Scotia from Quebec with two hundred barrels of flour, when three members of the crew and one passenger became ill and died. Their bodies and bedding were thrown overboard, and the remaining men on the ship were quarantined and guarded. However, James MacDonald and some of his children had visited the ship when it first came ashore. Shortly afterwards, four members of his family became ill and were treated by Dr. Craig . Two of the children recovered, but an infant took sick and died within a day. Mr. MacDonald 's wife recovered somewhat, but went to the spring to wash clothes, and died six days later, presumably having caught a cold. Some time later, a man from the ship went from house to house begging for some wool. When he arrived at the home of a Mr. MacCallum of St. Peter 's Bay, he became ill. Mr. MacCallum , fearing that he had cholera, gave him shelter in the barn where he died a short time later. Dr. Jardine , a doctor in the area, recommended burning the barn after Mr. MacCallum interred the body of the deceased at his own expense. It is interesting to note that Dr. Craig 's sister, Margaret, married William McGee , and she was the great-grandmother of Cliff Townshend of . After Dr. Craig 's departure, other doctors continued to practice in Bear River . Dr. John O'Shaughnessy came in 1837. His wife died four years later, leaving him with six children. Dr. Cornelius O'Leary practiced here for a short time. He married a local girl by the name of Scully before moving to the western end of the Island. Another man, Dr. John Maclnnis , from Red Point also practiced in Bear River for a short period of time. Whelan Underhay relates that the fee a midwife charged for delivering eight of his brothers and sisters, staying in the home several days each time, was a pound of tea each visit. 49