- Date
- 1965-09-06
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- disastercommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1965 Beaver Beacon reported that the barn on Johnny Green’s farm burned early Monday morning, September 6. It said the fire was brought under control and that wet ground from the preceding rain helped keep the fire from spreading to the house and fields.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper fire report. It does not identify the barn’s contents, property loss, cause, or an official fire-department incident record.
Sources
- Reports the Johnny Green farm barn burning early on September 6, the firemen's response, and the wet ground that helped prevent spread; it does not identify the barn's contents, monetary loss, or an incident report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published report; it does not expand the source-specific fire, damage, or response claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Johnny Green farm barn burns, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-johnny-green-barn-fire-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1965, “Fire.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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