- Date
- 1959-02-24
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunitypublic-servicecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that a February 24 chimney fire at Elizabeth LaFreniere’s house was quickly brought under control by about twelve men. The cause was not known in the notice.
Evidence limits
The report is not a fire-department record, damage assessment, insurance file, or complete responder list.
Sources
- Reports a chimney fire at Elizabeth LaFreniere’s house on February 24 at 7:45 p.m., says the cause was unknown, and credits about twelve men with quickly controlling it. It does not provide a fire report, damage assessment, insurance record, or complete responder list. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the chimney-fire report; it does not expand the fire or property record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “A chimney fire at Elizabeth LaFreniere’s house is quickly controlled, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-elizabeth-lafreniere-chimney-fire-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1959, “FIRE! FIRE!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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