands of cattle are dead, due to freezing. This is the coldest weather ever experienced in New Mexico and the ground is covered with a heavy snowfall. Many homes were not equipped fro such weather and the suffering is intense and many makeshift heating plants are being installed.” (National News Assn. “Cold Reaches From Canada to Mexico.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-11-1912, p. 1.)
New York
Jan 5: “New York, Jan. 5.–The coldest weather of the winter swept upon Greater New York to-day on the wings of a gale howling down from the Northwest at 48 miles an hour. The mercury attained its lowest point about 7:30 A.M., when the thermometer of the weather bureau registered 15 degrees above zero. Then it began almost imperceptibly to climb. Zero weather for to-night is predicted. There is much suffering among the poor.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Zero Predicted for New York.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Rochester, Jan. 5.–A fall of 20 degrees in temperature during the night has set all Rochester shivering. The thermometer registered 10 degrees above zero this morning and is still falling.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Rochester Shivering.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Schenectady, Jan. 5.–The thermometer registered 13 above at 8 A.M. to-day and the ice on the Mohawk river is over six inches thick.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Records Broken–Predict Still Lower Temperatures.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 6: “Utica, Jan. 6.–Fourteen below zero was the temperature in this city at 7 A.M. to-day. Because of the extreme cold there is intense suffering among the poor…” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…Causes Deaths in New York.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 10: “New York, Jan. 10.–This city has been shivering from the cold for three days and now comes the weather report that we will have below zero again tonight. Two deaths reported today and the suffering is great in the slum districts.” (Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “More Cold Weather…” 1-10-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Fishkill Landing, N.Y., Jan 13.–With the mercury ranging from 14 to 24 degrees below zero, this vicinity of the state is experiencing the coldest weather in ten years. The Hudson river has been frozen from Albany to Yonkers since Monday [Jan 8], the only opening being the ferry channel between Newburgh and this town….” (Evening Observer, Dunkirk, NY. “Shivering From The Cold.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 14-15: “The promised rise in the temperature came yesterday morning [Jan 14]. It was 11 degrees above zero at 6 o’clock, 12 above at 11 o’clock, and 26 above at 1:45 P.M., which was the highest temperature of the day. At 5 o’clock the temperature had dropped to 16 degrees, but it rose to 21 an hour later, and at midnight the thermometer registered 23.
“According to the Weather Man there is another storm passing through the West which will get here to-day, with more cold weather and snow. The snow started to fall at midnight….
“Mrs. Agnew Wilson, 90 years old, and her sister, Mrs. Eliza Roddy, 70 years old, both widows of veterans of the civil war, were nearly asphyxiated at their home at 477 East 144th Street, yesterday through gas which escaped after the pipes had been frozen and thawed out….
“Edward Munday, who has been staying at the Municipal Lodging House for the past three days, was taken to Bellevue Hospital yesterday with both arms frost-bitten up to the elbows. Supt. Yorke gave him a ticket on Friday to the Larkin Contracting Company in East Sixteenth Street, which have him work shoveling snow. When he returned from work on Saturday night his hands were frozen.
“John Van Epps, an elevator engineer, who was taken from his home, 386 Sixth Avenue, on Saturday to Bellevue Hospital, suffering from frozen feet and legs, died there yesterday….
“The Hudson River was frozen over at Hastings for the first time since 1892, and hundreds of young people crossed on skates and on foot over to Mount St. Vincent….Newark Bay was frozen over between Bayonne and Elizabeth and all navigation has been suspended. New York Bay is also frozen a mile from the shore and hundreds skated all day on both bays….” (New York Times. “Another Cold Wave Coming This Way.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
North Carolina
Jan 5: “Norfolk, Va., Jan. 6.–With her superstructure severely damaged, machinery disarranged, and two seamen lost, the scout cruiser Salem, accompanied by the other battleships of the Atlantic fleet, was reported to-day by wireless as on her way to Hampton Roads. The fleet was caught last night in the blizzard off Hatteras and not a ship escaped damage. Every small boat in the Salem except a small gig is reported swept away, the port railing gone, and not a davit remains. Tossed by huge seas, the cruiser’s machinery was disarranged and she is unable to more than creep along. Several of her men were injured besides those lost….” (New York Times. “Atlantic Fleet Hit by Gale; Men Drown.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.)
Ohio
Jan 5: “Cleveland, Jan. 5.–The bitter cold caused one death and probably fatal attempt at suicide here today. Edward Losher, 40, a lineman, his hands numbed, was blown from a telephone pole and sustained injuries in a 35-foot fall from which he died later. John Ziegler, 34, chilled and despondent, cut his throat and ankles with a pocket knife on the rear steps of an East 57th street house. He is expected to die. The day is the coldest since 1897 [unclear], the temperature ranging from 2 below to 2 above.” (Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning. The Country Generally in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Columbus, Jan. 5.–In the throes of the worst blizzard of the winter all Ohio is today shivering, with the thermometer ranging from 10 above zero to 6 below at different points. A light snowfall of the consistency of salt, fell throughout this section last night. A biting northwestern wind blowing more than 20 miles an hour is helping to keep the temperature down.” (Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning. The Country Generally in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5, Piqua: “Four degrees below zero in the city and six in the country is the report on the mercury at its lowest point today. At eight o’clock it stood at this point and gradually arose. There were peeks of the sun during the morning, but the wind was a trifle too sharp for one to turn exposed noses and ears to its rays….At no time during last year did the temperature fall as low as today and there have been few times within two years when there has been as cold weather….” (Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Below Zero This Morning.” 1-5-1912, p. 8.)
Jan 11: “Cairo, Ill.–A severe snow blizzard was raging in this section tonight. The Ohio river was running full of ice and the Mississippi river was blocked. Snow crippled street car service.” (Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
Oklahoma
Jan 8: “Oklahoma City, Jan. 8.–The cold wave from the north for the past two days has done untold injury to this section to man and beast. The mercury has hovered at five below zero and two deaths from freezing are reported and five others will die. Many cattle are reported dying on the ranges, as such intense cold is very uncommon in this latitude.” (Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL/National News Assn. “Two Frozen to Death in Oklahoma.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 15: “Dalhart, Tex., Jan. 15.–Meager reports from ‘No Man’s Land’ over the Texas border of Oklahoma, brings the information that seven persons have been frozen to death there during the recent blizzard. According to the reports which come mostly by crippled telephone service, a family of five and two others are reported among the dead. Citizens of Guymon, Okla., are said to have discovered the family frozen, on a farm. Four of them had died from cold in a dug-out. The father apparently, had started after supplies, and was found a short distance away. Everything in the house had been burned, including the bedding, in their fight against the cold.
“Harry Falls, who lived three miles from Hooker, Okla., was frozen to death while returning home with supplies.
“A freighter whose name is not known, was frozen to death between Liberal, Kansas, and Ochiltree, Tex.
“Other families in that section are reported to have moved from one room to another in their homes, burning the furniture in each room as they moved about the house.
“An unconfirmed report is to the effect that a family had started in an open wagon for Guymon, Okla., and met death in the blizzard….” (Evening News, Ada, OK. “Blizzard Claims Nine Victims in Oklahoma.” 1-16-1912, p. 2.)
