- Dates
- 1958-11 – 1958-12
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunitymaritimehealthcarecommunicationeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After the Bradley sinking, the December 1958 Beaver Beacon reports that the Beaver Island Civic Association began a relief fund that grew from $25 to nearly $100. It also reports a Thanksgiving Mass for the dead and bereaved, Dr. Luton’s Coast Guard helicopter flight toward a freighter carrying a rescued seaman who died before transfer, and Don Hansen’s roughly seven-hour air search for bodies. The account describes radio and telephone relays through Musette LaFreniere and the local Coast Guard station.
Evidence limits
This is a contemporary newspaper account of community response and reported search activity. It does not replace official casualty, relief, flight, search, or communications records.
Sources
- Reports that BICA started a fund with $25 for families of the Bradley crew and that it had reached nearly $100; a Thanksgiving Day High Mass at Holy Cross was offered for the dead and bereaved; Dr. Luton was flown by Coast Guard helicopter to a freighter, though the seaman had died before the planned transfer; and Don Hansen spent about seven hours locating bodies, relaying by aircraft radio through Musette LaFreniere and the local Coast Guard station. It also names the Detroit Times, Detroit News, Milwaukee Journal, photographer Hank Larson, and reporter Carl Eifert in the newspaper account. It does not provide official casualty, relief, flight, search, or communications records. 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 · 1958-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published relief, medical, search, and communications account; it does not expand the disaster or official-response record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community supports families of the Bradley crew and search effort, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bradley-crew-relief-and-search-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1958, “FUND FOR FAMILIES OF BRADLEY CREW” and “BRADLEY.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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