- Date
- 1956-01-19
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On January 19, 1956, a fire started in the ceiling of Aunt Maggie and Turner’s home. The February Beaver Beacon reports that schoolchildren formed a bucket brigade before the Coast Guard crew arrived, and that the ceiling burned the length of the house.
Evidence and limits
The article preserves the newsletter’s report of probable defective wiring and undetermined interior damage. It does not substitute for a fire report, insurance file, repair record, or confirmed cause.
Sources
- Reports the January 19 ceiling fire, the schoolchildren’s bucket brigade, Hubert McCauley’s work at the hand pump, arrival of the Coast Guard crew, probable defective wiring, interior damage, and temporary refuge for the occupants. It does not provide a fire-department report, repair ledger, insurance record, or confirmed cause. 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 · 1956-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published fire report; it does not expand the fire, property, or repair record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fire damages Aunt Maggie and Turner’s Beaver Island home, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-aunt-maggie-turner-house-fire-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1956, “Fire—At Aunt Maggie and Turner’s home.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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