Jan 18: “Eastern Oklahoma has had some blizzard and for ten consecutive days she resisted the inclemencies [sic] of the winter’s blasts…Muskogee is full of frozen pipes and ‘busted’ connections for which the plumbers are giving thanks daily…” (Muskogee County Republican and Fort Gibson Post, Muskogee, OK. “Some Blizzard.” 1-18-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 18: “Oklahoma City–All Oklahoma is suffering as a result of one of the worst blizzards in the history of the southwest. At 11 o’clock Thursday night[185] the mercury registered 3 degrees below zero and was still tumbling. It was announced by J. P. Slaughter, the Observer at the local weather bureau, that it might reach ten below before morning. Traffic on the Rock Island west of Oklahoma City was completely paralyzed and all trains stopped for the night. It was said that a train due here last night was snowbound and tied up in Texas….
“At Beaver, Okla., 18 below is reported, with snow two feet deep for the past three weeks and great suffering and widespread loss among cattle, especially young steers and range cows….” (The New Era, Fort Gibson, OK. “Blizzard Holds Complete Sway.” 1-18-1912, p. 2.)
Pennsylvania
Jan 4-5: “Erie, Pa., Jan. 5.–Erie is snowbound. The worst storm of the year reached this city early last evening and this morning the city streets are practically blocked; the mercury has reached zero and is rapidly dropping. The suburban cars are all blocked.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Records Broken–Predict Still Lower Temperatures.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Philadelphia, Jan. 5.–A blizzard, bringing with it the coldest weather of the winter, struck Philadelphia early to-day. It was accompanied by high wind and a storm of snow. However, when the temperature dropped the snow stopped falling. The cold weather is causing much suffering.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Suffering in Philadelphia.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Pittsburg, Jan. 5.–The thermometer this morning registered 4 degrees above zero with the promise of a further decline due to the cold blast from the West.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Records Broken–Predict Still Lower Temperatures.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 6: “Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 6.–This was the coldest day of the year in this section. The thermometer registered 8 degrees below zero in exposed places.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Eight Below in Mahanoy City,” 1-7-1912, p. 2.)
Jan 8: “Shenandoah, Pa., Jan. 8.–The temperature here this morning was four degrees below zero. Later a blizzard set in, which increased as the day advanced, interrupting trolley service and delaying trains, which ran an hour late….” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Blizzard Visits Shenandoah.” 1.9.1912, p. 3.)
Jan 9: “Corry, Pa., Jan. 9.–Sweeping down from the northwest with a sixty-mile gale behind it, a howling blizzard has northwestern Pennsylvania in its grasp. The centre seems to be in this city, where the snow drifted badly and the mercury fell below zero. All business is almost at a standstill. Only those forced to go out left their homes today. Rural mail carriers were compelled to turn back and street car service was tied up. Trains on all roads were late.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Blizzard in the Northwest.” 1-10-1912, p. 6.)
Jan 10-11: “With little change in the atmospheric conditions the cold weather will continue during the next twenty-four hours…according to the observations taken at the local weather bureau [Philadelphia]. The severity of the cold will be diminished it is expected by the absence of the winds. Each day of the cold is being felt with increased severity among the poor, and suffering among many in all parts of the city is great. The cold was a contributing cause in several deaths yesterday [10th] and injuries due to ice-coated sidewalks were many….
“Four deaths due to the cold and a fifth resulting from a fall on an icy pavement marked the continuation of the cold wave yesterday.
“Morris Urian, forth years old, of 4153 Warren avenue, formerly a jockey at the Point Breeze race track, was found dead yesterday in his home. According to the police, exposure caused his death.
“Morris Stein, who is said to have been nearly a hundred years old, was found dead today in a house at 424 Fitzwater street. The police say he died from old age…disability and exposure.
“Shortly before noon the police of the Second and Christian streets station were notified by a Mrs. Miller, who conducts a boarding and lodging house at the Fitzwater street address, athat an old man had been found dead there. Investigation showed that Stein had died apparently while sitting in a chair. The room showed no signs of poverty.
“Mrs. Katherine Quinn, forty-four years old, of 1406 West Dauphin street, was found dead in her home yesterday. The house fires had burned out. It is said Mrs. Quinn was frozen to death.
“Awang Atun, a Japanese sailor on the British steamer Karoma, which is docked at Bainbridge street wharf, died a few hours after the vessel arrived in port. Dr. William C. Hickman, of 33 South Second street, notified Wilifred Powell, the British Consul, that his death was due to exposure to the cold.
“As a result of injuries received from a fall on an icy pavement at Belgrade and Montmouth streets, Port Richmond, William Skelton, a furniture dealer, of 2669 Frankford avenue, died yesterday afternoon in the Episcopal Hospital….” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 12: “Philadelphia was enveloped yesterday [12th] in a whirling, blustering snow storm, which caused widespread suffering, seriously impeded street car and railway traffic and filled the outlying sections of the city with deep drifts through which pedestrians were forced to flounder as best they could. When the snow finally ceased shortly after 8 o’clock last night the records of the local weather bureau showed that four and seven-tenths inches of it had fallen since a northeasterly wind had blown it in from the direction of Cape Hatteras at midnight, Thursday….The lowest point reached by the mercury in the local weather man’s thermometer was 11 degrees above zero, while the highest point to which it climbed was 16 degrees at 6 o’clock last night. After the quicksilver had descended as low as thirteen degrees at 9 o’clock last night the weather man said that it would probably continue to fall until it reached eight or six degrees by this morning. He said that there was no immediate prospect of relief from the cold snap which has now gripped the city for more than a week.
“Exposure to the blinding snow and intense cold was responsible for the deaths of four men during the day…” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 12-13: “All cold weather records kept in this vicinity [Altoona] were broken last night [Jan 12] and this morning, when the mercury fell from fifteen to three degrees below the zero point, the variation depending upon the locality and local conditions, such as exposure to the wind and the like. So far as the Pennsylvania railroad officials are concerned, the temperature is the lowest recorded in this part of the state since the official records have been kept…
“The lowest temperature reported to the Mirror in the effort to get the figures for the different parts of Central Pennsylvania was 40° below, which was recorded at East Freedom, this county [Blair], and at Bedford station. At Gaysport the record was 32° [below],[186] while at East Altoona the lowest was 28° [below]….” (Altoona Mirror, PA. “Cold Weather Records Smashed by Today’s Mark.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Chambersburg, Pa., Jan. 13.–Chambersburg experienced the worst cold spell today in its history, the temperature reaching 31 degrees below zero.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in Pennsylvania for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.
Jan 13: “Williamsport, Pa., Jan. 13.–In Williamsport the coldest weather of recent years was experienced this morning, the temperature ranging from 18 to 25 degrees below zero in different sections of the city. As low as 36 degrees below zero was reported at Proctor and Oriolt, towns in exposed sections of Lycoming county.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in Pennsylvania for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.)
