THE COLONIEL WOODLOT FIRE
The Cape Henlopen
woodlot, 100 or more acres of pine forest, deeded years ago to Lewes
Rehoboth Hundred for the
locals to gather their firewood, had a fire which burned all night
and
was a threat to Fort Miles
at one time.
Fort Miles and Lewes
firemen, a dozen or so soldiers of Ft. Miles, fought the flames
until
early this morning but the
forest was destroyed. The fire started about 3 pm , ¾ a mile from
the
military post, fanned by a
stiff northwest wind, was an inferno by 6 pm. Firemen brought the
fire
under control at 5 am this
morning. .
There is no estimate of the
damage or the cause of the fire available.
March 31, 1955 Salisbur
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