- Date
- 1960-02-27
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunityhousing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that a February 27 fire destroyed the home occupied by Lawrence Collins. The firefighting equipment arrived after the house was too far gone, and Collins saved very few personal belongings.
Evidence limits
The report does not establish the cause, a damage inventory, a fire-department record, or the property title. Its reference to Bridgie Gallagher is retained as historical context rather than an ownership proof.
Sources
- Reports that fire destroyed the home occupied by Lawrence Collins on February 27, before firefighting equipment arrived, and that Collins saved very few belongings. It identifies the property by an older resident association with Bridgie Gallagher but provides no fire report, cause, damage inventory, or title record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported house fire.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Fire destroys Lawrence Collins’s Beaver Island home, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lawrence-collins-house-fire-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1960, house-fire notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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