January 25: 'Peg hits -52? ; Fireman down; Bonnin hanged; Brandon's McKenzie building.

January 25, 1956 - Winnipeg Firefighter Elford A. Knox, 54, falls ill at a fire and dies in hospital.

January 25, 1988 - The A.E. McKenzie Company Building on 9th Street in Brandon is designated a Provincial Heritage Site. It is now being converted into condominiums.

January 25, 1988 - The Trappist Monastery Ruins, rue du Monastére, St. Norbert, is designated a Provincial Heritage Site.

January 25, 1927 - 24 year-old Wilfred Bonnin is hanged in Winnipeg for the murder of Maurice Garvie during a bank robbery on May 28, 1926. (For more on the robbery.)

January 25, 1904 - Winnipeg hits minus 52 ! Though the Free Press only reported - 38.

The cold lasted until January 29th or so. During that time there were numerous fires, at least one death and workers such as the gas light men were reported to have a hard time of it. On the 24th trains stopped running in Southern Manitoba as it was too cold to "steam them back up" after stopping in places like Douglas, MB.

Despite the cold weather numerous outdoor hockey games carried on.