The temporary bar of the White House Hotel, Menzies, Western Australia, after the original pub was destroyed by fire in 1898
By the following year the temporary pub was replaced with this substantial structure.
FIRE destroyed a number of buildings, including the White House Hotel, in the Western Australian gold mining town of Menzies in 1898. Within a few days the thirsty miners were again propped against the bar when a “temporary pub” replaced the ruins of their drinking hole.
The scene after the 1898 fire, which destroyed numerous business houses in Menzies in 1898.
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