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Boatyard blaze in Woods Hole destroys two vessels

But many vintage ones are spared

By Travis Andersen

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 04, 2012

A fire that tore through a storage shed in a beloved boatyard in the Cape Cod village of Woods Hole spared some antique vessels but destroyed two boats that were stored in the facility for the winter, a representative of the family-owned business said. “It engulfed the building very quickly’’ at about 2 p.m., said Weatherly Dorris, 49, who runs the family-owned Quissett Harbor Boatyard with her husband Richard, in a telephone interview tonight.

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