- Date
- 1961-09
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Gerald Connaghan (injured_person) · Frank E. Luton (physician)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Gerald Connaghan fell from his mother’s moving car after accidentally opening a door in September 1961. Dr. Frank Luton treated him at the Beaver Island Medical Center, and island visitor Don Hanson flew him to Charlevoix Hospital, where a double skull fracture was diagnosed. The notice says Gerald later returned home doing well.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper hospital notice, not a clinical record, aviation log, or independent account of the injury and recovery.
Sources
- Reports Gerald Connaghan accidentally opening his mother's car door while she was driving, falling to the road, receiving initial care from Dr. Luton at the Medical Center, and being flown by island visitor Don Hanson to Charlevoix Hospital, where a double skull fracture was found. It says he later returned home doing well; it does not provide a medical record or flight log.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Gerald Connaghan is injured in a car-door fall and flown for hospitalization, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-gerald-connaghan-injury-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1961, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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