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	Deaths in the Presidentials

		Mount Washington and the Presidential Range have a dark side: the number of human lives lost over the years.  Rivaling the number of deaths on Everest, most fatalities can be attributed to the mountain's harsh weather in some way.  Let this list serve as a grim reminder about how careful you must be when heading into the White Mountains.  Click on any highlighted name to view more information on the "Selected Details" tab.  If you have any corrections, changes or additions, please contact me. Date Name  Age  Location Cause     October 19, 1849       Frederick Strickland   29   lost in storm September 14, 1855 Lizzie Bourne 23 near summit hypothermia August 7, 1856 Benjamin Chandler 75 near summit hypothermia October 4, 1869 J. M. Thompson   Peabody River drowned February 26, 1872 William Stevens   summit natural causes June 28, 1873 William Sealey   Cog Railway slideboard accident September 3, 1874 Harry Hunter 21   hypothermia July 3, 1880 Mrs. Ira Chichester   Carriage Road carriage overturned July 24, 1886 Cewall Faunce 15 Tuckerman Ravine falling ice August 24, 1890 Ewald Weiss 24 Mount Adams lost June 30, 1900 William Curtis 63 Lakes of the Clouds hypothermia June 30, 1900 Allan Ormsby 28 near summit hypothermia August 23, 1900 Alexander Cusick   Cog Railway slideboard accident September 18, 1912 John Keenan 18   lost August 5, 1919 Harry Clauson 19 Cog Railway slideboard accident August 5, 1919 Jack Lonigan 21 Cog Railway slideboard accident November ?, 1927 Harriman ?   Jefferson Brook drowned April ?, 1928 Elmer Lyman   Pinkham Notch froze to death December 1, 1928 Herbert Young 18 Ammonoosuc Ravine hypothermia July 20, 1929 Daniel Rossiter   Cog Railway Peppersass engine accident July 30, 1929 Oysten Kaldstad   Dry River, Oakes Gulf drowned September 18, 1931 Henry Bigelow 19 Huntington Ravine falling rock January 31, 1932 Joseph B. Chadwick 22 near summit froze to death January 31, 1932 Ernest W. McAdams 22 near summit froze to death June 18, 1933 Simon Joseph 19 Lakes of the Clouds hypothermia November 11, 1933 Rupert Marden 21 Tuckerman Ravine hypothermia September 9, 1934 Jerome Pierce 19 Peabody River drowned April 1, 1936 John Fowler 19 east side of Mt. Washington killed by fall May 23, 1936 Grace Sturgess 24 Tuckerman Ravine falling ice July 4, 1937 Harry Wheeler 55 Mt. Jefferson heart attack August 24, 1938 Joseph Caggiano 22 Mt. Adams hypothermia June 9, 1940 Edwin McIntire 19 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall October 13, 1941 Louis Haberland 27 Mt. Jefferson hypothermia April 7, 1943 John Neal   Tuckerman Ravine skiing accident May 31, 1948 Phyliss Wilbur 16 Tuckerman Ravine skiing accident May 1, 1949 Paul Schiller   Tuckerman Ravine skiing accident February 2, 1952 Tor Staver   Sherburne Ski Trail skiing accident August 23, 1952 Raymond Davis 50 Tuckerman Ravine hypothermia January 31, 1954 Philip Longnecker 25 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche January 31, 1954 Jacques Parysko 23 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche February 19, 1956 A. Aaron Leve 28 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche September 1, 1956 John Ochab 37 Mt. Clay killed by fall June 7, 1956 Thomas Flint 21 Mt. Madison killed by fall May 17, 1958 William Brigham 28 Tuckerman Ravine falling ice July 19, 1958 Judy March 17 Crawford Path hypothermia July 19, 1958 Paul Zanet 24 Crawford Path hypothermia August 22, 1959 Anthony Amico 44 Tuckerman Ravine heart attack June 2, 1962 Armand Falardeau 42 Mt. Clay hypothermia September 12, 1962 Alfred Dickinson 67 Nelson Crag hypothermia April 4, 1964 John Griffin   Huntington Ravine died in avalanche April 4, 1964 Hugo Stadtmueller 28 Huntington Ravine died in avalanche May 3, 1964 Remi Bourdages 38 Tuckerman Ravine heart attack March 14, 1965 Daniel Doody 31 Huntington Ravine killed by fall March 14, 1965 Craig Merrihue 31 Huntington Ravine killed by fall September 6, 1967 Eric Davies 7 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Mary Frank 38 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Monica Gross 2 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Shirley Zorzy 22 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Beverly Richmond 15 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Kent Woodard 9 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Charles Usher 55 Cog Railway train accident September 6, 1967 Mrs. Charles Usher 56 Cog Railway train accident January 26, 1969 Robert Ellenberg 19 Huntington Ravine climbing accident January 26, 1969 Scott Stevens 19 Huntington Ravine