Jan 14: “Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 14.–At 5 o’clock this morning the temperature at the Federal weather station here was 27 degrees below zero, the coldest in this section of which there is any record. At 8 o’clock this evening the mercury was 11 degrees above zero. The indications are for snow.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “27 Degrees Below at Lancaster.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
Jan 15-16, Altoona: “After it appeared yesterday [15th] that the backbone of the blizzard, now the longest on record in this section, was at last broken, the fates decreed otherwise and it was renewed in all its fury last night, the storm that swept over this section of the state causing considerable trouble and suffering in the city, causing the death of a track watchman at Lewistown, who, caught in the blinding whirl of a snow squall, was run down by a train, and again tied up the Pennsylvania railroad movement just when the railroad men were beginning to get it straightened out.
“With the official temperature up to 20 above zero at noon yesterday and things apparently beginning to resume a normal aspect, the thermometer began to show up badly about the middle of the afternoon and kept on until the zero mark was again reached no long after nightfall, while early in the evening the winds rose until a perfect gale swept the city throughout the entire night, drifting the snow in every direction and bringing a piercing cold from the mountains. While the cold was not quite so severe as some days of the blizzard it registered at various sections of the city and the hills about anywhere from 3 below to 10 below, the coldest being about 4 o’clock this morning. The high winds and drifting snow made it far more disagreeable and also caused no end of trouble, hundreds of water pipes being again frozen and both the steam and electric railways had great difficulty in keeping their switches swept clean. At Twenty-second avenue and Eleventh street the drifting was so bad on the curve that the Fairview trolley car could only get that far from town during the early morning….” (Altoona Mirror, PA. “City in Grasp of Icy Blasts…Storm Cause of Death.” 1-16-1912, p. 1.)
Rhode Island
Jan 13-14: “Newport, R.I., Jan. 14.–The thermometers registered 8 below zero on Saturday morning [Jan 13], and 2 above zero this morning. At 6 o’clock to-night the temperature was 27 above. Narragansett Bay is choked with ice to-night, making navigation dangerous. High vapor from the salt water caused the fog signals to be constantly sounded in the lighthouses on the bay. The troops at Fort Greble are still held prisoners by the ice….” (New York Times. Another Cold Wave Coming This Way,” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
South Dakota
Jan 8: “Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8.–A telegram from Deadwood, S.D., to the Star says that a blizzard is raging in that territory. Snow is drifting so that no trains are expected today. Coal arrived in Deadwood yesterday for the first time since the beginning of the cold spell, but all other commercial traffic is at a standstill.” (Muscatine Journal, IA. “Blizzard Rages in South Dakota.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Tennessee
Jan 16: “Bristol, Tenn, Jan. 16.–The present cold spell of weather is the most severe that has been experienced in this section of the sunny south in fifteen years and then only for a few hours. There are two inches of snow on the ground and the mercury was 12 below this morning and the suffering is great.” (Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “Zero Weather Continues to Bite Things.” 1-16-1912, p. 1.)
Texas
Jan 8: “Amarillo, Tex., Jan. 8.–One of the most phenomenal freaks of the weather was that of last night when, following a temperature of 45 above, a second blizzard descended on the entire Panhandle section, driving the mercury down to 6 below at 5 o’clock this morning. This second drop after three weeks of solid snow has wrought general destruction among range cattle. It is estimated that the loss has reached into the hundreds already and the season of winter is yet considered young….
“Lubbock Weather. Since last Thursday [Jan 4], a week from today, the weather has been what we call winter. Good heavy overcoats, over shoes, mufflers and gloves have come in handy. The thermometers have made a pass at zero twice this week, but the general run of the thermometers in Lubbock have registered from two to five above as the lowest temperature of the season….The ground has been frozen for several weeks to a depth of probably six or eight inches, which prevents the farmer doing any plowing, even had it not been too cold….” (Lubbock Avalanche, TX. “Week of Severely Cold Weather.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 8: “El Paso, Tex., Jan. 8–Sheep and cattle are dying by the hundreds in the range country. Two above zero, which is the coldest in a quarter century.” (Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Fort Worth, Tex., Jan 13. — All Texas was visited by the coldest weather for 20 years, the temperature ranging from 10 below in Panhandle towns to 18 above along the gulf. Snow fell for the first time in 15 years at Galveston, Beaumont and San Antonio and Houston. The thermometers over the state showed a general fall of 50 to 70 degrees, the sudden change catching the poor so unprotected that six persons were frozen to death. Waco, Sanderson, Dallas, Sherman and Denison report these deaths, due directly to the cold.” (Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, 1.)
Vermont
Jan 15: “….Northfield, Vt., with a registration of 26 below zero, was officially the coldest place in the country to-day. Temperatures nearly as low were recorded at many inland New England points….” (New York Times. “Vermont Felt 26 Below…” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
Virginia
Jan 6: “Richmond, Va., Jan. 6.–To-day is the coldest in eight years in this State. It was 7 above at 8 A.M.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…” 1-6-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 13: “Norfolk, Va., Jan. 13.–The cold weather, causing thick ice in all rivers and tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, is greatly interfering with steamboat navigation and many sailing vessels are tied up unable to move. Heavy weather at sea has driven into Hampton Roads for harbor such passing craft as found it dangerous to remain on the outside. The damaged navy cruiser Salem instead of proceeding to New York as was expected has come to Norfolk. Very cold weather prevailed here today.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ice Chokes Virginia Rivers.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.)
Jan 13: “Winchester, Va., Jan. 13.–Northern Virginia is buried under a foot of snow. With the thermometer twelve degrees below zero early today this section is experiencing the coldest weather in 15 years.” (Fort Wayne Sentinel, IN. “Snow Buries Virginia.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.)
Wisconsin
Jan 4: “La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 4.–The government thermometer at the Mississippi river wagon bridge stood 23 below zero this morning, the lowest for several years. “Outdoor work was suspended.” (Rock Island Argus, IL. “”Outdoor Work Suspended.” 1-4-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 5: “Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 5.–With all records of years broken when the thermometer fell to 14 degrees below the zero mark at 7 a.m. today, charitable organizations reported an unprecedented demand for aid by the city’s poor. Municipal lodging houses and other institutions were crowded to overflowing during the night. Found with hands and feet frozen on the street at midnight. Theodore Selzer, 60, died today, in a hospital. A score of cases of exposure are in hospitals. Two deaths were reported today from other points.
“Railroad companies today reported all trains late. Reports to the government weather bureau gave a minimum temperature of twenty below throughout the state at 7 a.m. today with the mercury 32 below at Superior on the north and 16 at Dubuque, Iowa, on the extreme southwest corner of the state.
“Madison, Wis., Jan. 5.–This is Madison’s coldest day this winter. It was twenty-three degrees below zero this morning.” (La Crosse Tribune, WI. “Record Cold Wave Sweeps Over West.” 1-5.1912, p. 1.)
Jan 8: “Milwaukee, Jan. 8.–Street car and railroad traffic is demoralized following two days sleet and snow.” (Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave…Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
Jan 10: “Appleton, Wis., Jan. 10.–The damage by the cold weather to this city and vicinity are untold. Thirty factories and mills have been stopped by reason of the cold freezing up things. The frozen dams have been dynamited, all street cars have stopped and the city is practically under water and freezing stiff and the suffering is intense.” (Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “More Cold Weather…” 1-10-1912, p. 1.)
