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The Ludington Daily News
Wednesday, November 13, 1940
pp. 1 & 8

               STORM DEATHS, DAMAGE MOUNTS
               
               Many Duck Hunters Are Listed
               in Fatalities After Sudden
                     Wintry Snap
                     
               (By the Associated Press)
           
           Twenty-six duck hunters drowned or died
        in the marshlands Monday and Tuesday. The
        death list included 11 in Minnesota, six in
        Wisconsin, four in Iowa, three in Illinois
        and two in Ontario as a result of Monday
        night's severe wintry storm.
           Excluding drownings in Lake Michigan,
        the storm death toll was: Minnesota 26,
        Illinois 10, Wisconsin 9, Iowa 8, Indiana
        5, Michigan 4, Colorado 2, South Dakota 2,
        Ontario 2, and Oklahoma, Wyoming, New York,
        and Kansas one each.
           Abnormally cold weather prevailed over
        the entire nation except in California and
        Florida.
           Many Minnesota towns remained islolated
        by snow. All schools in Minneapolis and St.
        Paul and many in other parts of the state
        were closed. Thousands of officer workers
        in the twin cities spent their second night
        downtown Tuesday night.
           Livestock dealers reported heavy losses
        in the middle west. Thousands of turkeys
        and sheep were frozen to death in Minnesota,
        Iowa and Nebraska. Ranchers in the big
        Cimarron valley of Western Colorado feared
        heavy losses to 10,000 head of cattle and
        sheep isolated by snow. They described the
        storm as the worst in 20 years.
           Property damage in Racine, Wis., was
        estimated at $100,000. An estimated 500 trees
        were felled and from 8,000 to 10,000 damaged
        in Milwaukee. Communication facilities in
        Wisconsin, Nebraska, and parts of Iowa, South
        Dakota and Minnesota still were disrupted.
           Duck hunters rescued in Minnesota and 
        Wisconsin told harrowing stories of their 
        experiences. Cherished guns, boats, decoys 
        and other equipment were abandoned in the 
        desperate fight for life. One Wisconsin nimrod 
        died in his skiff while two other hunters sat 
        in their boat 30 feet away, powerless to help 
        because their craft was frozen fast in the lake 
        ice. The victim raised bare hands to the skies
        in supplication, then slumped forward.
        
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