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| The Franklin Hotel, Assiniboia, burned down on December 16, 2008. Photo by Landon Ullrich |
Another small-town Saskatchewan hotel went up in flames this past weekend. Carol MacCallum, the owner of the Choiceland hotel and bar, vows to rebuild the hotel. “This is a great town, these are great people” MacCallum told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. “They need a bar. The bar is a community centre.”
Many hotels that once commanded the corners of Railway and Main have burned to the ground over the years. It didn’t take much – a live cinder drawn up the chimney by a strong wind and igniting the flat tar roof; the explosion of a coal oil stove – to set these rambling old wooden buildings ablaze.
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Queen’s Hotel fire, Macrorie, 1957.
From Jubilee Reminiscences:
A History of Macrorie (1957)
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Hotel fires caused death and destruction. In 1912, the hotel in Antler, Saskatchewan, caught fire after an explosion of the gas works which provided the building’s light and heat. According to the town’s history book (1983), the guests in the front part of the hotel escaped unharmed, but it was a different story for staff members in the back of the building. “Two chambermaids were saved by the Chinese cook, who forcibly threw these two frightened girls over the hole, and they escaped unhurt. Dan Morrison, who was also in the back part, had his hair and face badly burnt. Fred Brown, a man of German descent, a carpenter and resident of the hotel, died in this event. He was found with his mattress still under him; evidently he died of smoke inhalation, never waking. They had held a birthday party for him the day before the fire.”
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Aftermath of the Macoun Hotel explosion, 1914.
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One of the most tragic hotel fires in Saskatchewan’s history occurred in Macoun on a windy April day in 1914. Thirteen people died and many were injured when an acetylene lighting plant in the hotel basement exploded. It was lunch time, and the hotel dining room was filled to capacity. The owner’s son smelled gas and decided to go down to the basement to investigate – with a lit cigar in his mouth. As soon as he opened the basement door, the place exploded. The entire building was thrown about thirty feet in the air, and then crashed back down. The young man with the cigar survived with only a few bruises, singed hair and eyebrows. Everyone else caught in the conflagration – save two – perished in the fire, or died later as a result of their injuries.
In the early days, few of Saskatchewan’s small towns had the means to extinguish the flames of a big fire. A disastrous hotel fire prompted many a town council to buy firefighting equipment. Other town passed bylaws mandating the construction of firewalls between adjacent buildings. Roofs had to be made of incombustible materials. The front verandas and covered balconies that once graced most old hotels had to be removed as they added to the fire hazard. In 1933, the town of Radville passed a bylaw forcing every hotel to provide fire escapes, signs leading to theses escapes, fire extinguishers on each floor, and a rope for each guest room. The minute book of the town of Webb records Hotel Bylaw No. 19: “Every public hotel shall be provided with one cotton rope at least three-quarter inch in diameter to be firmly fastened at least two feet above the windowsill in each bedroom.”
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| Maple Leaf Hotel fire, Lumsden, 1909 Source |
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Firefighting demonstration, Comstock Hotel, Halbrite, n.d.
Plowshares to Pumpjacks (1984)
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Not everyone was sad to see the town hotel burn down. When the women of Clavet heard that the hotel was on fire in 1915 - the year Prohibition was introduced in Saskatchewan, it is reported they said, "Hell is burning."
