As though the "Angel of Death" would not be assuaged, our little community was again called upon to hear the strain of another sever blow, when on the afternoon of Saturday, 9th instant, almost without warning, just when the business community anticipated a rest from a week of anxiety mingled with death, the sudden demise of Dr. Carl Addison Shaw, Medical Officer and Surgon, Cunningham Hospital, was noised around. Almost immediately, his residence "West Lodge" was crowded with anxious inquirers of all classes, who received the confirmation of the report with sadness.
Dr.Shaw, 58, a Canadian by birth, was a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago and also the holder of a license to practice medicine and surgery in Nova Scotia. The Doctor came to St. Kitts and took up the appointment as Medical Officer and Surgeon, Cunningham Hospital, on 1st October, 1917. Prior to this time, he served the Dutch Government as Medical Officer and Surgeon in the islands of Saba and Dutch St. Martin. The deceased was held in high repute in the Colony, the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and the islands of St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba. At St. Kitts in particular, Dr. Shaw had become a household word and the heavy sighs of the many, the crowded street necessitating police supervisions far into the night, spoke volume of the doctor’s popularity.
The kindliest of men, endowed with gifts of a high order, yet withal, humble and approachable, Dr. Shaw was greatly loved and revered by all. The poor always found him a friend
in deed, and no monument but that set up in the hears of the people of theses islands can correctly record the many ways in which he lavished his gifts and attention on all classes alike. As a medical practitioner, he interested himself, not in the
individual, but in the
case, and thus he was alike able to serve the poor and needy, the rich, the destitute.
His funeral ceremonies, conducted by the Venerable Archdeacon Caunt of St. George’s Church, assisted by Revd. G. Mandeville of Saba, were attended by a juge concourse of people, the largest on record for many years. He was a Master Mason, (Mount Olive Lodge, S.C.) and was buried with full Masonic honours, the ceremonies at the grave making a lasting impression on the huge representative crowd.
All the members of his immediate family are away in the Dominion, and to these especially,
The Union Messenger tenders its deepest sympathy in the loss they have so suddenly sustained.
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The Messenger, Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 13, 1924.
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Source: Canada Marriages, 1661-1949.
1865 - 1924 (59 years)
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