Fire
The Swagman burnt down at 4:30 a.m. on 27 May 1991. The fire was front page news in Melbourne. The insurance firm Royal Insurance alleged arson and refused to pay the $7 million claim made by the owners of the restaurant, who then sued for the amount. The case was confidentially settled in October 1992. After the settlement, however, the owners were sued by the ANZ Bank, who also alleged arson. The restaurant was not rebuilt after the fire.
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“As fire refines gold, so suffering refines virtue.”
—Chinese proverb.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 24:17.