- Date
- 1985-12-16
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disasterpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Fire Department was reported called to a December 16, 1985 house fire that destroyed John and Ruth Hallahan’s home and possessions on East Side Road. The community organized donations and a raffle for the couple.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper incident and community-support report. It does not establish the fire’s cause, a formal damage assessment, a response log, or the amount of aid collected.
Sources
- Reports that the Beaver Island Fire Department responded to a December 16 fire in John and Ruth Hallahan's East Side Road home, which they lost with their possessions. It also reports community donations and a planned raffle, but no cause, damage assessment, response log, or relief ledger. 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 · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the house-fire report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “John and Ruth Hallahan lose their Beaver Island home in a reported fire, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hallahan-house-fire-1985/, accessed [date], citing House Fire, Beaver Beacon, January 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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