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Lightning disrupts the Holy Cross Church carillon, 2013

Also Holy Cross Church chimes outage July 2013 · Beaver Island church carillon lightning damage 2013

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TypeEvent
Dates2013-07-22 – 2013-07-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2013-07-22 – 2013-07-29
Kind
Maintenance
Where
Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
religioninfrastructurecommunicationmaintenance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In July 2013, a forum notice reported that lightning had disrupted the Holy Cross Church electronic carillon’s software control unit. The unit was to be sent to Chime Master for reprogramming, with restoration expected in about a week.

Evidence limits

The report comes from a person coordinating the repair and is good evidence of the contemporaneous outage and planned remedy. It does not establish the exact lightning mechanism, repair cost, or final restoration date.

Sources

  1. A person involved in the repair reported that a lightning strike disrupted the Carillon System software control unit, which was being sent to Chime Master for reprogramming, with a hoped-for return in about a week. Replies corroborate that the chimes had stopped, but the thread does not preserve a repair invoice or later restoration confirmation.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006543

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Lightning disrupts the Holy Cross Church carillon, 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-carillon-outage-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Holy Cross Church Chimes,” July 22–23, 2013..

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