The article continued on page 10 of the Decemissue of the Toronto Daily Star, including the following section: ‘We want all available transportation facilities to bring war workers and others to their jobs,’ he said…” All other traffic was stopped as if by a giant hand, with essential deliveries of bread, milk and other foodstuffs either stopped entirely or carried out on a restricted emergency basis…Mayor Conboy broadcast an appeal urging workers to stay home unless their jobs were of an essential nature. Commencing Monday evening, a light, drifting snow increased in intensity in the small hours of Tuesday morning and was continuing unabated this afternoon…Only main lines of the Toronto Transportation Commission remained open and those with the greatest difficulty.
“Nine people are dead and 21 inches of snow has fallen to noon in the worst snowstorm Toronto has ever experienced…The city is tied up – almost strangled. Underneath the large headline, readers read the following headline: Toronto Citizens Die in Mountainous Drifts: Whole City Stopped as if by a Giant Hand – Snow 21 Inches by Noon and Is Still Falling Heavily”. The front page banner headline of the Toronto Daily Star newspaper on Decemread in bold print: “NINE DIE IN TORONTO BLIZZARD 21-INCH SNOWFALL IS RECORDED”. Let us look back to December 11-12, 1944 when Toronto experienced the worst snowstorm in its history. The weather in December reminds Torontonians that winter is on the way, if it has not already arrived in some instances over the years.
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