‘Push’ Feud in Sydney A YOUNG man fired a revolver into a group of men outside the Camelia Grove Hotel, Alexandria, Sydney, last Friday night, and John Edward Thornton (34), a railway worker, of Brandling street, Alexandria, fell to the… Read More ›
THE son of Paddington publican, Joe Ryan was preparing the Rose and Crown Hotel for another day of business in 1952 when a regular customer walked into the bar, and placed a smoking gun on the counter. “Here’s the gun,… Read More ›
BOUND BODY OF PENSIONER IN HOTEL SYDNEY, Monday – An 85 years old pensioner, Herbert Sidney Butler, was found dead today in his ransacked bed room in the Four-In-Hand Hotel, Paddington. He is believed to have, been attacked by burglars. He… Read More ›
The Federal’s violent past revealed FREMANTLE’S Federal Hotel was the scene of a gruesome double murder in 1927, when Lillian Martin and her three-year-old son Daniel were found dead in an upstairs bedroom of the building. The Federal Hotel was… Read More ›
SHORTLY before 2 o’clock on Monday morning Constable Samuel Long, 37, was shot dead in the Royal Hotel, Auburn, 11½ miles south of Sydney. The licensee, Mr. P. C. Trautwein, was aroused by sounds from the bar and running down heard a man jump… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE 19th century had many a notorious publican. Arguably though, none were as notorious as John and Sarah Makin, one time hosts of Wollongong’s Royal Alfred Hotel. The respected Makin family had been involved in the… Read More ›
