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Volunteers fight a brush fire near Beaver Island airport, 1958

Also Beaver Island airport brush fire October 1958

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TypeEvent
Date1958-10-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1958-10-28
Kind
Disaster
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
disastercommunityenvironment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1958 Beaver Beacon reports a brush fire near the airport on October 28. High winds carried it south more than a quarter mile; Islanders and Greenville Episcopal boys fought it through the afternoon under Conservation Officer Karl Kuebler.

Evidence limits

The report gives a probable origin and approximate spread but no incident report, acreage, damage assessment, or official fire record.

Sources

  1. Reports that a fire probably began in a smoldering stump after brush-pile cleanup, spread south more than a quarter mile in high winds, and was fought all afternoon by Islanders and the Greenville boys under Conservation Officer Karl Kuebler. It does not provide an incident report, acreage, damage assessment, or official fire record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fire and volunteer response.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteers fight a brush fire near Beaver Island airport, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-brush-fire-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1958, "AIRPORT FIRE." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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