•Lois Royce found herself trapped with three of her students in her schoolhouse. By 3 p.m., they had run out of heating fuel. Her boarding house was not far, so she attempted to lead the children there. Sadly, the visibility is was so bad, they became lost and all the children froze to death. The teacher survived, but her feet were frostbitten and had to be removed.
•Minnie Freeman safely led thirteen children from her schoolhouse to her home that was half a mile away. There is a rumor that she used a rope to keep the children altogether during the storm, but one of the children claims it untrue. She led them to the boarding house she lived at about a mile away and all of her students survived. These children were lucky, but most weren't as many of the lives taken in the storm were children.
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