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From: "Paul R. Scandlyn" <>
Subject: Re: Crowan Cemetery
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 22:04:27 -0800


Normand,

Speaking of CNN and Ted Turner, did you happen to see the high speed chase
by the California Highway Patrol last Thursday, February 19th that ended in
a crash at 60 to 70 miles per hour when the speeding car ran through an
intersection? The person in the white was my brother-in-law, Joseph
McCarley. He was airlifted to the emergency trauma hospital, Scripps
Memorial Hospital, in LaJolla, California with broken ribs, broken nose,
crushed cheekbone (which had to be operated on to place a titanium plate
beneath his right eyeball to hold it up and several screws in the skull
above the right eyebrow). Fortunately, he will be OK. It was, however, one
of the most horrible crash I've ever seen and it was covered for a total of
about 45 minutes by two television helicopter cameramen. At times the
speeding car exceeded 120 miles per hour.

Of course it was shown on all the television stations here in Southern
California and we have had telephone calls from all over the United States,
England, Japan, etc. where people saw it on CNN.

My brother-in-law came home from the hospital yesterday afternoon and will
be OK. He is still in a lot of pain and probably will be for some time to
come. Thankfully, he survived the terrible crash.

Paul R. Scandlyn

http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/a/Paul-R-Scandlyn/
In Sunny San Diego, California (after all the terrible storms)
-----Original Message-----
From: Normand Berriman <>
To: Alan Trevarthen <>
Cc: <>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Crowan Cemetery

>Hello Alan,
>
>I've just called Ted Turner to let him know about the news events that his
>company CNN has been missing.
>
>To update you on the Church. Dry rot has set in at the rear of the Church
>and some of the pews are outside while repairs are undertaken.
>
>An update to the number of families using the Church. The Vicar gave me an
>estimate of fifty families.
>
>For your trivia files. Lady Saint Aubyn died on the same day as my g.
>grandmother; they were also buried on the same day. They are resting some
>fifteen to twenty feet apart.
>
>Also for your trivia files. In 1832, Crowan Parish had 773 inhabited
>houses, 820 families, 141 families were engaged in farming, the number of
>males was 2,133, the number of females was 2,199.
>
>I guess I'll have to add a country to your list - I'm from Canada. And just
>to show you how people from Crowan got around the world ... my uncle is
>buried in Chile.
>
>Cheers,
>Normand
>CFHS, QFHS member in Montreal.
>
>At 07:25 PM 2/25/98 -0000, you wrote:
>>
>>I suspect I am the only person on this list who owns land in Crowan
>>Parish, and up until this month I would have estimated that 99.9 percent
>>of the people in Cornwall had never heard of it.
>>
>>Now, here it is being discussed around the world, from the USA,
>>Australia, Chile, and the UK and at this rate it will displace Sadaam
>>Hussein from the number one spot on the CNN news.
>>
>>I am thrilled to bits.
>
>

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