Terror in Canoe Cove- 1963

Sat. Nov. 2^nd- 1963

 

This story that appeared in the newspaper on Saturday, November 5^th, 1963 was certainly no ordinary Hallowe’en prank; more like a Hallowe’en nightmare for the family involved. According to media reports, Mr. and Mrs. Perley Shaw and their nine children of Canoe Cove had their home besieged by a group of unknown assailants who surrounded their home. The assailants broke three windows, threw rocks and large stones at the house, and tried to knock down one side of the home with a 10 foot long log. When Hallowe’en night came to an end for this family, the family’s car was upended, and the family dog was killed. During the assault on the home, the family hid in the upstairs of the home. Since the family did not have a telephone, Mr. Shaw got one of his sons out a window to seek help where he would then run all the way to a neighbour’s house located a quarter of a mile away. The media reported one child is recuperating from bronchitis and another with a fractured skull as a result of the incident.