Name: Automobile injury and reported hospitalization of Peggy Malloy, 1974
Start: 1974-09-28
End: 1974-09-28
Location: Chicago Heights

Locator map: Chicago Heights highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Chicago HeightsLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1974-09-28 – circa 1975-01
Kind: Medical
Where: Chicago Heights
Participants: Peggy Malloy (victim)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity

Summary

As Peggy Malloy left her September 28, 1974 wedding reception, a car struck her, fracturing her femur. The December notice says she was taken by ambulance to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights and remained in traction at the time of publication.

Evidence and limits

The account does not identify the driver or provide a police report, medical record, or confirmed discharge date. The projected stay until the beginning of 1975 is retained as a report, not a verified outcome.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “Weddings.”
Reports that an automobile hit Peggy Malloy as she left the wedding festivities, breaking her femur; says an ambulance took her to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights, where she remained in traction and was expected to stay until about the beginning of 1975. The source does not identify the driver, provide a police or medical record, confirm the projected discharge date, or repeat the printed room number.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1974, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Automobile injury and reported hospitalization of Peggy Malloy, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/automobile-injury-and-hospitalization-of-peggy-malloy-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1974, “Weddings.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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