- Date
- 1959-09
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- deathmaritimetransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that Coast Guard Engineman Cyril J. Jones drowned near Spectacle Reef after high winds carried him and Joseph Gagnon offshore. It notes Jones’s prior Beaver Island station assignments in 1949–50 and 1955–56.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper casualty and service notice, not an official Coast Guard report, exact-date record, or complete personnel file.
Sources
- Reports that Coast Guard Engineman Cyril J. Jones drowned while swimming near Spectacle Reef lighthouse after high winds carried him and Joseph Gagnon offshore, and notes that Jones served at Beaver Island in 1949–50 and 1955–56. It does not provide an official Coast Guard casualty report, exact date, or complete service file. 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 · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the drowning and prior Beaver Island station notice; it does not expand the casualty or service record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard Engineman Cyril J. Jones drowns near Spectacle Reef, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cyril-jones-drowning-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1959, "ENGINEMAN 1/c CYRIL J. JONES." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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