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Cocoanut Grove Fire |
Location of Event:
Cocoanut Grove Night Club
Piedmont St
 Boston, MA |
Date of Event:
Nov. 28, 1942 |
Loss of Life:
497 |
Location of Memorial:
Piedmont St
Embedded in sidewalk
Boston, MA |
Dedication:
1993 |
Pictures:
Pic 1 |
| Notes:
Fire occurred in an overcrowded night club with insufficient exits and highly flamable materials present.
There is a plaque embedded in the sidewalk outside the location of the event. It is engraved with the basic floor plan of the night club in the upper left corner. The plaque reads:
THE
COCOANUT GROVE
Erected By
Bay Village
Neighborhood Association
1993
In memory of
the more than 490 people
who died as a
result of the
Cocoanut Grove fire
on November 28, 1942.
As a result of this terrible
tragedy major changes were
made in the fire codes and
improvements in the treatment
of burn victims not
only in Boston but across
the nation.
"Phoenix out of the Ashes"
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