- Date
- 1957-02-22
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1957 Beaver Beacon reported a February 22 fire at Raymond Lewis’s cabin in the Episcopal Mission area. The paper attributed it to an overheated stove and said the damage required Lewis to move temporarily.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded fire report. It does not provide a fire report, damage assessment, property record, or complete response roster.
Sources
- Reports that a February 22 fire at Raymond Lewis’s cabin in the Episcopal Mission area prompted the volunteer Fire Department to respond, and that damage required Lewis to move into the vacant Gablow place. It gives an overheated stove as the cause but does not provide a fire report, damage assessment, property record, or complete response roster. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported cabin fire; it does not expand the cause, damage, response, or relocation record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Overheated stove causes fire at Raymond Lewis’s cabin, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-raymond-lewis-cabin-fire-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1957, “Holy Smoke?” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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