Small-Town Saskatchewan Hotels Destroyed by Fire (list in progress):
Small-Town Saskatchewan Hotels Destroyed by Fire (list in progress):
- Aberdeen: Aberdeen Hotel, March 3, 1997
- Abernethy: King Edward Hotel, May 27, 1909
- Aneroid: Aneroid Hotel, June 3, 1953
- Antler: Antler Hotel, December 16, 1912 [started in the hotel gas works; several injured, one killed]
- Ardill: Ardill Hotel, October 1965
- Asquith: Asquith Hotel, October 24, 1911 [explosion; four injured]
- Assiniboia: Franklin Hotel, December 16, 2008
- Atwater: Atwater Hotel, 1927
- Avonlea: King George Hotel, 1916
- Balcarres: Balcarres Hotel, November 3, 1974
- Balgonie: Balgonie Hotel, November 7, 1909
- Beechy: Beechy Hotel, December 13, 1948
- Bengough: Bengough Hotel, January 16, 1977
- Biggar: Eden Hotel, July 13, 1982
- Broadview: Broadview Hotel, Jan. 1956 [$100,000 fire; and café]
- Brownlee: City Hotel, June 30, 1929 [smaller hotel built in its place]
- Buchanan: Buchanan Hotel, June 20, 1988
- Cabri: Cabri Hotel, March 12, 2022
- Cadillac: Vendome Hotel, December 27, 1923
- Candle Lake: The Ship’s Lantern, November 26, 2006
- Cadillac: Cadillac Hotel, 1946 [rebuilt]
- Carnduff: Clarendon/Queen’s Hotel, 1921 or 1924
- Carrot River: Carrot River Hotel (Derniuk’s), 1933
- Ceylon: Ceylon Hotel, December 25, 1911
- Chamberlain: Chamberlain Hotel, June 21, 1942
- Chaplin: Chaplin Hotel, September 1933
- Chaplin: Chaplin Hotel, October 1956 [$80,000 damage]
- Choiceland: Choiceland Hotel, Feb. 19, 2011
- Christopher Lake: Christopher Lake Hotel, March 2019 [arson]
- Clavet: French Hotel, 1915
- Colonsay: Colonsay Hotel, October 2, 1920
- Consul: Consul Hotel, August 3, 2015
- Craik: Craik Hotel, January 31, 2003
- Craven: Iroquois Hotel, 1908
- Craven: Empress Hotel, 1961
- Cudworth: Cudworth Hotel 1973
- Debden: Debden Hotel, 1926
- Debden: Debden Hotel, early 1930s
- Debden: Debden Hotel, early 1960s
- Delmas: Delmas Hotel, 1912 [at least one person killed]
- Denholm: Denholm Hotel, October 6, 1913
- Disley: Disley Hotel, July 1954
- Dubuc: Bernier Street Hotel, June 11, 2013
- Earl Grey: Hotel Grey, 1924
- Eastend: Cypress Hotel, March 1916; rebuilt
- Edam: Rendezvous Hotel, June 5, 2017
- Edenwold: Edenwold Hotel, July 1, 1991
- Eldersley: White (Tice) Hotel, December 1927
- Elfros: Tequilas Hotel, October 9, 2014
- Elrose: Elrose Hotel, September 12, 1993
- Elstow: Elstow Hotel, 1916 or 1918 [two people killed]
- Estuary: Nordby Hotel, August 20, 1917 [entire business section of town destroyed]
- Estevan: Kelly House, 1909
- Estevan: Estevan Hotel, Feb. 27, 1936 [aka Clarendon or American; hospital also destroyed]
- Estevan: International Hotel, March 1973
- Fairlight: Fairlight Hotel, 1978
- Fenwood: Fenwood Hotel, January 22, 1963
- Fielding: Fielding Hotel, July 22, 1922
- Fiske: Fiske Hotel, May 27, 1919
- Flaxcombe: Silver Hotel, January 26, 1929
- Fort Qu’Appelle: Fort Hotel, Feb. 1974 [$250,000 damage]
