![]() ![]() A paramedic from Tavistock was the first emergency responder on the scene and realised that carbon monoxide was the cause. Mrs White, 83, from Dousland, and who walks with a frame, immediately called 999 and the emergency services an act that undoubtedly saved the lives of Percy and Joyce. She came in and tried to wake me up and then went upstairs and found my wife unconcious. Her husband dropped her off but had INSIDE YOUR TIMES THIS WEEK: Students are digging in at the college page 3 to go and move his car. Jill comes around most Thursdays between 11am and 11.30am for a game of Scrabble and a cup of tea. Their lives, and that of their dog, 14-yearold Jack Russell Terrier Patch, were saved when their friend Jill White came to pay her weekly, social visit. I let the dog out for a walk, came back sat in the chair and just dozed off the next thing I remembered someone had an oxygen mask on me. ![]() ![]() I got up to get breakfast for my wife who was still in bed. Percy, 85, a retired fishmonger from Tavistock Pannier Market, said: I didn t know anything had happened. Unbeknown to them falling stones had blocked the chimney and led to a build-up of poisonous carbon monoxide from their solid fuel fireplace and back boiler, fuelled by coal and anthracite. Pensioners Percy O Donnell and his wife, Joyce, 91, were overcome by fumes last Thursday morning at their cottage at Wallabrook. 1 TAVISTOCK TIMES GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1857 AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY-OWNED NEWSPAPER No: Brook Street, Tavistock, PL19 OHD Tel: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, p Lucky to be alive Swift action by visiting friend saved elderly couple from carbon monoxide poisoning D V D Around 700 properties to choose from OVER 3,000 DVDS 28 A West Street, (01822) LATEST BLU-RAY / 3D D V D M & C White Motor Engineers 7 PIXON LANE, TAVISTOCK TAVISTOCK SERVICING, REPAIRS & MOT`s Butter wouldn t melt! 8 Paddons Row, Tavistock by John Hutchins THE quick thinking of a visiting friend and the courage of a paramedic saved the lives of an elderly Tavistock couple. ![]()
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