![The great storm of March 12th-13th - scene in Printing-House Square, New York City, showing the terrible force of the blizzard [People being blown over by the wind in blizzard; masthead covered with black headline "Blizzard"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWdyZWF0LXN0b3JtLW9mLW1hcmNoLTEydGgtMTN0aC1zY2VuZS1pbi1wcmludGluZy1ob3VzZS1zcXVhcmUtbmV3LXlvcmstNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/489/jpg "The great storm of March 12th-13th - scene in Printing-House Square, New York City, showing the terrible force of the blizzard [People being blown over by the wind in blizzard; masthead covered with black headline \"Blizzard\"]")
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![Big [...] Washington storm. During the crowded lunch hour between 1 and 1:30 o'clock today, the oil burner in the basement of McCrory's Five and Ten Cent Store exploded, through parts of the machinery to opposite side of the street and making a great hole in the center of the building, The four alarm fire was turned in and every ambulance in the city put into action. Up to 5 p.m., the casualty list showed, 2 dead, 3 dying, and 30 injured. The store is located at 416 7th Street, N.W.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjkvMDEvMDEvYmlnLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tc3Rvcm0tZHVyaW5nLXRoZS1jcm93ZGVkLWx1bmNoLWhvdXItYmV0d2Vlbi0xLWFuZC0xMzAtb2Nsb2NrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Big [...] Washington storm. During the crowded lunch hour between 1 and 1:30 o'clock today, the oil burner in the basement of McCrory's Five and Ten Cent Store exploded, through parts of the machinery to opposite side of the street and making a great hole in the center of the building, The four alarm fire was turned in and every ambulance in the city put into action. Up to 5 p.m., the casualty list showed, 2 dead, 3 dying, and 30 injured. The store is located at 416 7th Street, N.W.")
![[Street in Harlem, New York City, after the blizzard of Feb. 13, 1899]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvc3RyZWV0LWluLWhhcmxlbS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LWFmdGVyLXRoZS1ibGl6emFyZC1vZi1mZWItMTMtMTg5OS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Street in Harlem, New York City, after the blizzard of Feb. 13, 1899]")
The great storm of March 12th-13th - scene in Printing-House Square, New York City, showing the terrible force of the blizzard [People being blown over by the wind in blizzard; masthead covered with black headline "Blizzard"]
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Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 66, no. 1697 (1888 Mar. 24), p. 81.
No reference copy may be available.
Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Storms.
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Date
01/01/1888
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Library of Congress
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