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September! 4. 1987) News 985-213F Chissified 986-6222 Distribution 98621337 ' 80 paper

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AL DOGK: firetat. North Vancouver's’ Vancouver. Shipyards
caused oan estimated $500,000) damage Wednesday. as’ the
‘ barge in the world ‘was tied up for:repsirs:
oVancouver! Districty tire, i : ;
had! the.” creassrestreated :
vharfofire ander, control insabour

( ‘aboutstanding ire

Arciié Speaey
frome rhe: vshoress
were

Hy SPREPILEN BARRINGTON
: News Kepdrter

niteds material: insi
aspan Forester.
ver
efighters =
fel St
“The cause of th 20: (fire
estigated,” but it° isesuspected

coranspiarts lo

aks tromoa welder’s! torch) igs
the- 460-foar:

“proud fe the efforts
into. fighting”

pyard could be

Damabe to the borgsters which
vy ds believed to, be
relatively superticiah, burthe shart

will have tocunderge: major repairs,

Mancouser ¢Shipyards was
awarded: Monday -a $6,2-millien
suntract tof build a new -700-cliass

dher forthe Canadian Coast

duard, but company: general mune,
ger Tom Ward ‘said the: project ’

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would not be affected: by Wednes-

sdack tire. ;

Agineeriity Survey
almost? immediately

the-fire was put out) and the s

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miles Wednesday
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tareavilh be under repair ay soon as
sible, Ward said: an
Work will continue: as usual;

“tbhut ciclo besa bite crowded with

shalfvdack."*

Final dumave estimates: will not

“he. completed until sett week, and

the “Forester: is currently, being
sucveyed for structuril damage

~suffered. during the fires ©

Repair: estimates ‘tothe, Forest:
er’s” ballast. tanks’ (the Tanks that

-are filled with water to allow! the:

vessel to tlt and duimp. its load of
where the fire is'suspected ta.

s shipyard dock $500,000 dam

have started shave vot been:
determined by officials.

Renairs are Jikelysro: be expen.
sive: Ward. said of che Forester >
logging barge. a 2

Ward had) words<ot prise ‘or:
fire: crews, who quelled the blaze in =
about an’ hour.) “Phe “North Vans,
couser District fire department did
a fantastic jabs’ " a
“Yue boats, near the scene of the.
blaze volunteered their. assistance:

No one was injured in the:blaze,

which. started at ‘approximately: :

12:5tp.m,