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Brant Marriages, Brantford - Charles Howard Gamble, Aged 21 Years, Resides Port Dover, Born Erie View, Bachelor, Mechanic, Presbyterian, Father Charles Edward Gamble, Mother Hattie La Fortune, Kathleen Johnson, Aged 21 Years, Resides Port Dover, Born England, Spinster, Lives at Home, Presbyterian, Father John Edward Johnson, Mother Annie York, Witnesses Mrs. C. E. Gamble, Port Dover, Mrs. Geo. Goroo, Brantford, April 2nd 1918, Solemnized by James W. Goroo, Brantford, Presbyterian
CHARLIE GAMBLE’S ESCAPE - Charlie Gamble, a deck hand on board the Wilma, was sitting near the wheelhouse picking fish out of the bull nets they had just retrieved from the lake that morning. The year was 1945 and as usual the catch had been good. Captain Duncan McLeod was busy setting his gang of nets in anticipation of another bountiful harvest. The captain was paying out the anchor line and he called Charlie from his job to take over the line. Charlie grabbed the rope and in the same motion stepped into the coil of expending anchor line. The line tightened around his leg and in an instant he was dragged over the stern 40 yards behind and down 15 feet under the water. The captain jumped to the controls and slammed the Wilma into full reverse, thus taking some of the strain off the line. Charlie Gamble, who was now strung upside down and taking on water, reached for his well honed pocket knife and slashed at the line, freeing himself from his entanglement. He bobbed to the surface and was hauled aboard wet and shaken but nevertheless thankful and ready to get back at picking fish. - from Lakelore
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