LEWES BEACH IRON PIER
1933 FIRE
The old iron pier, off
Lewes Beach, built for $100,000 by the government
60 years ago has been
damaged, perhaps destroyed, by two fires within a 24 hour period.
The first fire ,
Wednesday the 16th, near midnight, destroyed a boat
house at the
waters edge on shore,
had been extinguished by the Lewes Coast Guard and the Lewes
Volunteer fire companies.
The cause was undetermined.
The second fire, late
Thursday , smoke again arose and the entire pier, 1600 feet
long, has been destroyed or
badly damaged. The same firemen again put out the flames.
This pier, one of five,
is located nearest the mouth of the bay, and when built was
considered one of the best
along the coast, sitting on iron pilings and a hard pine well laid
decking.
It had been used by
government buoy tenders, a refuge in stormy weather, by the
Coast Guard and local
fishermen . It recently was sold to the Lewes Sand Company
Abstract: Wilmington
News Journal, Friday, August 18, 1933: By Harrison H.
06/16/18
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