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Fort Wayne Sentinel, IN. “Snow Buries Virginia.” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/fort-wayne-sentinel-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Fort Wayne Sentinel, IN. “Sought Shelter; Froze To Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/fort-wayne-sentinel-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Galveston Daily News, TS. “Negro Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 4. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/galveston-daily-news-jan-09-1912-p-4/
Gettysburg Times, PA. “Killed in Fall From Car.” 1-10-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/gettysburg-times-jan-10-1912-p-1/
Gettysburg Times, PA. “Man Found Frozen to Death in Norfolk.” 1-16-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/gettysburg-times-jan-16-1912-p-3/
Goshen Mid-Week News-Times, IN. “Woman Is Frozen To Death.” 1-2-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/goshen-mid-week-news-times-jan-02-1912-p-6/
Goshen Weekly New-Times. “General News Northern Ind.” 1-12-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/goshen-weekly-news-times-jan-12-1912-p-3/
Hagerstown Mail, MD. “Froze to Death.” 1-19-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/hagerstown-mail-jan-19-1912-p-6/
Helena Daily Independent, MT. “Heavy Snows At Kalispell.” 1-6-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/helena-independent-record-jan-06-1912-p-2/
Hutchinson, J.C. “The Weather Conditions.” Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL, 1-10-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/monmouth-daily-atlas-jan-10-1912-p-1/
Hutchinson News, KS. “Frozen to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/hutchinson-news-jan-12-1912-p-9/
International News Service. “Four Freeze to Death.” Joplin Morning Tribune, MO, 1-6-1912, p. 5. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-morning-tribune-jan-06-1912-p-5/
Ironwood News-Record, MI. “Brief City News.” 1-20-1912, p. 4. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/ironwood-news-record-jan-20-1912-p-4/
Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Found Dead in Bed.” 1-13-1912, p. 7. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-morning-tribune-jan-13-1912-p-7/
Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Low Temperature Continues in the Northwest.” 1-7-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-morning-tribune-jan-07-1912-p-2/
Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Two Missourians Dead.” 1-7-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/joplin-morning-tribune-jan-07-1912-p-2/
Kokomo Daily Tribune, IN. “Farmer’s Body Found in Snow.” 1-13-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kokomo-daily-tribune-jan-13-1912-p-3/
Kokomo Tribune, IN. “Former Sheriff Frozen to Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/kokomo-daily-tribune-jan-13-1912-p-3/
La Crosse Tribune, WI. “Record Cold Wave Sweeps Over West.” 1-5.1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/la-crosse-tribune-jan-05-1912-p-1/
La Crosse Tribune, WI. “Soldier Dies of Cold.” 1-15-1912, p. 7. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/la-crosse-tribune-jan-15-1912-p-7/
Laredo Weekly Times, TX. 1-14-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/laredo-weekly-times-jan-14-1912-p-6/
Lawrence Daily Journal, KS. “Exposure Kills Kansan. Rabbit Hunter Found Unconscious. Dies Later.” 1-12-1912, p1. Accessed 1-7-2019: https://newspaperarchive.com/lawrence-daily-journal-world-jan-12-1912-p-1/
Logansport Daily Tribune, IN. “Ten Below Zero Record of Cold Expected Today.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-daily-tribune-jan-06-1912-p-1/
Logansport Journal, IN. “7 Below Zero At 2 A.M.; Still Colder Today.” 1-7-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-journal-jan-07-1912-p-1/
Logansport Pharos, IN. “Farmer Frozen to Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune-jan-13-1912-p-1/
Lubbock Avalanche, TX. “Week of Severely Cold Weather.” 1-11-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/avalanche-jan-11-1912-p-1/
Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning. The Country Generally in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-2-2019: https://newspaperarchive.com/mansfield-news-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Middletown Daily Argus, NY. “Intense Cold Throughout the Entire Country.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/middletown-daily-argus-jan-06-1912-p-1/
Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “The Weather Conditions.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-3-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/monmouth-daily-atlas-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “World in Brief.” 1-10-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/monmouth-daily-atlas-jan-10-1912-p-1/
Morning Herald, Uniontown, PA. “Wilbur Grimm Loses Life Trying to Rescue Brother.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/uniontown-morning-herald-jan-09-1912-p-7/
Muscatine Journal, IA. “Blizzard Rages in South Dakota.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/muscatine-journal-jan-08-1912-p-1/
Muscatine Journal, IA. “Cold Wave Abandoning Iowa.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/muscatine-journal-jan-08-1912-p-1/
Muscatine Journal, IA. “Man Found Frozen to Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/muscatine-journal-jan-08-1912-p-1/
Muscatine Journal, IA. “One Death in St. Louis.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/muscatine-journal-jan-08-1912-p-1/
Muskogee County Republican and Fort Gibson Post, Muskogee, OK. “Some Blizzard.” 1-18-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/muskogee-county-republican-jan-18-1912-p-1/
Narka News, KS. “Four Frozen to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/narka-news-jan-12-1912-p-2/
National News Assn. “Cold Reaches From Canada to Mexico.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-11-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019: https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-evening-sentinel-jan-11-1912-p-1/
National News Association. “Cold Wave Grips Entire Wide Area.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-3-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-evening-sentinel-jan-06-1912-p-1/
National News Assn. “Three Dead in Kentucky.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-16-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/centralia-evening-sentinel-jan-16-1912-p-1/
New Castle News, PA. “Two Freeze in Colorado.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-castle-news-jan-08-1912-p-1/
New York Times. “Another Cold Wave Coming This Way.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-15-1912-p-3/
New York Times. “Atlantic Fleet Hit by Gale; Men Drown.” 1-7-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-07-1912-p-1/
New York Times. “Churches Shelter The Poor From Cold.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-08-1912-p-1/
New York Times. “Cold Snap Kills 3; Charities Kept Busy.” 1-11-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-11-1912-p-3/
New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-07-1912-p-1/
New York Times. “Equitable Fire Victim. Fireman Dies of Exposure.” 1-18-1912, p. 14. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-18-1912-p-14/
New York Times. “Freezes to Death in Shanty.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-15-1912-p-3/
New York Times. “Vermont Felt 26 Below…Washington, D.C., Registered 13 Below.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-jan-15-1912-p-3/
Olean Evening Times, NY. “Coldest Night in Good Many Years.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/olean-times-jan-06-1912-p-1/
Olean Evening Times, NY. “East, West, South in Grip of Coldest Snap of Years.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/olean-times-jan-13-1912-p-1/
Olean Evening Times, NY. “Four Die From Cold in Atlanta. Three Were Tramps Found in Chicago Box Car and One Was in City.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/olean-times-jan-13-1912-p-1/
Orange County Times, Middletown, NY. “Frozen After Fleeing From An Operation.” 1-9-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/middletown-orange-county-times-press-jan-09-1912-p-1/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “23 Below at Frederick, Md.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-15-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “27 Degrees Below at Lancaster.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-15-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in Pennsylvania for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-14-1912-p-9/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ice Chokes Virginia Rivers.” 1-14-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-14-1912-p-9/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Baltimore’s Coldest in 13 Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-14-1912-p-9/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Blizzard in the Northwest.” 1-10-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-10-1912-p-6/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Blizzard Visits Shenandoah.” 1.9.1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-09-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Brakeman Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-09-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Camden in Grip of Sleet and Ice.” 1-10-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-10-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Camden in the Zero Zone.” 1-14-1912, p. 7. