A man has been arrested over the fire that tore into the accommodation area of the historic Oxford Hotel, which has been closed since late 2023 over a tenancy dispute. Around 7am on Saturday emergency services were summoned to the complex on O’Connell Street in North Adelaide, finding an established blaze that had begun in […]
An international storm has erupted and prompted sombre investigation after Britain’s historic so-called ‘wonkiest’ pub closed, burned down and was swiftly demolished. Built in the 1830s, the Crooked House in Himley withstood and was suitably modified to accommodate its foundations having sunk 1.2 metres on one side. After nearly two centuries, last week it was
Albany’s historic Premier Hotel has literally risen from oblivion, sporting a multi-million-dollar renovation to revive what was destroyed by arson six years ago. Mid-2016 news emerged that the lessee of the pub had been beaten and robbed by intruders, who subsequently set fire to the building, built in 1891. In September that year, the publican
The fire that recently destroyed the historic Grand Hotel in Hughenden is thought to have been deliberately lit, ending an era for the Queensland town in an all too familiar way. Around 9:40pm on Friday 16 November, emergency services were called to the old pub, on the corner of Stansfield and Grey Streets, Hughenden – a
A heritage-listed pub in suburban Brisbane has gone up in flames for the third time in eight years, shortly following a $260 million development application for the site. The Broadway Hotel on Logan Road Woolloongabba was built 1889 for publican Michael McKenna by architects John Hall & Son. It showcases late Victorian architecture, influenced by
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Police and emergency services were called to a fire at the Petersham Inn around 1:20am overnight after receiving reports of smoke coming from the building. The pub on Parramatta Road was closed at the time, but Fire & Rescue NSW officers attended and extinguished a small fire inside. Around 40 nearby residents were evacuated from
The failed owner of Albany’s historic Premier Hotel has pleaded guilty and received ten years over a scam to fake a robbery and arson in order to claim insurance. Mid-2016 news emerged that lessee Graeme Roderick Cooper – new operator to the 1891 pub – had been beaten and robbed by intruders, who subsequently set
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The father and son team accused of torching their Ravenswood pub for the insurance money have been convicted and sentenced. A fire on 9 June 2014 destroyed the Junction Hotel, owned by the Jansen family. In the following months, police observed persons of interest and intercepted phone calls between 65-year-old Jozef Jansen and his son
Police are treating as suspicious a fire that engulfed the closed-down Corkman Irish Pub early on Saturday. In October, 2014, the pub freehold was put to market through CBRE by a private vendor that had owned it since 1988, with a leaseholder in place for another six months. Development potential was cited as a key
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The owner of the historic Premier Hotel gutted by arson in May has been suddenly charged with multiple offenses relating to the alleged fraud. In May news broke that a 125-year-old pub in Albany, Western Australia, was mostly destroyed after two men supposedly beat the owner, stole money and set the building alight with four
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