- Date
- 1964-08-22
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Along road
- Airport Road · King's Highway
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunityagriculture
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The barn on Perry Crawford’s farm burned to the ground on August 22, 1964, according to the September Beaver Beacon. The notice identifies the property as the old McCaully Farm at Kings Highway and Airport Road, reports no injuries, and says no other building burned.
Evidence and limits
This is a brief newspaper fire notice. It does not establish the cause, exact parcel, response, loss, or an official fire-department record.
Sources
- Reports the barn on Perry Crawford’s farm burned to the ground on Friday, August 22, identifies the property as the old McCaully Farm at Kings Highway and Airport Road, and says no one was injured and no other building burned. It does not provide a fire report, cause, loss assessment, or precise parcel record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Perry Crawford farm barn burns near Kings Highway, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-perry-crawford-barn-fire-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1964, “Land Mark Disappears.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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