Name: Fire at the Beaver Island Lighthouse camp, 1990
Start: 1990-07-17
End: 1990-07-18
Location: Beaver Island Light Station

Event

Dates: 1990-07-17 – 1990-07-18
Kind: Occurrence
Where: Beaver Island Light Station
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityenvironmentfirecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On July 17, 1990, workers at the YETP Lighthouse camp discovered a small nearby woods fire believed to have followed lightning. Campers and staff used shovels, Lake Michigan water, and a bucket brigade; after about three hours the fire was subdued and watched through the night.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 26, 1990, "Fire at Lighthouse Camp."
Reports a suspected lightning-caused underground fire, a three-hour bucket brigade using Lake Michigan water, and an overnight watch. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1990, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held twenty-six-page July issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Fire at the Beaver Island Lighthouse camp, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lighthouse-camp-fire-1990/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 26, 1990, "Fire at Lighthouse Camp." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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