Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department saves Albert Lewis home, 1961

Event

Date: circa 1961-01
Kind: Disaster
Participants: Albert Lewis (occupant) · Lillian Gregg (participant)
Carried out by: Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitygovernance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department fought a fire at Albert Lewis’s home during a very cold night and saved the home from complete destruction. Lillian Gregg encouraged the firefighters with hot coffee until the fire was under control.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide an exact date, cause, damage assessment, equipment record, or complete responder roster.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department.”
Reports that the Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department fought a fire at Albert Lewis’s home on a very cold night and saved the home from complete destruction; Lillian Gregg supplied hot coffee until the fire was under control. It does not give the date, cause, damage assessment, or responder roster.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department saves Albert Lewis home, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/fire-at-albert-lewis-home-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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