- Date
- 1983-06-19
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Sand Bay
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fireemergency-managementpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Fire Department responded to a June 19, 1983 fire in a paint shed at John Johnson’s in Sand Bay. The July Beacon says the department quickly brought the intense fire to an end.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper incident report, not a fire investigation, damage claim, or responder roster.
Sources
- Reports a June 19 call to Sand Bay, where a paint shed at John Johnson's was on fire; the report says the fire was intense but the department quickly ended it. It does not give a cause, damage estimate, incident number, responder list, or fire-service log. 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 · 1983-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fire response.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department responds to Sand Bay paint-shed fire, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sand-bay-paint-shed-fire-1983/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Fire Department report, Beaver Beacon, July 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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