- Date
- 1909-01
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimetransportationcommunitycommunication
Summary
The June 1996 Beaver Beacon reprinted a January 1909 report that the Robt. Bentel Company’s tug Cisco sank at its dock after arriving from the Beavers with a cargo of fish. The tug was not fully submerged and was pumped out and raised without much trouble.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper reprint of an older report. It does not identify the dock’s exact location, provide a vessel registry, or establish a complete account of the sinking and salvage.
Sources
- Reports that the Robt. Bentel Company’s tug Cisco sank at its dock on a Monday after arriving from the Beavers with fish, then was pumped out and raised because it was not entirely submerged; the reprint does not identify the dock’s exact location. 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 · 1996-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Tug Cisco sinks at a Beutel Company dock and is raised in 1909”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tug-cisco-sinks-and-is-raised-1909/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1996, “Tug Cisco Sank,” reprinted from the Manistique paper, January 15 and January 29, 1909. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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