- Date
- 1922-11-03
- Kind
- Death
- Where
- South Fox Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimelighthousesheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Herald reported that George Brown, mate of the U.S. lighthouse tender Hyacinth, drowned when a small launch sank as he attempted to reach South Fox Island to attend the light.
Evidence and limits
Everything here comes from a page of the Charlevoix County Herald, 3 November 1922. Nothing in it has been checked against an agency or a vessel record.
atives at Bellaire and Central Lake. The Pythian Sisters will hold their annual Masquerade Party on Saturday evening, Nov. 11th. at K. P. Hall. Admission 25c, Ladies only. adv. Little Ruth Bulow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bulow, returned home Wednesday from the Reycraft hospital at Petoskey, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. George Brown, mate of the U. S. lighthouse tender Hyacinth, was drowned Tuesday at South Fox island when his small launch sunk in a rough sea. The ship had no dock at the island and Brown attempted to reach shore and Jook aiter the light by using the launch. Would you have the one who sup- ports your family compete, without protection, with the German peasant laborer who works for one-tenth the wage in America? Or would you have compete without protection, with the coolie labor of Japan, or the slave labor of Egypt? Then vote fo
Open questions
- Does a second source from 1922 report the same thing?
- Do the people or the vessel named here leave records of their own?
See also
Sources
- Fox corpus context SHA-256 3bce47a9eee6178500e393dcfd7d9466945160834785d0704da7cdf9c4919d1e. The Herald reported that George Brown, mate of the U.S. lighthouse tender Hyacinth, drowned when a small launch sank as he attempted to reach South Fox Island to attend the light. This record preserves reported or retrospective status and does not add unnamed participants, coordinates, or outcomes.
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Death of lighthouse-tender mate George Brown at South Fox Island, 1922”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/death-of-george-brown-at-south-fox-1922/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix County Herald, 1922-11-03..
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