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In early 19th-century Montreal, life for the homeless was harsh indeed
Published: 3 November 2014
The Montreal Gazette:聽It was a distressing sight on the Montreal waterfront that morning in late autumn 1816. There, in a bateau drawn up on the muddy banks of the St. Lawrence, lay the body of a woman.听She was identified as Elizabeth Thomson, the wife of a soldier named Hibberts. The Gazette reported that her death was caused by 鈥渋ntoxication and the effect of cold.鈥 Read .听