- Date
- 1914-10
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- accidentmaritimehealthcare
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October-November 2014 Beaver Beacon reprints October 1914 accounts of Peter Burns breaking his arm aboard the tug Margaret McCann in rough water on a trip from Beaver Island to Charlevoix.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October-November 2014, "Broke His Arm."Reprints October 1914 Charlevoix newspaper accounts that Peter Burns, a St. James boy who had secretly boarded the tug for Charlevoix, fell in rough water and broke his arm; Dr. Armstrong treated him. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held October-November issue scan confirms the historical accident reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Peter Burns breaks his arm aboard a Beaver Island tug in 1914”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-peter-burns-tug-mccann-accident-1914/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October-November 2014, "Broke His Arm." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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