- Gainsborough: Queen’s Hotel, between 1900-1905
- Garrick: Garrick Hotel, March 1988
- Glen Ewen: Glen Ewen Hotel, 2007
- Golden Prairie: Golden Prairie Hotel, December 1963
- Goodeve: Goodeve Hotel, January 19, 1982
- Govan: Silver Plate Hotel, 1960
- Govan: Govan Hotel damaged, February 1978
- Gravelbourg: Cecil Hotel, August 12, 1926
- Gravelbourg: King's Hotel, May 1972
- Grenfell: King’s Hotel, 1927
- Gull Lake: Lakeview Hotel, June 12, 1921
- Gull Lake: Clarendon Hotel, October 9, 2016 [arson]
- Harris: Commercial Hotel, 1924
- Hawarden: Hawarden Hotel, January 1949
- Hazel Dell: Hazel Dell Hotel, October 2, 1978
- Herbert: Commercial Hotel, 1918
- Herschel: Herschel Hotel, December 25, 1979
- Hoey: Hoey Hotel, 2004
- Hudson Bay: Etoimamie Hotel, 1935
- Hudson Bay: Red Deer Motor Hotel, February 1979 [fatality]
- Hughton: Hughton Hotel, September 24, 1914 [arson]
- Hughton: Hughton Hotel, December 3, 1949
- Humboldt: Humboldt Hotel, 1923
- Indian Head: McIntosh Hotel, early 1890s
- Indian Head: Indian Head Hotel, 1993
- Ituna: Carlton Hotel, 1925
- Ituna: Ituna Hotel, December 11, 2020
- Jasmin: Jasmin Hotel, 1920
- Kamsack: Woodlander Hotel, December 9, 2023
- Kandahar: Lakeview Hotel, 1925 or 1926
- Kelliher: Grand Trunk Hotel, December 22, 1931
- Killaly: Killaly Hotel, November 11, 1981
- Kinistino: Kinistino Hotel, March 1950 [two killed]
- Kuroki: Kuroki Hotel, April 30, 1922 [one man killed]
- Kyle: Kyle Hotel, May 16, 2018
- Laird: Laird Hotel, August 1915
- Lafleche: Flying Goose Inn, May 21, 2013 [formerly Hotel Metropole, built in 1913]
- Lampman: Lampman Hotel, January 24, 1932
- Lancer: Lancer Hotel, 1958
- Lanigan: Lanigan Hotel, October 25, 1958
- Laura: Laura Hotel, November 1, 1966
- Leask: Hotel Windsor , Feb. 9, 2011 [arson suspected]
- Lebret: Lebret Hotel, October 5, 1916 [and dance pavilion]
- Lebret: Lebret Hotel, September 6, 1927
- Lemberg: Lemberg Hotel, March 11, 2019
- Liberty: Liberty Hotel, September 2, 1958
- Limerick: Dickenson Hotel, early 1920
- Lockwood: Lockwood Hotel, March 9, 1951
- Loverna: Vernon Hotel, 1960s
- Lumsden: Maple Leaf Hotel, February 23, 1909 (see photo above)
- Lumsden: Lumsden Hotel, Sept. 1977 [caused by smoking; people killed]
- Lumsden: Lumsden Hotel, Nov. 21, 1998 [damages in excess of $600,000]
- Macleod: Commercial Hotel, July 13, 1891
- Macoun: Macoun Hotel, April 20, 1914 [13 people killed]
- MacNutt: MacNutt Hotel, 1924; rebuilt
- Macrorie: Queen’s Hotel, January 31, 1958
- Manitou Beach: Manitou Beach Hotel, 1943
- Mankota: Paris Hotel, December 28, 1988
- Manor: Manor Hotel, 1910
- Marchwell: Central Hotel, April 5, 1973
- Margo: Margo Hotel, November 5, 1954
- Markinch: Markinch Hotel, March 3, 1930
- Maryfield: Arlington Hotel, 1945; rebuilt 1946
- Mawer: Queen’s Hotel, 1918
- Mayfair: Mayfair Hotel, March 21. 2002
- McGee: Van Alstyne’s Hotel, 1915
- Meath Park: Meath Park Hotel, October 22, 1995 [arson?]