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-14-1912-p-7/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Colder Weather Will Accompany Northwest Gale.” 1-9-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-09-1912-p-1/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Cripple Dies From Exposure.” 1-6-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-06-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, pp. 1-2. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-11-1912-p-1/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Dies From Fall on Ice.” 1-8-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-08-1912-p-6/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ear Muffs Meant Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-10-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Eight Below in Mahanoy City,” 1-7-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-07-1912-p-2/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Miner Freezes to Death.” 1-6-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-06-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Rag Picker Frozen to Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-08-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Recluse, Once Wealthy, Found Dead in Shack.” 1-8-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-08-1912-p-6/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Snow in Georgia and Carolina.” 1-14-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-14-1912-p-9/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Snow storm wreck costs two lives.” 1-7-1912. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-07-1912-p-2/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Train Kills Clergyman.” 1-9-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-09-1912-p-3/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Train Kills Philadelphian.” 1-6-2019, p. 6. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-10-1912-p-6/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Trapper Frozen to Death.” 1-19-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-19-1912-p-2/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Two Buried in Snowslide.” 1-11-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-11-1912-p-2/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “Weather Exacts 3 More Deaths; Cold is on Wane.” 1-15-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-15-1912-p-1/
Philadelphia Inquirer. “York Man Frozen to Death.” 1-15-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-inquirer-jan-15-1912-p-3/
Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Below Zero This Morning.” 1-5-1912, p. 8. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/piqua-leader-dispatch-jan-05-1912-p-8/
Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Bunched Paragraphs,” 1-19-1912, p. 4. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/piqua-leader-dispatch-jan-19-1912-p-4/
Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Death at Sidney From Exposure.” 1-13-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/piqua-leader-dispatch-jan-13-1912-p-6/
Portsmouth Daily Herald, NH. “Cold Wave Breaks Record.” 1-8-1912, p. 5. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-herald-jan-08-1912-p-5/
Portsmouth Daily Herald, NH. “Cold Wave Comes with Gale of Wind.” 1-6-1912, p. 5. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/portsmouth-herald-jan-06-1912-p-5/
Rock Island Argus, IL. “Four Frozen to Death in Kansas.” 1-4-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-3-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/rock-island-argus-jan-04-1912-p-1/
Rock Island Argus, IL. “Frozen Dead in Kentucky Home.” 1-16-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/rock-island-argus-jan-16-1912-p-1/
Rock Island Argus, IL. “”Outdoor Work Suspended.” 1-4-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-3-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/rock-island-argus-jan-04-1912-p-1/
Salt Lake Evening Telegram, UT. “Found Dead in Cabin.” 1-1-1912, p. 5. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/salt-lake-telegram-jan-01-1912-p-5/
Salt Lake Evening Telegram, UT. “Hurled By Avalanche Into Creek.” 1-8-1912, p. 10. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/salt-lake-telegram-jan-08-1912-p-10/
San Antonio Light, TX. “Old Woman Freezes to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/san-antonio-light-jan-12-1912-p-2/
San Antonio Light, TX. “Two Ages Negroes Frozen To Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 9. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/san-antonio-light-jan-08-1912-p-9/
Sandusky Register, OH. “Aged Veteran Is Winter’s Victim.” 1-10-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-daily-register-jan-10-1912-p-1/
Sandusky Register, OH. “Records Coldest Spell of Winter.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/sandusky-daily-register-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Saturday Blade, Chicago. “45 Below at Virginia, Minn.” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/chicago-saturday-blade-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Saturday Blade, Chicago. “A Teacher Freezes to Death,” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/chicago-saturday-blade-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Saturday Blade, Chicago. “Eleven Die in New York,” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/chicago-saturday-blade-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Saturday Blade, Chicago. “Fast in Fence, Woman Frozen.” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/chicago-saturday-blade-jan-13-1912-p-2/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…Causes Deaths in New York.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-06-1912-p-1/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Causes Fatal Heart Failure.” 1-10-1912, p. 11. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-10-1912-p-11/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Records Broken–Predict Still Lower Temperatures.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “One Utica Victim; Record Cold.” 1-12-1912, 24. Accessed 1-5-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-13-1912-p-24/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Rochester Shivering.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Suffering in Philadelphia.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-05-1912-p-1/
Syracuse Herald, NY. “Zero Predicted for New York.” 1-5-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald-jan-05-1912-p-1/
The Banner, Athens, GA. “Telephone.” 1-18-1912, p. 4. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/athens-banner-jan-18-1912-p-4/
The New Era, Fort Gibson, OK. “Blizzard Holds Complete Sway.” 1-18-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/fort-gibson-new-era-jan-18-1912-p-2/
The Standard, Albert Lea, MN. “Woodsman Frozen to Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 6. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/albert-lea-freeborn-county-standard-jan-10-1912-p-6/
The Tribune, Union, MO. “Kentuckian Is Frozen.” 1-19-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/union-franklin-county-tribune-jan-19-1912-p-2/
Times-Enterprise, Albert Lea, MN. 1-10-1912, p. 4, col. 1. Accessed 1-8-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/albert-lea-times-enterprise-jan-10-1912-p-4/
Trenton Evening Times, NJ. “Frozen To Death In Jersey.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/trenton-evening-times-jan-06-1912-p-1/
Victoria Daily Advocate, TX. “Exposure Kills Man.” 1-9-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/victoria-daily-advocate-jan-09-1912-p-2/
Washington Post. “She Freezes To Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 12. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/washington-post-jan-10-1912-p-12/
Waterloo Evening Courier, IA. “Frozen in His Home.” 1-3-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-7-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/waterloo-evening-courier-jan-03-1912-p-1/
Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-4-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/bloomington-weekly-pantagraph-jan-12-1912-p-3/
Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1. Accessed 1-6-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/logansport-weekly-pharos-jan-08-1912-p-1/
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison. “Two Frozen To Death Last Night Near Rio.” 1-5-1912, p. 2. Accessed 1-9-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-jan-05-1912-p-2/
Xenia Daily Gazette, OH. “Squatter Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 3. Accessed 1-2-2019 at: https://newspaperarchive.com/xenia-daily-gazette-jan-09-1912-p-6/
[1] Compiled by B. Wayne Blanchard, http://www.usdeadlyevents.com , January 2019.
[2] Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “Ice Sinks Steamboat.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Google location search.
[3] Weekly Pharos, Logansport, IN. “Cold Wave Still Has Grip on West.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[4] New Castle News, PA. “Two Freeze in Colorado.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[5] Bradford Era, PA. “He Died in Poverty and Without Friends.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.
[6] Victim identified as Jesse Disharoon. Philadelphia Inquirer. “Trapper Frozen to Death.” 1-19-1912, p. 2.
[7] Washington Post. “She Freezes To Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 12.