climbing accident January 26, 1969 Charles Yoder 24 Huntington Ravine climbing accident February 9, 1969 Mark Larner 16 Mt. Adams died in avalanche October 12, 1969 Richard Fitzgerald 26 Huntington Ravine killed by fall November 29, 1969 Cliff Phillips 25 Boott Spur plane crash November 29, 1969 Paul Ross 26 Boott Spur plane crash November 29, 1969 Kenneth Ward 20 Boott Spur plane crash March 21, 1971 Irene Hennessey 47 Huntington Ravine plane crash March 21, 1971 Thomas Hennessey 54 Huntington Ravine plane crash April 24, 1971 Barbara Palmer 46 Cog Railway base station hypothermia August 28, 1971 Betsy Roberts 16 Dry River, Oakes Gulf drowned October ?, 1971 Geoff Bowdoin   Dry River, Oakes Gulf drowned May 17, 1972 Christopher Coyne 21 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall September 23, 1972 Richard Thaler 49 Mt. Adams heart attack April 21, 1973 Peter Winn   Tuckerman Ravine skiing accident August 22, 1974 Jean Titcomb 53 Gray Knob plane crash August 22, 1974 Vernon Titcomb   Gray Knob plane crash December 24, 1974 Karl Brushaber 37 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall October 23, 1975 Clayton Rock 80 Lakes of the Clouds heart attack March 26, 1976 Margaret Cassidy 24 Huntington Ravine killed by fall May 8, 1976 Scott Whinnery 25 Hillman's Highway killed by fall July 12, 1976 Robert Evans 22 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall February 14, 1979 Paul Flanigan 26 Huntingon Ravine killed by fall February 14, 1979 David Shoemaker 21 Huntingon Ravine killed by fall August 21, 1980 Patrick Kelley 24 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall October 12, 1980 Charles LaBonte 16 Ammonoosuc Ravine killed by fall October 13, 1980 James Dowd 43 Tuckerman Ravine heart attack December 31, 1980 Peter Friedman 18 Huntington Ravine climbing accident August 8, 1981 Myles Coleman 73 summit stroke January 25, 1982 Albert Dow 29 Huntington Ravine died in avalanche March 28, 1982 Kathy Hamann 25 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall May 25, 1982 John Fox 47 Tuckerman Ravine stroke January 1, 1983 Edward Aalbue 21 Huntington Ravine killed by fall March 24, 1983 Kenneth Hokenson 23 near summit killed by fall March 27, 1983 Mark Brockman 19 near summit killed by fall July 30, 1984 Paul Silva 22 Auto Road car crash August 22, 1984 Ernst Heinsoth 88 summit heart attack March 15, 1986 Basil Goodridge 56 Mt. Jefferson heart attack April 5, 1986 Robert Jones 53 Tuckerman Ravine heart attack August 24, 1986 McDonald Barr 52 Mt. Madison hypothermia June 30, 1990 Edwin Costa 40 Great Gulf skiing accident October 2, 1990 Russell Diedrick 24   plane crash October 2, 1990 Stewart Eames 27   plane crash October 2, 1990 Jimmy Jones 34   plane crash February 24, 1991 Thomas Smith 41 Huntington Ravine climbing accident January 27, 1992 Louis Nichols 47 Cog Railway hypothermia August 12, 1992 George Remini 65 Alpine Garden heart attack March, 28, 1993 Christopher D. Schneider   Hillman's Highway skiing accident January 15, 1994 Derek Tinkham 20 Mt. Jefferson hypothermia February 26, 1994 Monroe Couper 27 Alpine Garden hypothermia February 26, 1994 Erick Lattery 40 Alpine Garden hypothermia May 1, 1994 Cheryl Weingarten 22 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall June 4, 1994 Sarah Nicholson 25 Tuckerman Ravine falling ice October 8, 1994 Ronald Hastings   wooden staircase heart attack January 5, 1996 Alexandre Cassan 19 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche February 3, 1996 Donald Cote 48 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall February 25, 1996 Nicholas Halpern 50 Mt. Eisenhower hypothermia March 2, 1996 Robert Vandel 50 Huntington Ravine killed by fall March 25, 1996 John Wald 35 Gulf of Slides died in avalanche March 24, 1996 Todd E. Crumbaker 35 Gulf of Slides died in avalanche September 27, 1997 Stephen Carmody 29 Tuckerman Ravine killed by 300' fall May 29, 1999 John Gringas 44     October 30, 1999 Doug Thompson 66     February 20, 2000 David McPhedran 42 Gulf of Slides died in avalanche February 18, 2001 Ned D. Green 26 Huntington Ravine killed by fall June 3, 2001 Hilary Manion 22 Tuckerman Ravine killed by fall while skiing November 15, 2001 Louise Chaput 52 Glen Boulder Trail murdered September 11, 2002 Peter Busher   Mt. Madison hypothermia November 29, 2002 Thomas Burke 46 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche November 29, 2002 Scott Sandburg 32 Tuckerman Ravine died in avalanche January 15, 2004 Kenneth R. Holmes 37 South Twin Mountain hypothermia January 27, 2004 Jason A. Gaumond 31 Huntington Ravine killed by fall March 7, 2004 Rob A. Douglas 39 Great Gulf killed by fall