The Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum

We are very pleased to announce that Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum is featured in this month's issue of Downhome Magazine. The article highlights ten interesting and unique artifacts from across the province. We are honoured to be included in this exclusive selection of amazing artifacts; each an important parts of Newfoundland's culture and history.  Want to know a little more about the history of our featured artifact? Of course you do.  This artifact is known as a Sick Kit, or a Sick Call Kit. Sick Kits were used by priests to administer last rites to those who were too sick to leave their homes.  Roman Catholics often had Sick Kits in their homes, but priests also possessed them for any necessary occasion . They were easy to travel with, as the kit can be closed, and each item securely placed in its rightful spot.  Each piece in the Sick Kit had a unique and vital role.  The candles were lit when the priest came to the door, where he was gree

Mary Roche relaying her memory of the Outer Cove plane crash. Photograph by Kenneth J. Harvey As mentioned in previous posts, the museum is creating a new exhibit on the Outer Cove plane crash of 1956. Our curator, Katie Harvey, is conducting a series of interviews with people who remember that day. The exhibit will contain as many first-hand accounts of the event as possible. Mary Roche lives directly behind the house that was hit by the plane, and so she remembers the day very clearly. I interviewed her yesterday about her memory, and her story will be outlined in the exhibit.  Here is a small portion of what she told me: " I heard this big bang and I thought the horse was out . . . and I thought the kids were after throwing a rock and the horse bucked up against the house or something.  And I went out singing out, 'God bless it!' 'Mom, it's not us, we had nothing to do it. That's... Look down.'  And I said 'What is it?'