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Event

Margaret Cronyn and family are injured in a Bay City automobile accident (1961)

Also 1961 Cronyn family automobile accident

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
ErasModern era

Summary

Margaret Cronyn, identified as a co-author of The Saga of Beaver Island, her husband, and their two children were involved in a serious automobile accident near Bay City in 1961. The October Beaver Beacon reports a concussion for her husband, a dislocated hip and lengthy incapacity for Margaret, and no serious injuries to the children.

Evidence and limits

The held report does not name Margaret’s husband or children and does not supply an accident report, hospital chart, or later recovery account.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 1961, “Hospital Notes.”
    Reports Margaret Cronyn, co-author of The Saga of Beaver Island, her husband, and their two children being involved in a serious automobile accident near Bay City. It says the husband suffered a concussion, Margaret a dislocated hip and a six-to-eight-month incapacity, and the children were not seriously injured; it does not provide names, a police report, or complete medical records.