Summary
George Chase of Grand Rapids visited Beaver Island and the site of the train wreck that killed his uncle roughly 53 years earlier. The Beaver Island Civic Association maintained a white-painted cross there, and Chase donated cash to the association.
Evidence and limits
The notice does not name the uncle, give the site coordinates, or preserve a donation receipt. The related 1907 record supplies the source-qualified train wreck context.
Open questions
- Which family, civic-association, and site records identify the wreck memorial and George Chase’s uncle?
See also
- Death of David Chase in a Beaver Island train wreck (1907)
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Beaver Island
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 1960, train-wreck site visit notice.Reports George Chase of Grand Rapids visiting Beaver Island and the site of the train wreck in which his uncle was killed 53 years earlier; it says the Beaver Island Civic Association maintained a white-painted cross at the site and Chase made a cash donation. It does not name the uncle in this notice or provide a donation receipt.