BLAZE DESTROYS 50 YACHTS ON CAPE HOUSES, JFK SLOOP SPARED BY FIRE IN 1850 BOATYARD

From: The Boston Globe | Date: December 12, 2003| Author: Robert Carroll and Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff | Copyright information

OSTERVILLE - A fire swept through Cape Cod's oldest boatyard, destroying an estimated 50 yachts, but sparing a prized wooden sloop owned by President John F. Kennedy.

Gregory Egan, the owner of Crosby Yacht Yard, spent yesterday surveying the damage to three large sheds consumed by fast-moving flames that shot 50 feet in the air Wednesday night.

"I still have to get a full inventory of what was lost," Egan said. "The main thing is the compassion we all feel right now for the clie...

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