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THE BLIZZARD The Temperature dropped from around seventy degrees Fahrenheit to minus twenty (forty in some places) within just a few hours. It was accompanied by high winds and Snow . The storm lasted from just after noon until early evening. In many places, children were trapped in schoolhouses. In most cases, they remained there overnight. It is estimated that 235 people died that day. Travel was severely impeded in the days following. Two months later, another severe blizzard hit the East Coast states; this blizzard was known as the Blizzard Of 1888 . THE STORIES
AFFECTED STATES Many of these states were just Territories at the time: OTHER NAMES
Not to be confused with the Blizzard Of 1888 , which affected the East Coast later that year. REFERENCES
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