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Saloons did a brisk business. Even bedraggled sparrows hopped inside one and were treated to crumbs from the free lunch.
200 Ships Lost
Winds raged with hurricane force at sea. From Chesapeake Bay to Nantucket, 200 ships were blown ashore, sunk, damaged, or abandoned the young National Geographic Society reported. Nine New York pilot boats were lost with all hands. Forty to 50 inches of snow fell in Connecticut and western Massachusetts. A drift in a New Haven street towered 53 feet. The blizzard abated on
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