- Dates
- 1960-04-05 – 1960-04
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityenvironment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that fire destroyed Bill Ricksgers’s home on April 5 and that smaller fires occurred in the old sawmill and at Mat Melville’s residence.
Evidence and limits
The account is a brief community report. It does not identify the fire cause, the sawmill or residence precisely, or the response and losses beyond the reported destruction of Ricksgers’s home.
Open questions
- Which fire, property, and insurance records document these April fires?
See also
Sources
- Reports fire completely destroying Bill Ricksgers’s home on April 5, plus a small fire in the old sawmill and a grass fire at Mat Melville’s residence. It gives no fire-department log, cause, damage estimate, or precise dates for the latter two fires.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “April 1960 Beaver Island fires”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/april-1960-beaver-island-fires/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Twas a Hot Month.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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