- Date
- circa 1965-08
- Kind
- Accident
- Participants
- Robert J. Gillespie
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaretransportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 1965 Beaver Beacon reported that Robert Gillespie suffered a severe thigh fracture while water skiing at the end of the summer. It said he was transferred by helicopter to Munson Hospital in Traverse City and was in traction at the time of the report.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper account of an injury and transfer. It does not give the exact incident location or date, aircraft details, or a medical record.
Sources
- Reports Robert Gillespie's severe thigh fracture after water skiing and his transfer by helicopter to Munson Hospital in Traverse City; it does not provide an incident date, aircraft record, or medical record.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 injury or treatment 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, “Robert Gillespie injured water skiing and transferred by helicopter, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-robert-gillespie-water-ski-injury-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1965, “Rapid Robert Bites the Surf.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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