Reg Grady

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Grady, Francis "Reg"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1994-07-27
Date Digitized
2010-03-27
Abstract
This interview is with Francis "Reg" Grady of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Reg begins by telling a story about Al Capone's hat and rum running. He then tells about Nellie J. Banks the fiddle, named after the famous ship. Reg goes back to the topic of rum running and bootlegging, tells about prohibiton officers, and begins to tell the story of his uncle John Austin Grady's heroic rescue of sailors from a shipwreck off of Priest Point in 1906. He tells of the medals his uncle and Duncan Campbell were awarded, the wake and burial of the sailors, and the graveyard where they and his uncle are buried.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Priest Pond, PE
East Point, PE
Souris, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1904
1906
1970
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:52:20
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:05:45
Discussion about Al Capone's hat and rum running; Al Capone, rum running, North Lake, kegs, 3 mile limit, rum, cutter, schooners, prohibition, St. Pierre, rum prices, liquor prices, Freddy Jennings, cigarettes, Winchester cigarettes, bootleggers, bootlegging, rum, rum running, Captain Dick's, Stanhope, Perry boys.

SIDE A 00:05:45 -- 00:13:13
Discussion about Nellie J. Banks the fiddle; Nellie J. Banks, fiddle.

SIDE A 00:13:13 -- 00:16:02
Discussion about rum running and bootlegging continues, with mention of signaling to the boats and Nellie J. Banks the ship; Nellie J. Banks, bootlegging, rum running, rum, kegs.

***Tape stops at 00:15:30.
SIDE A 00:16:02 -- 00:18:25
Discussion about prohibition officers; Jack Alec MacDonald, Georgetown, John Joe McPhee, prohibition, prohibition officers.

SIDE A 00:18:25 -- 00:20:53
Discussion about ghost stories and a visit from the bishop; ghost stories, bishop, rum, North Lake,
***Tape stops abruptly at 00:20:53.
SIDE A 00:20:55 -- 00:31:52
Discussion about his uncle Austin's medals for bravery and how he earned them by saving sailors from a shipwreck; 1904, 1906, Carnegie medal for heroism, John Austin Grady, Duncan Campbell, Rose's Reef, shipwreck, Savinto, Sowinto, shipwreck, bravery, hero, East Point, Priest Pond.

Side A ends at 00:31:52.
***Side A ends mid-sentence.
SIDE B 00:32:02 -- 00:45:02
Discussion about his uncle Austin continues, with mention of Paquet dories and the wake and burial of the sailors; Austin, Campbell's Cove, schooner, Souris, Russian hemp, rescue, Finland, sails, Ryan's lobster cannery, George Chevrie, Joe MacDonald, 1970, gravestone, Sowinto, Savinto, John Austin Grady, Priest Point.

SIDE B 00:45:02 -- 00:46:17
Brief discussion about the nationalities of the sailors and the ship's origin; Finnish, master barque, crew, Norwegian, Russia, Finland, Norway, sailors.

SIDE B 00:46:17 -- 00:50:28
Discussion about his uncle John Austin and Duncan Campbell, their medals, and graves; John Austin Grady, Duncan Campbell, heroes, Carnegie medal for heroism, Humane Society, King George VI, King of England, medals, Mayor of Ottawa.

SIDE B 00:50:28 -- 00:52:17
Discussion about the shipwrecks and the Rocket House in Priest Point; East Point, shipwrecks, Austin, Duncan Campbell, Ray Murphy, anchor, rescue.

Tape ends at 00:52:20.