Name: Margaret Cronyn and family are injured in a Bay City automobile accident, 1961
Start: 1961-10
End: 1961-10
Location: Bay City

Locator map: Bay City highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Bay CityLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1961-10
Kind: Accident
Where: Bay City
Participants: Margaret Cronyn (injured_person)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunityhistoriography

Summary

Margaret Cronyn, identified as a co-author of The Saga of Beaver Island, her husband, and their two children were involved in a serious automobile accident near Bay City in 1961. The October Beaver Beacon reports a concussion for her husband, a dislocated hip and lengthy incapacity for Margaret, and no serious injuries to the children.

Evidence and limits

The held report does not name Margaret’s husband or children and does not supply an accident report, hospital chart, or later recovery account.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1961, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Margaret Cronyn, co-author of The Saga of Beaver Island, her husband, and their two children being involved in a serious automobile accident near Bay City. It says the husband suffered a concussion, Margaret a dislocated hip and a six-to-eight-month incapacity, and the children were not seriously injured; it does not provide names, a police report, or complete medical records.
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Beaver Beacon, October 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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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Margaret Cronyn and family are injured in a Bay City automobile accident, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/margaret-cronyn-automobile-accident-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1961, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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