On November 28, 1942, 492 people were killed in a fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the deadliest nightclub fire in history and led to many changes in local fire and safety codes.
Now you can read the original Fire Engineering coverage from the fire and its aftermath, scanned as PDFs from our magazine archives.
- December 1942 Issue coverage (About 3 MB)
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The Boston Holocaust Editorial, January 1943 (154 KB)
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Cocoanut Grove indictment, January 1943 (764 KB)
- Trial Resolution, May 1943 (2 MB)
For additional information on this infamous fire, readers are encouraged to read THE COCOANUT GROVE FIRE: A NONMYSTERY, Fire News: 70th Anniversary of Boston’s Deadiest Fire, and Cocoanut Grove Coalition Created to Mark Fire’s 70th Anniversary, Create Web Site.
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