Then, on the night of January 15, the great blizzard of 1887 struck.

In 1887 it had been the great blizzard and in 1893 the nationwide panic and in 1923-24 the first drought.

During a great blizzard, the settlers are alarmed by the sound of Brewton's cattle near their house.

He was delayed only once, by the great blizzard of 1888.

Right now we've got this great blizzard and no way to use it!

"I was an orphan at nine minutes past eight of a blue Monday in the great blizzard of 1891," continued the voice.

If the great blizzard of 1888 ushers in the modern era of winter misery, what of the time before then?

In Massachusetts, which took a particularly heavy hit from the storm, people reached back for comparisons beyond the August hurricane to the great blizzard of 1978.

In New England, at least, the forecasts held that the storm would rival the great blizzard of 1978.

A great polar blizzard nearly wrecks the airship.