"Joe" wrote in message
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The Tea Clipper Cutty Sark burns in London.. Looks like a total loss.

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,1759,00.html

Joe

Does not look good, but the situation is not clear yet as they had partially
dismantled the vessel to permit restoration and it seems to me that they
removed the deck to facilitate this as well as all the masts and spars which
are in the old dockyard in Chatham so maybe it is not quite as bad as the
aerial pictures show.. There is concern that the iron frames may have
warped. The restoration was going to cost £20 million before this happened..
Fire is being treated as 'suspicious'. Old timber, especially oak, is
really hard and does not easily catch fire.