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Year Created: 1931
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Description: In this article from March 31st, 1931, The Townsville Daily Bulletin reported on a blizzard that stranded five children and resulted in the death of twelve children in Denver, CO. The article also discusses the mobilization of different charity agencies in the area to respond to the tragedy as well.
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MANY DEATHS.
U.S. Blizzard.
TOWNER (Colorado). March 28
Five children marooned for 36 hours in a snowed in school bus near here, perished from exposure, also the bus driver, who started for help. The survivors were removed on Saturday by a rescuer, ten receiving emergency treatment suffering from cold and pneumonia. It is probable they burned the school books and plank seats to keep them warm, but the intense cold overcame them after a sturdy fight.
A blizzard in the Rocky Mountains and Plains States has resulted in at least 12 dead, including the Towner 'bus tragedy and three missing, who are believed to have perished. Scores are in serious condition from frost bites and exposure.
Twenty children and a teacher were rescued in a school house at Horace, Kansas after being isolated for two days and a night.
Physicians and charity agencies are being mobilized over a wide area. Including Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska and Western parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Cattle by the hundreds are standing in the snowdrifts frozen to death.
Citation: “Many Deaths. - U.S. Blizzard. Towner (Colorado,) March 28. - The Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1909 ; 1912 - 1966) - 31 Mar 1931.” Trove, trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61585987#. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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