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Fire destroys Mallee pub

THE beating heart of a tiny Mallee town has been reduced to rubble after a fierce blaze tore through the historic Lascelles Minapre Hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning, leaving locals heartbroken and a century of memories up in smoke. The Minapre Hotel, built in 1926 after the original pub (established 1908) was […]

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