- Date
- 1981-04-20
- Kind
- Disaster
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunityemergency-managementcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 20, 1981, a fire in the Cole house laundry area near the chimney damaged part of the roof, two upstairs bedrooms, and other areas through water damage. Volunteer firefighters brought it under control quickly.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper report does not establish the fire cause, address, insurance outcome, or full response record.
Sources
- Reports an April 20 fire in the laundry area around the Cole house chimney, with roof and upstairs-bedroom damage and water damage, controlled quickly by volunteer firefighters. It does not give a cause determination, address, insurance file, or incident log. 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 · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held thirteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Cole-house fire report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fire damages the Cole house on Beaver Island, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cole-house-fire-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1981, fire report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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