Post #774979 by Dustycajun on Tue, Apr 11, 2017 4:51 PM

I spotted this great color photo of the 1966 fire at the Don the Beachcomber in the International Market Place on ebay.

I had done some research on this. The fire occurred on July 18 and destroyed the Tahitian Long House building that house the Colonel's Plantation and Christopher's and caused heavy damage to Don the Beachcomber's Mandalay Lounge.

Donn sat and watched,

and helped move the carts,

and even did some cover-up posters on the construction fence.

What a site at the entrance in Waikiki.

Donn and the owner with immediate plans for rebuilding.

Would be interesting task to count up all of the thatched-roof south seas watering holes that eventually went up in smoke.

DC