CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#1CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 6:03am
Very sad news, this beautfiful ship was devsatated by fire this morning. The fire is now out, but the ship is damaged beyond recognition:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1817806.ece
Sky News Report & Video of Fire
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#2re: CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 9:07am
There's nothing left but the "bones." Very sad.
At least they got the artwork and artifacts out of it. If there's enough money to restore (actually REBUILD) it to its former glory, I'm sure they will. I hope it wasn't arson!
And we'll always have this...
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 9:34amI was sad to hear this. Is there no hope of restoring it?
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vmlinnie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/06
#3re: CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:11am
Well it's gone from this: 
To this: 
Because it was under renovation, it seems the masts, artefacts and various pieces of equipment had been removed, and so are safe, but the basic frame of the ship is badly damaged.
The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.
Derek Mahon
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
Arthur Miller
#4re: CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:56amOh no!!! That's horrible!!!
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gettinhep
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#5re: CUTTY SARK DESTROYED BY FIRE
Posted: 5/21/07 at 4:56pm
Terrible news.
Apart from being a beautiful ship, she also held speed records for the England - Australia route.
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