1914-12-19agaa

The Hamilton Street Railway company was viewed with some hostility generally by Hamiltonians in 1914. The service was not always dependable, and the memory of the bitter street railway strike had not diminished in general attitudes.

          The electric trolley cars themselves were often dangerous to those not actually on them. Such was the case on Friday December 18, 1914:

          “Miss Minnie Keen, a domestic employed at 125 South Wentworth street, escaped serious injury about 8:30 last evening by the smallest margin.

          “Crossing King street, at Hughson street, she was knocked down by a street car going east and dragged for half a block. That she did not fall under the wheels of the car was due to the presence of mind of the motorman.

          “She was taken to the city hospital, where it is said, she suffered considerably from shock and minor bruises.”¹

               ¹ “Knocked Down By Car.”

          Hamilton Herald December 19, 1914.