- Date
- 1983-01-24
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimeemergency-managementtransportationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On January 24, 1983, a blue Chevrolet station wagon drove onto Lake Michigan ice near the Icebreaker Martin, and sank after its two occupants escaped.
Evidence limits
This is a first-person newspaper narrative, not a vehicle, Coast Guard, environmental, or recovery record.
Sources
- Reports a blue Chevrolet station wagon driving onto Lake Michigan ice near the Icebreaker Martin, sinking after the two occupants escaped, and disappearing beneath the ice. The account describes the nearby rescue readiness and rescued supplies, but no injuries. It is a first-person newspaper narrative, not a vehicle, Coast Guard, environmental, or recovery 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 · 1983-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the ice incident.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Chevrolet station wagon sinks through Lake Michigan ice near Beaver Island, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-car-sinks-through-ice-january-24-1983/, accessed [date], citing “Car Goes Through the Ice,” Beaver Beacon, March 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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