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Cutty Sark burns

by EdH May 20, 2007 10:16PM PDT

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Police are treating as suspicious a fire that engulfed the Cutty Sark, one of Britain?s best-preserved maritime treasures, early today.

Half of the 19th-century tea clipper's timber and the artefacts kept on board had been removed from the site as part of a

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Historically that is bad news but...

by Edward ODaniel May 21, 2007 3:32AM PDT

your subject line was a nice play - personally I don't find it to burn so much as it produces a mellow tingle although not as mellow as a good single malt like 15 year Bruichladdich from Islay.

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It is good news....

by Angeline Booher May 21, 2007 6:26AM PDT

..... that it can be saved, If it was arson, hopefully the criminal will be caught.

I once thought it would be nice to buy a table top replica as a gift, until I checked the prices.

If memory serves, it was in 1984 (?) when the Tall Ships sailed in New York harbor to salute the Statue of Liberty.

The Cutty Shark must have been a magnificent vessel in her day on the seas.

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