[8] Monmouth Daily Atlas, IL. “World In Brief.” 1-13-1912, p. 2. Another account, out of Atlanta, noted the men, and a 14-year-old, were discovered “When trainmen opened a locked and empty boxcar from Chicago…” (Olean Evening Times, NY. “Four Die From Cold in Atlanta. Three Were Tramps Found in…Box Car…” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
[9] Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “Four Freeze in Atlanta.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[10] Daily Republican, Rushville, IN. “Aged Man Frozen to Death.” 1-5-1912, p. 3.
[11] “Thirty deaths have occurred in Chicago during the week because of the cold.” Another paper wrote: “Thirty deaths in Chicago and neighboring towns were reported as the result of the cold weather in the last week…” (Olean Evening Times, NY. “East, West, South in Grip of Coldest Snap of Years.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
[12] Appears to include death of Chicago man who died in Indiana.
[13] One of the sixteen named deaths was a Chicago man who died of exposure in IN (where we include his death.)
[14] Chicago Examiner, IL. “Day’s Toll of Dead and Injured in Cold Wave.” 1-6-1912, p. 2.
[15] Victim id’d as Margeros Handijian. Chicago Examiner. “Day’s Toll of Dead…in Cold Wave.” 1-6-1912, p. 2.
[16] Victim id’d as Arthur Skeets, 5-days-old. Chicago Examiner. “Day’s Toll of Dead…Cold Wave.” 1-6-1912, p.2.
[17] Chicago Examiner. “Day’s Toll of Dead…in Cold Wave.” 1-6-1912, p. 2.
[18] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[19] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[20] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[21] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[22] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[23] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[24] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[25] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[26] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[27] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[28] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[29] Chicago Examiner. “New Cold Wave; Death Roll Now 18.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[30] Chicago Examiner. “New Cold Wave; Death Roll Now 18.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[31] “Chicago, Jan. 10.–Three more deaths today from cold bring the total to twenty-two.”
[32] Chicago Examiner. “2 Die in Freak Drop of Mercury to Zero.” 1-20-1912, p. 2.
[33] Died at hospital. (Chicago Examiner. “2 Die in Freak Drop of Mercury to Zero.” 1-20-1912, p. 2.)
[34] Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL. “Young Man Found Dead in A Field…Frozen to Death…” 1-15-1912, p. 1.
[35] Logansport Pharos, IN. “Farmer Frozen to Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[36] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Cold Wave Leaves Dead in its Wake.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Temp. reached -13°.
[37] Sandusky Register, OH. “Records Coldest Spell of Winter.” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
[38] Goshen Weekly New-Times. “General News Northern Ind.” 1-12-1912, p. 3.
[39] Fort Wayne Sentinel, IN. “Sought Shelter; Froze To Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.
[40] Lubbock Avalanche, TX. “Week of Severely Cold Weather.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[41] Goshen Weekly New-Times. “General News Northern Ind.” 1-12-1912, p. 3.
[42] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[43] Kokomo Daily Tribune, IN. “Farmer’s Body Found in Snow.” 1-13-1912, p. 3.
[44] Kokomo Tribune, IN. “Former Sheriff Frozen to Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 3.
[45] Waterloo Evening Courier, IA. “Frozen in His Home.” 1-3-1912, p. 1.
[46] Evening Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA. “Saloon Keeper Held As Slayer Of Cold Victim.” 1-6-1912, p. 1. A saloon keeper was arrested and charged with manslaughter for having the intoxicated victim removed from the saloon and into a barn stall where he froze to death.
[47] Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL. “Middle West in Grip of Storm.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.
[48] Rock Island Argus, IL. “Four Frozen to Death in Kansas.” 1-4-1912, p. 1.
[49] Goshen Mid-Week News-Times, IN. “Woman Is Frozen To Death.” 1-2-1912, p. 6.
[50] Lawrence Daily Journal, KS. “Exposure Kills Kansan. Rabbit Hunter Found…Dies Later.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.
[51] Found half buried in snowdrift. (Daily Free Press, Carbondale, IL. “Rancher Froze in Saddle.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.)
[52] Narka News, KS. “Four Frozen to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 2. (Blanchard: report one of these in “Ness City area.”
[53] Rock Island Argus, IL. “Four Frozen to Death in Kansas.” 1-4-1912, p. 1.
[54] “Wright, Kan., Jan. 6.–Unable to see the station lights in a blinding snowstorm, Engineer C.C. Deming, of the Santa Fe passenger train No. 12 last night ran past the station here. Before he could back into the siding, his train was struck by the Newton-Dodge City local…Deming was fatally scalded, Engineer J.W. Chalfant of the local was killed, and twelve passengers were hurt.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Snow storm wreck costs two lives.” 1-7-1912.)
[55] After noting Henderson area death of farmer James Thompson, writes “This makes the tenth life lost in Kentucky during the cold spell.”
[56] The mother was found unconscious when rescuers “finally succeeded in digging their way through an immense snow drift to reach the door.” (National News Assn. “Three Dead in Kentucky.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-16-1912, p. 1.) Another report notes “Efforts to revive the mother proved unavailing…there was neither food nor fuel in the house.” (Rock Island Argus, IL. “Frozen Dead in Kentucky Home.” 1-16-1912, p. 1.)
[57] The Tribune, Union, MO. “Kentuckian Is Frozen.” 1-19-1912, p. 2.
[58] Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL/National News Assn. “Coldest on Record at Louisville.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[59] Evening Herald, Syracuse, NY. “Another Rescue from the late Great Storms at Sea.” 1-14-1912, p. 11.
[60] Arlington is a Baltimore neighborhood. (Gettysburg Times, PA. “Killed in Fall From Car.” 1-10-1912, p. 1.)
[61] Baltimore Sun. “Cold, He Falls To His Death.” 1-17-1912, p. 12.
[62] Baltimore Sun. “Aged Negro Found Frozen.” 1-9-1912, p. 13.
[63] Denton Journal, MD. “Greensboro.” 1-20-1912, p. 5. The 20th (date of morning publication) was a Saturday. In that the report is on the result of an inquest called by the coroner, we speculate that the Saturday date of death noted in the paper, was the previous Saturday, though we could be in error, in which case the date of death would be 20th.
[64] “Railroad men report the freezing to death of a brakeman on the B & O near Keyser. The unfortunate man was stiff when found and had only remained on his car because his arm was crooked through the brake wheel. He had been on the car for several hours and was stiff when found.” Hagerstown Mail, MD. “Froze to Death.” 1-19-1912, 6. [Blanchard: Placement within MD is speculative, in that we are unsure of the geographic placement of “Keyser.” In that this death is reported in MD paper, and in that the current-day B&O Museum is in Baltimore, we place in MD.
[65] Boston Post. “Warmer Weather Is Expected Today.” 1-14-1912, pp. 1 and 11.
[66] Boston Post. “Girl Fatally Injured by Car.” 1-9-1912, p. 16.
[67] Daily Kennebec Journal, ME. “Death From Cold.” 1-15-1912, p. 10.
[68] “Pittsfield, Jan. 16. John Gray, aged 55, of 55 South Mountain road, was found at 10:30 today, buried in a snowdrift just off the main road to Lenox. He died on the way to the House of Mercy, after being dug out by John Wilbrant and Andrew Miller. The men were cutting out snowdrifts when attracted by the sight of a clenched bare hand, frozen hard as stone, stuck out of the snow. They uncovered the body, which still contained life. Gray was a driver employed by Sidney M. Johnson and was out late last evening with a horse and sleigh. He evidently fell asleep and dropped out of the sleigh. The police way he was not a drinking man.” (Boston Post. “Find Man Frozen Beneath Snowdrift.” 1-17-1912, p. 10.)
