Demolition of the Federal Backpackers Hostel was finalised in early October marking completion of an age for the historic Bundaberg CBD building.
Fire ripped through the hostel earlier this year leaving the structure at impending risk of collapse.
After an evaluation by architectural designers the structure was considered first and hazardous demolition was accomplished to make the location secure.
The remainder of the demolition will be performed in coming days, in addition to the demolition of the Spotted Tavern which was also impacted by the fire.
The Federal Backpackers building, which was gutted by fire.
Originally the Federal Hotel, the building has included plainly in the Bundaberg CBD landscape given that 1889.
According to Nev Rackemann, in his collection titled Bundaberg and also Area Structures as well as Frameworks with Notes of Historical Importance, the hotel expense just $4800 to build at the time.
This hotel was erected to capitalize on the northern train link from Maryborough“.
When the hotel was placed on the market in August 1986, it was valued at $700,000.”.
The fire is not the very first calamity to strike the Federal Backpackers Hostel.
On April 7, 1921 the Maryborough Chronicle and Wide Bay Burnett Advertiser both reported the hotel shed its roofing system in the “severest cyclonic disturbance in the history of Bundaberg”.
The back section of the Federal Hotel roofing system was blown off into Bourbon Street,” the article claimed. Before the Federal Hotel the electric illumination cables were broken by portion of the falling roofing system.”.
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