- Date
- 1914-06-15
- Kind
- Shipwreck
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- shipwrecksmaritimedisaster
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June-July 2014 Beaver Beacon reprints contemporary June 1914 accounts of the gasoline boat Vega burning near Beaver Island. Later reporting confirmed the deaths of Will Heath and Jerry Yettaw and identified Henry Papineau as also aboard.
Evidence limits
The 2014 article is a reprint of historical newspaper accounts; the exact wreck location and full casualty record remain approximate in this record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June-July 2014, "Boat Burns off Beaver Island" and "Vega's Loss Confirmed."Reprints June 1914 Charlevoix newspaper accounts of the gasoline boat Vega burning near Beaver Island, later identifying Will Heath and Jerry Yettaw as lost and reporting Henry Papineau as also aboard. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held June-July issue scan confirms the reprinted 1914 shipwreck accounts.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-07_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The gasoline boat Vega burns near Beaver Island in 1914”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-vega-shipwreck-1914/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June-July 2014, "Boat Burns off Beaver Island" and "Vega's Loss Confirmed." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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