Some 30 people showed up early on Friday morning at McMartin and Beggins Furniture Makers in Wittman, to help clean up after a fire late Sunday evening destroyed a full shed of planked lumber and a rear workshop. With heavy equipment, shovels and a lot of teamwork, the crew of friends and community members moved piles of wood onto trailers and off the property. The entire boatbuilding crew from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum joined the effort. Journeyman Shipwright Jenn Kuhn said “wood craft people stick together”.
Investigators on the case suspect arson. Anyone with information is asked to call the state fire marshal’s office at 410-822-7609 or the Arson Hotline at 1-800-492-7529.
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