- Date
- 1958-06
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disasteremergency-managementpublic-servicecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1958 Beaver Beacon reports a grass fire controlled by a fire-truck crew of McDonoughs before it threatened unidentified buildings.
Evidence and limits
This is a brief incident report. It does not provide the location, cause, damage assessment, department records, or complete crew identity.
Sources
- Reports firefighters controlling a grass fire that threatened a couple of unidentified buildings and says a fire truck arrived within minutes with Bud, Gary, and Kenny McDonough. It does not provide the fire location, cause, damage assessment, department records, or complete crew identity. 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 · 1958-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the fire-response report; it does not expand the incident or emergency-service record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “McDonough firefighters control a grass fire threatening buildings, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grass-fire-firefighters-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1958, “FIRE FIGHTERS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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