- Date
- circa 1968-08
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Saint James Harbor · Garden Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- accidentmaritimecommunity
- Within
- Saint James Harbor
Summary
The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that John D. Murphy’s rented boat went missing from St. James Harbor during strong northwest winds. The boat was found overturned off the north end of Garden Island the next day; Coast Guard helicopters, private planes, volunteers, and a shore search found boat debris but no sign of Murphy, who was presumed drowned at publication.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper accident and search report. It records the source’s “presumed drowned” status without inferring a confirmed death, and does not provide an official incident report, chart, or later recovery record.
Sources
- Reports John D. Murphy's rented boat found overturned off north Garden Island, Coast Guard helicopter and private-plane searches, volunteer shore searching, and Murphy presumed drowned with no body recovered at publication; it does not provide an official incident report, chart, or recovered-person record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published mishap and search report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John D. Murphy presumed drowned after Beaver Island boat mishap, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-john-murphy-water-mishap-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Water Mishap.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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