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BATH ARMS BLAZE CAUSES MAJOR DISRUPTION

Posted on October 4th, 2024 by Jane Louise
A major traffic disruption occurred on Sydney’s Parramatta Road this week as firefighters were called to a blaze at the popular Bath Arms Hotel, Burwood. Owned by the De Angelis family, the historic inner west hotel broke out in flames

COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND HOTEL AFTER DEVASTATING BLAZE

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A shocking blaze left the town of Baralaba reeling last weekend as their beloved pub went up in flames early on the Saturday morning. The historic Baralaba Hotel, approximately 150 kilometres southwest of Rockhampton, had recently been refurbished and listed

SUSPICIOUS FIRE CAUSES TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Posted on August 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A suspicious fire at the Paradise Valley Hotel in the early hours of Sunday morning has forced it to close. Emergency services were summoned to the Clematis pub around 3.30am, with seven units responding, from Clematis, Bayswater, Emerald, Menzies, Narre

FIRE DESTROYS HISTORIC KY WEST HOTEL

Posted on March 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Investigators are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed the historic and beloved Ky West Hotel in northern Victoria. Just before midnight on Monday (20 March), emergency services were summoned, and police and more than a dozen CFA vehicles rushed

MAN ARRESTED OVER ROYAL EXCHANGE BLAZE

Posted on December 10th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A man has been arrested and charged over a fire at the Royal Exchange Hotel in Marrickville on Tuesday that endangered 20 people inside and killed the pub cat, Whiskey. Police and fire services were called to the Lewis Hotels

RAZED CY O’CONNOR PUB VOWS TO RETURN

Posted on June 7th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Perth local the CY O'Connor Village pub was consumed by a blaze over the weekend, but the owners are vowing to rebuild. Emergency services were called to the CYO in Piara Waters, a suburb of south Perth, around 5:30pm

TWO STOREY FIRE TAKES OUTBACK ICON

Posted on February 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A major fire on Wednesday night has destroyed the historic Two Storey Hotel in the outback town of Tibooburra. Tibooburra is the most north-western precinct in the state, almost 1200 kilometres from Sydney, near both the South Australian and Queensland

ICONIC SPOTTED DOG DESTROYED

Posted on July 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A massive fire has destroyed the popular Spotted Dog Tavern and adjacent backpackers hostel in Bundaberg. Around 11pm on Monday night a fire broke out at the Spotted Dog, on Bourbong Street, formerly known as the Federal Hotel. The blaze

PUB INSURANCE: DEVIL IN THE DETAIL

Posted on May 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
All pubs around Australia are into their eighth week of being forcibly closed by government mandate, but many have clauses in their insurance that may render it invalid after only one month not trading. At around 3am on the morning

FIRE CLOSES FAMOUS PORT OFFICE PUB

Posted on January 25th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Brisbane’s heritage-listed Port Office Hotel has been closed after a fire spread through the building on Wednesday afternoon. A fire is believed to have started on the grille of the award-winning pub, situated on the corner of Edward and Margaret