- Mendham: Mendham Country Inn, April 1997
- Meota: King Edward Hotel, 192
- Meyronne: Meyronne Hotel, November 14, 1988 [fatality]
- Melville: King George Hotel, February 17, 2010 [arson]
- Midale: Frances Hotel, November 8, 1987
- Milden: Milden Hotel, 1985
- Milestone: Milestone Hotel, February 6, 1927 [15-year-old boy dead]
- Montmartre: Montmarte Hotel, January 1993
- Moosomin: Queen’s Hotel, 1905
- Moosomin: Moosomin Hotel, Jan. 19, 1969 [one man dead, two missing]
- Neilburg: Golden Oak Inn / Pitt's Bar & Grill, April 23, 2011
- Neudorf: Neudorf Hotel, September 3, 2017
- Nipawin: Anderson Hotel, 1923
- Nipawin: Nipawin Hotel, 1933
- Nipawin: Park Hotel, May 17, 1979
- Nokomis: Patricia Hotel, May 25, 1926
- Norquay: Norquay Hotel, December 24, 2006
- Nut Mountain: Mountain House Hotel, November 22, 2006
- Ogema: Little Amego Inn, April 20, 1958
- Otthon: Otthon Hotel, March 1925 [$20,000 loss]
- Oxbow: Palace Hotel, August 1907 [rebuilt as Alexandra Hotel]
- Parkbeg: Temperance Hotel, August 1919
- Parkside: Parkside Hotel, 1961
- Paynton: Paynton Hotel, 1915
- Paynton: Leland Hotel, 1920
- Penzance: Penzance Hotel, May 18, 1941
- Piapot: Piapot Hotel, January 15, 1932
- Plato: Rymal’s Hotel, 1919
- Plenty: Plenty Hotel, 1981 [rebuilt by same owner]
- Ponteix: Windsor Hotel, 1929
- Ponteix: Ponteix Hotel, June 26, 1930
- Porcupine Plain: Porcupine Hotel, 2001
- Portreeve: Portreeve Hotel, February 1919 or 1920
- Prelate: Prelate Hotel, August 10, 2009
- Prud’homme: Flanders Hotel, 1957 [rebuilt the same year]
- Punnichy: Glenrose Hotel, December 14, 1955
- Qu'Appelle: Queen's Hotel, April 17, 2003
- Quinton: Quinton Hotel, May 10, 1983
- Ravenscrag: Ravenscrag Hotel, 1954
- Redvers: King’s Hotel, 1951
- Redvers: Western Star Inn & Suites, January 18, 2021
- Rhein: Rex Hotel, July 24, 1930
- Rhein: Rhein Hotel, May 11, 1967
- Riverhurst: Riverhurst Hotel, December 24, 1974
- Rosetown: York Hotel, July 9, 1983
- Rosthern: Klondike Hotel, 1906
- Rosthern: Occidental/National Hotel, August 26,1928
- Rosthern: Queen’s Hotel, 1961
- Rush Lake: Rush Lake Hotel, October 5, 1926
- Ruthilda: Boon’s Hotel, summer 1926
- St. Benedict: St. Benedict Hotel, April 18, 2018
- Shaunavon: Empress Hotel, December 17, 1914
- Shell Lake: Shell Lake Hotel, 1956
- Shellbrook: Former Tynen Hotel, January 18, 1943.
- Somme: Somme Hotel, 1943
- Sonningdale: Sonningdale Hotel, March 19, 1995 [cooking oil to blame]
- Sovereign: Sovereign Hotel, 1915
- Spalding: Spalding Hotel, 1922
- Speers: Speers Hotel, December 7, 1989
- Spiritwood: Spiritwood Hotel, November 20, 1946
- Spy Hill: Spy Hill Hotel, 1940
- Star City: Queen’s Bar and Grille, March 2021
- Stenen: King George Hotel, October 26, 2011
- Stoughton: King Edward Hotel, February 1, 1905
- Stoughton: Stoughton Hotel, August 1975 [two fatalities]
- Sturgis: Hotel Sturgis, March 1926
- Swift Current: Empress Hotel, December 25, 1931 [$100,000 loss]
- Tantallon: Tantallon Hotel, December 5, 1938
- Tantallon: Valley View Hotel, April 25, 2019
- Tisdale: Imperial Hotel, February 7, 1933
- Tompkins: Pypres(?) Hotel, February 3, 1925
- Turtleford: Glenhavon Hotel, February 1, 1922
- Tway: Tway Hotel, April 5,1996
- Val Marie: Val Marie Hotel, April 20, 1954
- Vidora: Vidora Hotel, Feb. 19, 1925 [also pool hall and a store; $14,000 loss]
- Vonda: Vonda Hotel, 1924
- Walpole: Walpole Hotel, 1923 or 1924
- Wapella: Wapella Hotel, June 1890 [two arsonists convicted of setting fire]
- Webb: [Weere’s] Hotel, January 1962
- Willow Bunch: European Hotel, November 11, 1959
- Willow Bunch: Hotel Manoir, Feb. 1995 [arson]
- Wolseley: Windsor Hotel, 1906
- Wolseley: Leland Hotel, October 5, 1923
- Wynyard: Wynyard Hotel, March 6,1932
- Yellow Grass: Yellow Grass Hotel, November 13, 1994 [arson]
- Young: Young Hotel, November 13, 2011
© Joan Champ, 2011
Amazing list of hotel fires.
