PIGEON CALLS DOCTOR.
On the lonely Isle of Ailsa Craig, 12 miles off the Ayrshire coast, an aged quarryman was knocked unconscious in an accident. He Lad to await help i.rom Girvan, the nearest point on the mainland. The usual beacon on the island was not seen, and two days later a carrier pigeon arrived at Girvan with a message asking for help. A doctor founfl the man suffering from concussion and severe wounds. He was taken to Girvan and thence to Glasgow Western Infirmary.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 132, 5 June 1926, Page 23
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85PIGEON CALLS DOCTOR. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 132, 5 June 1926, Page 23
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