C-c-c-cold
weather arrived in Hamilton on December 15, 1914, much to the inconvenience of
Hamiltonians all over the city.
The Hamilton Spectator provided the
following observations of the effects of the drop in temperature :
“The mercury, which took such a sudden
jump a few days since, is gradually getting back to where it belongs, and the
lowest it has been during the last 24 hours was 11 above zero, whereas it went
to one below yesterday morning.
“The cold weather made many a man hunt
for a warmer place to sleep, and all the cheap lodging houses in the city were
filled to capacity last night and the night before.
“There were hundreds of families in
the city who were not prepared for the sudden change, but the relief committee
is doing its best to provide for them, and there were no places which have been
brought to the attention of the society which were not looked after.
“The railroads report little delay
owing to the cold weather, but many autoists were put to the inconvenience of
thawing out their radiators owing to the water freezing.
“Work on the buildings which is going
on in some parts of the city was not interrupted, the contractors who are
erecting the new Royal Connaught hotel using steam to thaw the frost out of the
ground where the excavating is being done.”1
1 “Felt
Effects : Cold Weather Caused Hardship in Many Poor Homes”
Hamilton Spectator. December 16, 1914
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