ReplyDeleteRB
Nipawin had four hotels burn down! I'm thinking of changing the masthead to read, "The fact that Saskatchewan’s tenacious old hotels still stand on the corners of Railway and Main is a testament to the fact that nobody has lit a match to them yet!"
ReplyDeleteWhat year was the lastest Hotel Fire in Flaxcombe,Sask
ReplyDeleteMy only source for Flaxcombe is the local history book, Little Town in the Valley, published in 1984. The hotel was still standing at that date, owned by Herve and Judy Michaud. I haven't found any news stories about the second Flaxcombe hotel burning down. Do you have any information?
ReplyDeleteLaird Hotel, Laird, Saskatchewan owned by Joseph Le Claire; burned August 1915. There are pictures of its interior and exterior in the local cafe (former Bank of Commerce building). The hotel had two floors of wrap-around balconies and a magnificient dining room.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll add Laird to the list of hotel fires. I don't have any research on the Laird Hotel - all I have is a photo taken of the existing hotel on a cloudy winter day in 2005.
ReplyDeleteThe Plenty Hotel burned down in 1981 owner B. Armstrong rebuilt in 1982 same owner .
DeleteJoan, Thank you for a fascinating read on a what-is-chilly-to-us night in Athens, Georgia... it's 46 degrees F. outside!
ReplyDeleteWholeheartedly, Ort. Carlton.
Glad you enjoyed reading my hotel blog! Do you have any connection to Saskatchewan?
DeleteThe Alexandra Hotel in Saskatoon, SK in 1967. It had been converted from a hotel to apartment buildings by then. VERY little on it. I was there and not only saw it, but my sister and her family were living there at the time. It was on Avenue F and 20the Street.
DeleteThanks, Sylvia. I had never heard of the Alexandra Hotel in Saskatoon. My blog does not include the city hotels - just the small-town ones. The list of hotels that have burned down would be much longer if I include the hotel fires in Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, North Battleford, and Prince Albert.
DeleteNone whatsoever! But your stories of these places are fascinating. It makes a person want to come visit.
ReplyDeletePlease do visit us -- summer is the best time!
ReplyDeleteI think some dates are switched around in the Nipawin fires. The Park Hotel burned in 1979. I lived in Nipawin at the time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this clarification. My notes were somewhat uncertain. I will change the date to 1979.
ReplyDeleteWe have a family history story of my wife's grandfather Stephen Allan Raymond who, along with his wife Margaret, ran a hotel at Indian Head from 1905 to around 1907-08. We have been told it then burned down leaving them almost destitute. they then left to homestead in Nokomis in 1908. There is no fire listed for Indian Head for those years or anywhere close by. Have you any thoughts on this info? Thanks for all your work.
ReplyDeleteRobert Condon, Drumheller, Alberta
In 1905 my wife's grandfather Stephen Alan Raymond and his wife Margaret moved to Indian Head and ran one of the hotels there. In 1907 or 1908 it burned down forcing them to leave for Nokomis to homestead. We cannot see this fire on the list and wonder if you know any more information.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your work,
Robert Condon Drumheller, AB
Hi Joan;
ReplyDeleteI hate to add to this list, but the 1884 Queen's Hotel in Qu'Appelle also burned down (2003). It briefly accommodated General Middleton while he was en route to Batoche in 1885. A very similar hotel, also known as the Queen's and erected in the early 1880s, reportedly still stands in Battleford.
Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.
Thanks for letting me know, Frank. I'll add this to my list. I haven't written anything yet about the hotels in Qu'Appelle, but hope to someday!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a picture or information on the hotel in Duval, Saskatchewan 1930s, 1940s operated by J. Fleetwood and Emeline Pauling
ReplyDeleteDidn't the Pontrilas Hotel near Nipawin burn down in late 90's?
