Charlevoix fishing party’s South Fox gale survival, 1929

Summary

The Herald reported that Archie Cross, Nelson Holland and Irving Nowland returned after four days and nights in a small launch following a South Fox fishing trip amid ice barriers and a sixty-mile gale.

Evidence and limits

The held source was published or indexed on 1929-01-18. It is the basis for this record; notices, retrospective columns, and schedules are not treated as proof of later outcomes.

HITE’S DRUG. STORE he - Some great Heater ‘bargains now at C. J. Malpass Hdwe. Co. ‘adv. Dog owners who. have not paid Sale ‘Continued Jan’y “ON ACCOUNT OF > THE BAD WEATHER, WE HAVE DECIDED TO. EXTEND OUR SALE THROUGH JANUARY. WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF GOOD WINTER MERCHANDISE OUT ON TABLES - FOR- -YOUR-— -INSPECTION. -EVERY-. . THING WITH A RED TICKET IS A REAL BAR: GAIN. Missing since. last Thursday when they. Jeft for South Fox Island on a fishing trip three Charlevoix men were safe at their-homes Tuesday after a struggle for four. days and nights in a-small Jaunch with ice barriers and“a 60-mile gale on Lake Michigan. The men, Archie Cross, Nelson Holland and Irving Nowland returned Monday afternoon .accom- guards ‘who started to search for tem at at the request of ‘relatives. <The.men had maintained @ constant watch for four days, and were forced to chop away t

Open questions

• Can an original agency, vessel, land, lighthouse, or personnel record confirm the details and identify unnamed people or equipment?
• Does another contemporaneous source establish an exact location, duration, or outcome beyond this report?

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago
• South Fox Island
• Commercial fishing
• Shipping and navigation