- Date
- 1959-02
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1959 Beaver Beacon humor column says Sisters skating on harbor ice struck a fishing-net rope, fell, and were not further injured. It also says Father Alexis borrowed skates.
Evidence limits
The item is a humorous newspaper notice, not an incident report or medical record.
Sources
- Reports that Sisters skating on harbor ice struck Charlie Martin’s fishing-net rope, fell, and suffered no further injury; it also says Dick LaFreniere sounded a boat whistle and Father Alexis borrowed skates. The item is humorous and does not provide names for the Sisters, an incident report, or a medical record. 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 · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the humorous harbor-ice report; it does not expand the incident or medical record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Sisters fall while skating over a fishing-net rope in Beaver Island harbor, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-february-1959-harbor-ice-skating-incident/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1959, “OUCH MY ACHING?” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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