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Suspicious fire levels empty farmhouse
Delaware State Fire Marshal officials are investigating a
fire that leveled an empty farmhouse at the corner of Sussex
275 and 283 - the Plantations and Cedar Grove roads - in the
early morning hours of Monday, June 5. Lewes Fire Depart-
ment President Lou Rickards said the fire appeared "very
suspicious." Rickards said the alarm was called in at 12:28
a.m. Monday. "When Duty Officer Craig Stephens arrived on
the scene he reported a two and a half story farm house heav-
ily involved," said Rickards. "i-Ie called for a second alarm for
Lewes and additional trucks also came to the scene from Re-
hoboth Beach and Indian River fire companies. The house
had been empty for years and the main problem for the fire-
fighters was protecting the power lines which they did," said
Rickards. He said the building has been known locally for
years as the Daniel Drain farm house and was the scene of a
barn fire many years ago. "it was a very suspicious fire," said
Rickards. "There hadn't been lightning for a few days and I
don't believe power to the house was turned on." He said wa-
ter was tanked to the scene from Lewes and Rehoboth Beach
and the fire was under control at 1:10 am. Firefighters were
on the scene until 3 a.m. "it couldn't have been any prettier ff
it had been a controlled burning," said Rickards about the
nature of the fire. "It went so fast."
Lighthouse
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ing to some, hut it could be low-
ered. "This is for the Cadillac of
reconstructions, and we don't nec-
essarily need a Cadillac,"
McBride said. "If we substitute
concrete for quarried granite
stones, we can save some money.
And if we do away with the
whale-oil vat that used to hold the
light's fuel, we can save some
money. We can cut costs, I be-
lieve, and still proceed with ex-
ploring this idea."
McBride said he is still "excited
and enthusiastic" about his idea to
recreate the old lighthouse, which
fell into the ocean in April 1926,
victim of a westward moving
shoreline. "Obviously, this is all
exploratory. But in my mind, if we
could rebuild the lighthouse and
keeper's house and use them as a
• museum or visitor's center some-
where near Cape Henlopen State
Park, I think it would benefit the
public in many ways and be a big
attraction for the area."
Division of Historical and Cul-
tural Affairs Director Dan Grif-
fith, who supported McBride's
concept of rebuilding the light-
house when the study was
launched, Feb. 16, said after re-
viewing the Bernardon & Associ-
ates report: "What we have now is
a nine-page study with I I draw-
ings that show exactly how we
could rebuild the lighthouse com-
plex and exactly what that would
cost. The next step for us will be
to review the architect's findings
and possibly use some remaining
money on that account to study a
less costly way to do the project."
McBride said he favors forming
a blue-ribbon panel of prominent
stale officials and citizens to fur-
ther explore the possibility of re-
building Cape Henlopen Light-
house. "We need a public-private
effort to investigate all this infor-
mation and determine whether it
should be done or shouldn't be
done," McBride said. "It would be
a nice public-private project. And
it really doesn't have to be a Cadil-
lac; it could just as well be a
Ford."
Lewes designates June 5-9
Hurricane Awareness Week
The City of Lewes, part of the
nationwide Project Impact initia-
tive, has issued a proclamation
declaring June 5-9 as Hurricane
Awareness Week.
Hurricane season began June 1
and ends Nov. 30.
The proclamation urges all citi-
zens to recognize the potential
dangers associated with hurri-
canes and to take steps to prepare
themselves and their property in
the event of such a storm occur-
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