http://www.moorbankhouse.co.uk/bedandbreakfastblackpool/uncategorized/what-was-the-name-of-the-hotel-that-burnt-down-in-blackpool-around-1991-some-people-were-killed-in-it A Courtesy to Visitors to Moorbank House Bed and Breakfast and Guesthouse South Shore Blackpool. Please check room availability and room prices below. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.moorbankhouse.co.uk/bedandbreakfastblackpool/uncategorized/what-was-the-name-of-the-hotel-that-burnt-down-in-blackpool-around-1991-some-people-were-killed-in-it/comment-page-1#comment-3160 Gromm_wh Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:04:24 +0000 http://www.moorbankhouse.co.uk/bedandbreakfastblackpool/?p=1298#comment-3160 The "Buxton Mill / Riverie" that David M refers to was (is) in Norwich, not Blackpool. It is an 18th Century building. The 1991 fire nearly destroyed it, but it has since been restored. There was a major fire in one of Blackpool's hundreds of hotels in 1988 (nothing that I can find re. hotel fires in 1991). The January 3rd 1988 fire is mentioned as follows in the NY Times archives: - "Fire swept through the cabaret of the seafront Balmoral Hotel in Blackpool this morning, forcing 102 people from the Balmoral and a neighboring hotel, the Craigy Don, to flee. The police in this resort town on England's northwest coast said two people ill from smoke inhalation were treated at the scene. The Balmoral's cabaret was destroyed and 90 percent of the building sustained smoke damage, the spokesman said." The only major fire that I've found in Blackpool in 1991 was at the Pleasure Beach (amusement park), where the Fun House was destroyed by fire in November 1991. The “Buxton Mill / Riverie” that David M refers to was (is) in Norwich, not Blackpool. It is an 18th Century building. The 1991 fire nearly destroyed it, but it has since been restored.
There was a major fire in one of Blackpool’s hundreds of hotels in 1988 (nothing that I can find re. hotel fires in 1991). The January 3rd 1988 fire is mentioned as follows in the NY Times archives: –
“Fire swept through the cabaret of the seafront Balmoral Hotel in Blackpool this morning, forcing 102 people from the Balmoral and a neighboring hotel, the Craigy Don, to flee. The police in this resort town on England’s northwest coast said two people ill from smoke inhalation were treated at the scene. The Balmoral’s cabaret was destroyed and 90 percent of the building sustained smoke damage, the spokesman said.”
The only major fire that I’ve found in Blackpool in 1991 was at the Pleasure Beach (amusement park), where the Fun House was destroyed by fire in November 1991.

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