emergency tender went from Lancaster Fire Station and one pump from Bolton-Le-Sands

  The Clyde Valley, which has been on the quayside for the past year, was once used as a gunrunner to carry arms for the original Ulster Volunteer Force- L1.
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The Lancaster Guardian 22nd August 1975
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Fire down below
LANCASTER firemen using the new-type high expansion foam to tackle a blaze on board the old Clyde Valley boat moored on St George's Quay, Lancaster.
  Fire broke out when a spark from oxyacetylene equipment, being used to break up the boat, ignited waste oil in the ship's hold. Firemen were there for 2 1/2 hours. Three pumps and an
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