Holbeck Hall Hotel

The Holbeck Hall Hotel was a clifftop hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, owned by the Turner family. It was built in 1879 by George Alderson Smith as a private residence, and was later converted to a hotel. On 4 June 1993, 55 metres (180 ft) of the 70 metres (230 ft) hotel garden had disappeared from view, the beginning of a landslide which gradually became more severe. The landslip was first reported to the police, early in the morning, 4 June, by Peter Swales, who took an early morning walk on South Cliff putting green and noted the hotel was at risk of collapsing. He went straight to the police station and reported that the guests were in imminent danger. Finally on 5 June 1993, after a day of heavy rain, parts of the building collapsed, making news around the world. The hotel's chimney stack collapsed live on television just as Yorkshire TV's Calendar regional news programme went on air covering the building's precarious condition. Richard Whiteley was presenting the item at the time of the collapse. The remainder of the building was demolished for safety reasons. One of the likely contributing causes of the landslide was the substantial rain in the two months before it occurred which is estimated to be around 140 millimetres (5.5 in) of rainfall. The mud flow from the landslide protruded 135 metres (443 ft) beyond the high-water mark. Landslides are a common

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