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Harbor rescue of Timmy Turner (1971)

Also 1971 Timmy Turner rescue · Beaver Islander dock rescue

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinSaint James Harbor
ErasModern era

Summary

The August–September 1971 Beaver Beacon reports that eight-year-old Timmy Turner fell into Saint James Harbor between the Beaver Islander and dock. Jim and Ron Wogan pulled him from the water after Deputy Sheriff Bill Welke noticed the incident while checking freight after dark.

Evidence and limits

The source calls the rescue a narrowly avoided tragedy but gives no calendar date, water conditions, injury assessment, or official harbor or law-enforcement record. The named people remain episode-qualified.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August–September 1971, “Tragedy Averted.”
    Reports that Deputy Sheriff Bill Welke saw Jim and Ron Wogan pull eight-year-old Timmy Turner from the harbor after he fell between the Beaver Islander and dock; it supplies no exact date, weather, witness list, or official rescue report.
    beaver_beacon · 1971-08_Beaver-Beacon