[69] No detail provided and have not seen locality reports in Michigan papers via Newspaperarchive.com.
[70] Evening Statesman, Marshall, MI. “Resident of Bedford Found Frozen To Death.” 1-20-1912, p. 1.
[71] Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Low Temperature Continues in the Northwest.” 1-7-1912, p. 2.
[72] The Standard, Albert Lea, MN. “Woodsman Frozen to Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 6.
[73] Times-Enterprise, Albert Lea, MN. 1-10-1912, p. 4, col. 1.
[74] Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN. “Found Frozen In His Home.” 1-18-1912, p. 3.
[75] Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN. “Cold Spell Breaks Records.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[76] It is not crystal clear to me that this refers to a different death than the one reported on Jan 8.
[77] Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Found Dead in Bed.” 1-13-1912, p. 7.
[78] Hutchinson News, KS. “Frozen to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 9.
[79] Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Two Missourians Dead.” 1-7-1912, p. 2.
[80] Joplin Morning Tribune, MO. “Two Missourians Dead.” 1-7-1912, p. 2.
[81] Muscatine Journal, IA. “One Death in St. Louis.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[82] Salt Lake Evening Telegram, UT. “Found Dead in Cabin.” 1-1-1912, p. 5.
[83] Superintendent W. R. Smith and Traveling Engineer C. B. Allen were on the plow. (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Two Buried in Snowslide.” 1-11-1912, p. 2.)
[84] Muscatine Journal, IA. “Man Found Frozen to Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[85] Lubbock Avalanche, TX. “Week of Severely Cold Weather.” 1-11-1912, p. 1. Notes the temperature had dropped to 29 degrees below zero.
[86] Trenton Evening Times, NJ. “Frozen To Death In Jersey.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.
[87] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Rag Picker Frozen to Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[88] “It was supposed that he had fallen asleep and allowed his fire to go out.” (New York Times. “Freezes to Death in Shanty.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.)
[89] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[90] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[91] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[92] Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…Causes Deaths in New York.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.
[93] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[94] Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…Causes Deaths in New York.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.
[95] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[96] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[97] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[98] New York Times. “Cold Snap Kills 3; Charities Kept Busy.” 1-11-1912, p. 3.
[99] New York Times. “Cold Snap Kills 3; Charities Kept Busy.” 1-11-1912, p. 3. The cause of death finding was that of a surgeon from the Long Island College Hospital.
[100] Orange County Times-Press, Middletown, NY. “Little Hope That Gunners Are Alive.” 1-19-1912, p. 2. Though printed on 19th, the article was datelined Bay Shore, L.I., Jan. 11. The missing men were Edmund S. Barley and Dr. Carl A. Clemons of NYC, and Tom Voitman of Bay Shore, the boatman.
[101] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in Pennsylvania for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.
[102] “Monticello, N.Y., Jan. 17.–A pathetic incident of the cold wave was the discovery in her home near here today of the dead body of Mrs. Sarah Gavan. She was frozen to death. Mrs. Gavan was 84 years old and lived alone. For the past 12 days the thermometer has registered below zero. Last Sunday it made a new record by dropping to 32 degrees below.” (Boston Post. “Find Woman of 84 Frozen In Her Home.” 1-18-1912, p. 3.)
[103] National News Association. “Cold Wave Grips Entire Wide Area.” Centralia Evening Sentinel, IL, 1-6-1912, p. 1. Mr. Wilson “dropped dead on his way to work at Barren Island, Jamaica bay.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “Br-r-r!–Nation Shivers With Cold…Causes Deaths in New York.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.)
[104] New York Times. “Churches Shelter The Poor From Cold.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[105] New York Times. “Churches Shelter The Poor From Cold.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[106] Orange County Times, Middletown, NY. “Frozen After Fleeing From An Operation.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[107] New York Times. “Cold Snap Kills 3; Charities Kept Busy.” 1-11-1912, p. 3.
[108] New York Times. “Another Cold Wave Coming This Way.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.
[109] Charles R. Rush, brother of Battalion Chief John Rush, became sick following the Jan 9 fire, fought for hours in bitterly cold conditions, and died on January 17. (New York Times. “Equitable Fire Victim. Fireman Dies of Exposure.” 1-18-1912, p. 14.)
[110] Daily Reflector, Norwalk, OH. “Awful Case of Destitution.” 1-17-1912, p. 2.
[111] Middletown Daily Argus, NY. “Intense Cold Throughout the Entire Country.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.
[112] New York Times. “Eight Dead of Cold; City’s Poor Suffer.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[113] Olean Evening Times, NY. “Coldest Night in Good Many Years.” 1-6-1912, p. 1.
[114] Syracuse Herald, NY. “Cold Weather Causes Fatal Heart Failure.” 1-10-1912, p. 11.
[115] Altamont Enterprise, NY. Obituary. 1-19-1912, p. 8. Written that victim would not allow relatives to give stove.
[116] Olean Evening Times, NY. “East, West, South in Grip of Coldest Snap of Years.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Another paper notes the victim ran a small tailoring shop in the western part of Utica and “had been frozen to death during the night in his shop…[which] had no fire.” (Syracuse Herald, NY. “One Utica Victim; Record Cold.” 1-12-1912, 24.)
[117] New York Times. “Atlantic Fleet Hit by Gale; Men Drown.” 1-7-1912, p. 1.
[118] “The body was found three miles from the schoolhouse where she taught. The girl had suspended school on account of the cold weather. She started to walk home and lost her way.” (Saturday Blade, Chicago. “A Teacher Freezes to Death,” 1-13-1912, p. 2.)
[119] Victim identified as Callie Ferguson, 45, who, it was thought, slipped, hit her head on a wall as she fell, and then froze to death. (Athens Daily Messenger, OH. “Dies on Way From Hospital.” 1-12-1912, p. 1.)
[120] Chicago Examiner. “16 Killed by Cold in Chicago…” 1-8-1912, p. 3.
[121] Xenia Daily Gazette, OH. “Squatter Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 3.
[122] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Drops Dead While Working.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[123] Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning…Country…in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
[124] Evening Herald, Norwalk, OH. “Freezes to Death in Cleveland.” 1-16-1912, p. 1. Was theorized that he was exhausted from helping to fight a fire where he was employed and then cleaning up afterwards; fell and froze.
[125] Mansfield News, OH. “Old Boreas Takes an Inning…Country…in the Grip of a Cold Wave…” 1-5-1912, p. 1.
[126] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Two Die from Exposure.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[127] Clinton County Democrat, Wilmington, OH. “Buckeye Notes.” 1-18-1912, p. 2.
[128] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Two Die from Exposure.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[129] Evening Independent, Massillon, OH. “Coldest Spot in Ohio.” 1-15-1912, p. 2.
[130] Sandusky Register, OH. “Aged Veteran Is Winter’s Victim.” 1-10-1912, p. 1.
