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Storm takes out wall at former hotel

Gutted: the former Hamiltonian Hotel on Langton Hill in Pembroke became a casualty of Hurricane Imelda, with a collapsed wall extensively damaging a car parked below (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

A car sustained major damages after a wall collapsed at a former hotel on top of Langton Hill in Pembroke when Hurricane Imelda passed on Wednesday night.

Neighbours ventured out in the morning to the sight of extensively scattered stone debris from the wall at an abandoned section of the former Hamiltonian Hotel and Island Club, which had toppled onto the vehicle.

“We went to the top there and were surprised to see all the bricks on the car,” a neighbour recalled.

“It looks like it got major damages,” she added.

The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said that at about 10am on Thursday she walked up a stairway to the site where she saw others looking at the damaged car.

She said no one lived at the section of the former hotel where the damage occurred.

Car damaged at former hotel during the passage of Hurricane Imelda (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

She said she did not know who owned the car but she noted that people who rent apartments at the former hotel would on occasion park their vehicles close to the wall.

At the site this morning, the car was parked in front of another building on the property.

The woman said the son of the owner managed the property.

He was not present but she noted that he would occasionally visit the site.

A wall at the former Hamiltonian Hotel and Island Club hotel was damaged by Hurricane Imelda (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

The former hotel closed more than a decade ago after it faced financial problems amid court battles which ran for several years.

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Published October 03, 2025 at 3:47 pm (Updated October 03, 2025 at 5:31 pm)

Storm takes out wall at former hotel

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