By the numbers Great White Hurricane
500: Number of people killed from Maryland to Maine in a freak hurricane-blizzard that began on March 11, 1888
200: Number of ships stranded by the storm
50: Height of snow, in feet, of drifts reported around New England
3: Number of days the storm lasted
Sources: Wikipedia.org; Infoplease.com
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