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A Brush with DeathYears ago, medical help was more than just a phone call away. Sometimes,patients were taken on long, difficult journeys to get treatment. The followingis one person's story of survival.Before having breakfast on Wednesday, May 25, 1927, Mr William James Culland his son, Jack went to their shed. They planned to do some work on theirnew boat. The cod-fishing season was just a few short weeks away and therewas a lot of work to be done.It was a pleasant morning with light winds and Jack soon tired of workinginside. He knew that it would be a good day birdin', so he asked his father tolet him take a break. Then, with thoughts of the fun day ahead, he went to thehouse to get the old muzzle loader. Jack found the gun in its usual spot, stuckup in the comer of the porch. Without thinking, he picked it up and put the capon it. As he walked through the doorway, the gun hit the door facing and wentoff with a 'bang'.Mr. Cull was still working on his boat when he heard the blast. He rushed tothe house and found Jack still holding the gun. The two men noticed that theshot had gone up through the ceiling in the porch and knew that somethingterrible had happened. At the time, both of Jack's sisters were in bed in theroom directly overhead. The men hurried up to the bedroom and found Jack'ssix-year-old sister, Anora laying motionless on the feather bed. Her fatherrushed to her side and found that she was still alive. Anora's sister was also inthe bed, but she was not injured.In those days, there were no cars or ski-doo's in Shoal Bay. Getting Anora toDr. Mackenzie in Fogo would not be easy, but there was no time to waste. Asword spread, a group of six men offered to carry the little girl to Fogo. Theywrapped Anora in a blanket and carefully lifted her onto a 'hand-barrow'. Aftermaking their way over marshes and steep hills, they finally reached thedoctor. He cared for Anora as best he could, but he was very worried. Heknew that Anora needed major treatment. She would have to be sent toTwillingate Hospital.The following day, Anora and her father boarded a ship called the S.S. Holme.However, heavy pack ice forced the ship to return to Fogo. That night, Anora
and her father stayed at the home of Mrs. Jim Barnes. The next day,conditions were better and the ship tried again to make the crossing. Thistime, the Holme made it as far as Wild Cove, near Twillingate.A group of men from that community went out on the ice to meet the ship.They placed Anora in a small boat and pushed and pulled this boat over theice and through open water. After a long struggle, they finally arrived at thehome of Mr Isaac Roberts in Wild Cove. Soon after an ambulance arrived andtook the injured girl to the hospital.Two days had passed since the accident and little Anora was in seriouscondition. At the hospital, x-rays showed that twenty shot and a large quantityof feathers were lodged in her neck and shoulder. Later that night, Dr.Parsons operated and removed eighteen shot and most of the feathers.However, he was forced to leave two shot in her neck because they were tooclose to her windpipe.Despite the odds, Anora survived the surgery and was soon on her way to afull recovery. In the days that followed the accident, Anora's father noted allthe people that had helped him and his little girl. He also kept a small glassbottle containing some feathers and shot. After returning home, he traced thepath of the shot through the ceiling. They had traveled through a baseboard, apartition, a feather bed and feather pillow before striking his daughter.Anora still has two shot remaining in her neck but comments, "Since theyhave been them for seventy-one years, I would just as soon leave themthere!"Questions to think and write about:1. How did the feathers get into Anora's wound?2. Why are two shot still lodged in Anora's neck
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Page 5 and 6: ContributorsThe following people an
Page 10 and 11: A Remarkable NurseOne well-known re
Page 12 and 13: Dealing with emergencies in those d
Page 14 and 15: Looking back on her life, Nurse Col
Page 16 and 17: The Disappearance of Bill HurleyOn
Page 18 and 19: In later years, two youthful boysA
Page 20 and 21: Stories of World War TwoMr. Gregory
Page 22 and 23: the right moment, it would hit the
Page 24 and 25: These are just a few of the many st
Page 26 and 27: After many years, Walter Ludlow's s
Page 28 and 29: The man believed he could make it t
Page 30 and 31: Schooner LifeBefore roads connected
Page 32 and 33: days. Coming back was the same way.
Page 34 and 35: the name of Saunders up in Herring
Page 36 and 37: The McKenna family business has sto
Page 38 and 39: southern end of Change Islands. Dur
Page 40 and 41: The Newfoundland PonyWhen people ta
Page 42 and 43: "Prince" poses for a photo while ta
Page 44 and 45: The original St. Patrick's Church,
Page 46 and 47: group would go over the hills behin
Page 48 and 49: There were also special remedies fo
Page 50 and 51: Green ribbon around neck: Believed
Page 52 and 53: Removing the soundbone,or "splittin
Page 54 and 55: Yaffling and piling dry cod.Lifting
Page 56 and 57: 'Number Two' fish was not as good.
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There were thirteen stores on the p
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ShipwrecksWhen a schooner or other
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The Wreck Commissioner was StoneyFo
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The Dominion and AlarmMany sealing
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Tragedy at the IceThe seal hunt is
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time they made it, they found nothi
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Jumping Ship on Fogo IslandOn Octob
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Year's Eve, some of the men became
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The Lumber WoodsMany local men fish
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They would be hungry after a long,
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Loading the Tractor Sleds Up With F
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Lumber Woods TravelWhen on their wa
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They did not have one thing dry to
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true as I'm here! That was the firs
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Since 'white ends' in the forest we
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Man's Best FriendToday, most dogs a
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Retriever or the 'Landseer'. The La
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Strange EventsThe Ghost ShipA young
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The Light in the BightOne evening i
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BoatsBefore the days of long liners
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The first 50 foot long liner of Fog
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the loss of his wife and his daught
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could hear strange noises. These so
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medical facilities and other servic
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Mr. William Donahue and his family
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Anglican Church Indian Islands, 196
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The Beheading of Michael TurpinDuri
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Bringing WaterYears ago, people did
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The Good SheppardsOn the morning of
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This is a copy of Nathaniel Sheppar
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The Fogo ProcessMany people have he
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When people watched themselves and
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When the Markland finally came into
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Bits and PiecesDrifting AwayOne day
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Swan Skin MittsWhen birding and sea
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TravelThis photo was taken in 1956
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My First Pair of ShoesOne lady reca
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A Poor Night, Not Too Long AgoApril
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As darkness approached, fog and dri
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All of the people involved in this
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BibliographyArticles:Author Unknown
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Photos and IllustrationsWinston Osm
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