ReplyDeleteI'll see if I can find out and get back to you. Thanks for the tip!
DeleteYes, it did. We had sold it in 1971 to a couple and I can't remember their name. Marg and ??.
DeleteWhat about the Francis Hotel in Midale Sk??
ReplyDeleteThe Frances Hotel in Midale Sask. burnt down November 8, 1987 at 3:45 am.
DeleteNo. 77 ... Lanigan Hotel in 1958. As a ten year old, it was the first fire I witnessed. Over the next year or two, the largest garage/service station, a grain elevator, and the town hall/library/firehall all burned to the ground. I witness all of them. It turned out that a foster child being taken care of by the volunteer fire chief was the arsonist.
ReplyDeleteThe Stoughton hotel burned down again in about 1975. Rebuilt in 1977.
ReplyDeleteTwo elderly men died in the fire, many jumped from windows to the street.
DeleteWhat was your sorce to find the Milestone Hotel?
ReplyDeleteThe Regina Morning Leader: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W0pTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BTgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1652,975673&dq=rouleau+hotel&hl=en "February 6th: One life was lost and two people were injured in a fire at the Milestone hotel owned by Frank Keys. About $45,000 in property damage was sustained. John Singleton, 15-year-old son of Dr. A H. Singleton of Rouleau was the victim of the fire. John was a member of the Rouleau hockey team, in Milestone for a game that afternoon. Members of the team were having a game of billiards in the hotel poolroom while they were waiting for their train to take them home to Rouleau. It is believe John made a rush to the stairs to get his things, which burst into flames as he ascended them. Oil, which had been used to sweep and clean the floors and linoleum added to the fury of the flames, the licked their way through the centre of the building, cutting off escape by the stairs. Keys was in Regina at a curling bonspiel at the time of the fire. Four people jumped from the windows, and Mrs. Keys, one of these, injured her shoulder. The hotel was a four-storey building with 42 guest rooms. A number of guests lost their belongings. The fire was discovered at about 7:30 Saturday night by the caretaker and poolroom keeper who went into the cellar and was met by a cloud of smoke when he opened the door. He gave the alarm and the crowd in the poolroom barely had time to get out of the place before being scorched. Dr. Singleton, when notified his son John was missing, came from Rouleau on a freight train and worked through the night in an effort to locate the body. The hotel was one of the best hotels on the Soo Line."
DeleteWhat was your source for listing the Yellow Grass Hotel fire cause as arson?
ReplyDeleteJoan thank you so much for the information on the milestone hotel fire! It seems the original link you located is no longer available.
ReplyDeletePs if you're ever in our area, Milestone SK, we'd love to have you stop in and see the changes we've done to bring this old hotel bar and cafe back to life! We enjoy reading your blog after all you're keeping our history alive! 306-436-2200 ;)
DeleteThank you so much for the invitation, Krissy and Jordon. I would love to come for a visit and see what you've done to the hotel. I will call ahead. And thank you for your interest in my blog!
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ReplyDeleteAlways interesting to read historical documents.
Just a few items for accuracy. The hotel destroyed by fire in Gravelbourg in 1972 was called the King's Hotel. The hotel in Willow Bunch was called Hotel Manoir and it was set on fire in 1995, by the last owner Gerald Philippon.
Paul Boisvert
Gravelbourg, Sask.
trib.editor@sasktel.net
Thanks, Paul, for reading my blog. I have now made the changes you brought to my attention.
DeleteAnother hotel can be added to the list.
ReplyDeleteThe European Hotel in Willow Bunch burnt down on November 11, 1959. It was operated by Philippe and Mathilda Légaré (brother & sister).