[131] Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Death at Sidney From Exposure.” 1-13-1912, p. 6.
[132] Evening Tribune, Marysville, OH. “Exposure Proves Fatal.” 1-13-1912, p. 1.
[133] Evening News, Ada, OK. “Blizzard Claims Nine Victims in Oklahoma.” 1-16-1912, p. 2.
[134] Brothers identified as Edward and Wilbur Grimm. (Morning Herald, Uniontown, PA. “Wilbur Grimm Loses Life Trying to Rescue Brother.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.)
[135] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Brakeman Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 3. Was though he lay along track for an hour before being fund, when temperature was five degrees.
[136] Reverend K. S. Willis of Elysburg. (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Train Kills Clergyman.” 1-9-1912, p. 3.)
[137] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in [PA] for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, 9. Found by other ice workers.
[138] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Recluse, Once Wealthy, Found Dead in Shack.” 1-8-1912, p. 6.
[139] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Dies From Fall on Ice.” 1-8-1912, p. 6.
[140] Altoona Mirror, PA. “City in Grasp of Icy Blasts…Storm Cause of Death.” 1-16-1912, p. 1.
[141] Victim identified as Fred Rice. Philadelphia Inquirer. “Miner Freezes to Death.” 1-6-1912, p. 3.
[142] “Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 19.–A several months-old baby found on the highway near New Castle, frozen stiff in death, is believed by the police to have been deliberately placed outside by its mother under the delusion that the oxygen in the open air would stop its crying. The baby was stripped of nearly all its clothing when found.” (Evening Post, Frederick, MD. “Froze Baby To Quite It.” 1-19-1912, p. 1.)
[143] Daily Reflector, Norwalk, OH. “Philadelphians Freeze.” 1-4-1912, p. 4.
[144] Daily Reflector, Norwalk, OH. “Philadelphians Freeze.” 1-4-1912, p. 4.
[145] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Colder Weather Will Accompany Northwest Gale.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[146] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Colder Weather Will Accompany Northwest Gale.” 1-9-1912, p. 1.
[147] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[148] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[149] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[150] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[151] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death to Five, Injury to Many Caused by Cold.” 1-11-1912, p. 1.
[152] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.
[153] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.
[154] John Muschamp, 70. Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.
[155] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Death for Four, Injury to Many in Snow Storm.” 1-13-1912, p. 2.
[156] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Weather Exacts 3 More Deaths; Cold is on Wane.” 1-15-1912, p. 1.
[157] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Weather Exacts 3 More Deaths; Cold is on Wane.” 1-15-1912, p. 1. Noted that “He was stretched out upon the floor in front of the stove, his head resting upon a pillow…However, the fire went out during the night and the air in the room became almost zero temperature.”
[158] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Weather Exacts 3 More Deaths; Cold is on Wane.” 1-15-1912, p. 1.
[159] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Cripple Dies From Exposure.” 1-6-1912, p. 3.
[160] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Coldest Weather in Pennsylvania for Many Years.” 1-14-1912, p. 9.
[161] Philadelphia Inquirer. “Train Kills Philadelphian.” 1-6-2019, p. 6.
[162] “His ears covered by tabs to protect them against yesterday’s severe cold, 14-year-old Wesley Morgan…failed to hear an inbound express…with the result that he was struck and instantly killed.” (Philadelphia Inquirer. “Ear Muffs Meant Death.” 1-10-1912, p. 3.)
[163] Philadelphia Inquirer. “York Man Frozen to Death.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.
[164] Daily Herald, Biloxi, MS. “Freezes To Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 1.
[165] Galveston Daily News, TS. “Negro Freezes to Death.” 1-9-1912, p. 4.
[166] Another paper on the 14th noted “A man was found frozen to death…in Dallas…” (Laredo Weekly Times, TX. 1-14-1912, p. 6.)
[167] Victoria Daily Advocate, TX. “Exposure Kills Man.” 1-9-1912, p. 2.
[168] San Antonio Light, TX. “Two Ages Negroes Frozen To Death.” 1-8-1912, p. 9. Paper notes that “It was during Sunday morning [7th] that the cold wave caused the mercury to drop to 18 degrees above zero, the coldest weather experienced here in some time.”
[169] San Antonio Light, TX. “Old Woman Freezes to Death.” 1-12-1912, p. 2.
[170] Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, IA. “Lost Man Is Found Frozen.” 1-15-1912, p. 9.
[171] “Paradise, Utah, Jan. 8.–Daniel Fletcher Morris [~24] and John O. Miles [~21] of this place and George Ellis of Smithfield were killed in a snowslide in South Blacksmith Fork canyon yesterday.” (Salt Lake Evening Telegram, UT. “Hurled By Avalanche Into Creek.” 1-8-1912, p. 10.)
[172] New York Times. “Another Cold Wave Coming This Way.” 1-15-1912, p. 3.
[173] Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WV. “Frozen to Death on Street.” 1-16-1912, p. 1.
[174] Gettysburg Times, PA. “Man Found Frozen to Death in Norfolk.” 1-16-1912, p. 3.
[175] Evening News, Roanoke, VA. “Staunton Man Frozen To Death.” 1-13-1912, p. 1. Reached 2 degrees below.
[176] Piqua Daily Leader-Dispatch, OH. “Bunched Paragraphs,” 1-19-1912, p. 4.
[177] Wisconsin State Journal, Madison. “Two Frozen To Death Last Night Near Rio.” 1-5-1912, p. 2.
[178] International News Service. “Four Freeze to Death.” Joplin Morning Tribune, MO, 1-6-1912, p. 5.
[179] “Racine Journal-News, WI. “Kenosha Women Dies From Burns.” 1-8-1912, p. 10. Notes that Mrs. Charles Norbut, 25, died in the Kenosha Hospital, after her clothing ignited when she threw a large cupful of oil into her stove, causing an explosion, noting “the house had become bitterly cold.”
[180] “Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 15.–Exhausted after wandering about the country for ten days in below zero weather, an…old soldier crawled into the power house of the electric light company here Saturday night [13th]…and was found dead Sunday morning. His death was probably caused by exposure. He had given his name as J. Muldoon, and said that he had formerly lived at the Milwaukee Soldiers’ home.” (La Crosse Tribune, WI. “Soldier Dies of Cold.” 1-15-1912, p. 7.)
[181] Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, IA. “Cold Kills Wife; Man Dying.” 1-10-1912, p. 2.
[182] Nearby Ironwood MI resident left Ironwood township with a horse to be taken to an Upson area lumber camp. “He came to an old lumber pile near the road and evidently had gone to it for protection from the cold, where his frozen body was found the next morning.” (Ironwood News-Record, MI. “Brief City News.” 1-20-1912, p. 4.)
[183] Theodore Selzer, 60. (La Crosse Tribune, WI. “Record Cold Wave Sweeps Over West.” 1-5.1912, p. 1.)
[184] Wisconsin State Journal, Madison. “Two Frozen To Death Last Night Near Rio.” 1-5-1912, p. 2.
[185] The 18th was a Thursday. It would be unusual though for a Thursday paper to contain information that late at night.
[186] The next column shows temperatures reached in 28 towns — all below zero — ranging from 40 below at Spangler to 15 below at East Altoona.