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     Mike called for aid by "Ship to Shore Emergency" and Francis 
     
     MacIntosh rescued them by dory. The dragger was a complete loss. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Shoemaker's Spring 
     
    
   
   
    
     A shoemaker lived by the south side of Basin Head Pond not 
     
     too far from the road bridge. There was a spring near by and it 
     
     became known as "Shoemaker's Spring". 
     
    
   
   
    
     Invention of Vice—Grips 
     
    
   
   
    
     Henry Pope, Chepstow, invented the vice—grip but in place 
     
     of contacting the proper authorities in an effort to obtain a 
     
     patent he dealt directly with a company. This company informed 
     
     him there was something not right about his plan. They offered 
     
     him $500 for his invention, kept his plan for the vice grips and 
     
     used their own patent. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dates to Remember 
     
    
   
   
    
     1719 First colonists from France to P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     1735 No. of settlers at East Point, 18 
     
    

    
     1765 Charlottetown was designated as Island capital 
     
    

    
     1799 Island was named "Prince Edward Island" 
     
    

    
     1810 First two—handed plows introduced 
     
    

    
     1816 First postal courier service 
     
    

    
     1827 Until this date the only post office was in Charlottetown 
     
    

    
     1829 Iceboat crossings transferred from Wood Islands to Cape 
     
     Traverse (Borden) 
     
    

    
     1832 First steamer communication with the mainland, Charlotte— 
     
     town to Pictou, inaugurated by the "Pocahontos" 
     
    

    
     1852 First submarine telegraph in America laid between Capes 
     
     Tormentine and Traverse 
     
    

    
     1854 Island telegraph system inaugurated 
     
    

    
     1859 Charlottetown streets gas lighted 
     
    

    
     1864 Confederation Conference in Charlottetown 
     
    

    
     1870 Bell of Acadian Church at St. Peters built in 1751, 
     
     plowed up in a field adjoining the old cemetery. It was 
     
     recast and placed in St. Alexis Church at Rollo Bay 
     
    

    
     1871 Island railway construction began 
     
    

    
     1873 P.E.I. entered Confederation 
     
    

    
     1884 P.E.Island Hospital opened on St. Peter's Road. Rebuilt 
     
     in 1900 on Kensington Road and again on present site in 
     
     1933 
     
    

    
     1883 Wreck of Marco Polo, fastest sailing ship of her time, 
     
     off Cavendish 
     
    

    
     1885 Charlottetown lighted by electricity 
     
    

    
     1887 S. S. Stanley replaces Northern Light 
     
    

    
     1903 Protestant Orphanage established at Mt. Herbert 
     
    

    
     1908 Running of automobiles by Act of Legislature 
     
    

    
     1909 Dominion Experimental Farm established 
     
    
   
   
    
     1910 Red Cross Society organized