Paul Boisvert
Gravelbourg, Sask.
tribeditor@sasktel.net
I wonder what happened to the little hotel that was in VICEROY, I can't find any info on it although it was listed in tourism hotel guide in 1971, did it too burn down?<>
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but I don't have any information on the Viceroy Hotel. :(
DeleteIn 1965 the Ardill Hotel Fire did not destroy the building but did some major damage to it as the Mossbank Fire Department needed to draw water from the North side of the rail line, a very infrequent and unexpected train came though and cut the water hoses. The Mossbank & District Museum has a newspaper clipping of Martin Silzer and Maurice McCoomb and Alfred Helland fighting the fire. That was likely a Moose Jaw Times paper.
ReplyDeleteHi Joan, this is a great site which I just discovered while looking up some information on Prohibition. I can add quite a few hotels that were destroyed by fire:
ReplyDelete1. Buchanan - this was probably late 80's or early 90's.
2. Dubuc - fairly recent.
3. Jedburgh - late 1980's.
4. Marchwell - probably 1971. We had an old fellow who used to pull beer out of Marchwell for us underage lads. Beverage room was about the size of a large living room. Very small for a drinking establishment.
5. Waldron - late 1990's or early 2000's.
6. Yorkton - Balmoral Hotel. Early 1980's. Much has been written about this facility as it was once owned by the Bronfmans. They apparently ran a bootlegging operation out of there to the USA during Prohibition, however will barely acknowledge they owned the place let alone admit to anything illegal.
Keep up the good work.
Larry Off, Yorkton SK
You may add Regina Beach to your list The hotel was either called The Pearly Shells Hotel or Regina Beach Hotel in 1981 burned down
ReplyDeletemy grandfather's hotel in Wynyard Sk burned down in early 1900's. He passed in 1926 after moving to Wpg due to illness. He also owned a hardware store which burned down. Hotel fire picture was used for postcard. family name was Sveinson
ReplyDeleteThis interests me immensely, as I was going to add to this thread that my maternal grandfather, Henry Conrad Miller, one of the pioneers who first settled Wynyard, built 2 hotels there. The first, named after Henry’s eldest son Wayne, was erected in 1908. Next, Henry built the Wynyard Hotel in the corner of Bosworth and Pacific. It was a 3 storey brick building with a dining room, bar and upper balcony. It burned down in 1914.
DeleteSeptember 12, 1950 the hotel in Kayville, SK burned down with the other businesses beside it. It was owned by George Majeran at the time. He rebuilt it with brick the following year. It is still standing today.
ReplyDeleteThe hotel in Richmound burned down in the late 1950s
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Sorry, but I don't know how to remove you, especially as you are cited as "Anonymous" along with quite a few others. If you have any idea how I can remove you from my blog, I will be happy to accommodate your request.
Deletei found an article in the Regina leader post July 5 1954
ReplyDeleteabout the Theodore hotel in Theodore Saskatchewan
Thanks for the tip! I will look for the story and add Theodore’s hotel to this list.
DeleteInteresting detail On Theodore in the newspaper, it could have been a lightning strike that did it...Anyways the rural-country hotels are so few now, mostly a bar business,Luseland and Preeceville no longer allow any one to stay in the rooms.The old hotesl at Morse and Cupar do not use the rooms either---mothballed I guess. The classic brick building at Wadena will not let out the rooms. These places are so interesting with the old interiors especially if they had very little in the way of renos such as the Abbey hotel.
ReplyDeletelooking for the names of the hotels in hudson bay saskatchewan in the 1970`s.
ReplyDeleteJedburgh Hotel was another that burnt down. I think in the early 80s. I don't recall if a definite cause was found. It was still in use as hotel and pub until then.
ReplyDeleteThe Jedburgh Hotel was another one that burnt down. I believe in the early 80s. I don't recall if a definite cause of the fire was found. It was still being used as a pub and hotel up until that time.
ReplyDeletehow many people perished in hotel fire Kinistino 1950?
ReplyDeleteGreat site. Do you have any info on a hotel fire in Stoughton SK after 1911. The proprietor was James Johnston.
ReplyDeleteDo you have any info on a hotel in Stoughton SK that burned some time after 1911? - in 1911 it was run by James Johnston.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting reading. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting read. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteYou’re welcome! Thanks for reading and commenting on my blog.
DeleteVeregin had an old hotel that was destroyed by fire on January 29, 2004.
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