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Article: A shrine to the dead in hostel blaze
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- June 25, 2000
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A PICNIC bench in front of the burned-out hostel where 15 young
backpackers died was turned into a makeshift shrine yesterday as a
group of 20 survivors gathered with a priest for an impromptu
memorial service.
Among the carnations, roses and other flowers were hand-
scribbled notes in memory of the dead and a bunch of bananas from a
local fruit farm.
At the same time, Australian police investigating the fire named
a man they are hunting who had been making threats to burn the place
down.
Chief superintendent Ken Benjamin said police wanted to interview
Robert Long, 37, who was known to have frequented the Palace Hostel
and was seen there on Friday night, shortly before the fatal fire
that ...