General News
9 September, 2024
Handy hall crew had 'demolition ticket'
Handy hall crew had ‘demolition ticket’ THE first structural assessment of the Jennings Store was made within two hours of the fire starting. A large crack had appeared in the parapet and side walls already had gaping holes. Loddon Shire’s...
Handy hall crew had ‘demolition ticket’
THE first structural assessment of the Jennings Store was made within two hours of the fire starting. A large crack had appeared in the parapet and side walls already had gaping holes.
Loddon Shire’s manager development and compliance Glenn Harvey consulted with firefighters about the historic building’s safety.
An excavator from Reeves Earthmoving, Wedderburn, arrived about 7.10pm and staff from Duobuild working on the Inglewood Town Hall roof replacement project arrived to finalise demolition plans. Duo-build is a also a registered demolition company.
Firefighters hosed Brooke Street as the excavator first knocked down the verandah, negotiated power lines and then pushed back the historic facade that had been part of the Brooke Street landscape since about 1866.