the eighty year anniversary of the coconut grove disaster

[insolent imp]

Cocoanut Grove fire killed 492 people in packed Boston nightclub 80 years ago tonight

The infamous Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston on Nov. 28, 1942, killed 492 people and led to dramatic changes in fire safety codes around the country and around the world.

www.foxnews.com

The Cocoanut Grove, in the cramped streets of downtown Boston, was packed at double capacity, entertaining over 1,000 people, according to various reports, when a fast-moving fire engulfed the club after 10 p.m. on Nov. 28, 1942.

 

[deannalw]

Horrific.

I know they've improved, but the list of nightclub fires is long and they are still being added to all the time.

 

[insolent imp]

Horrific.

I know they've improved, but the list of nightclub fires is long and they are still being added to all the time.

the great white fire was pretty bad.

 

[deannalw]

the great white fire was pretty bad.

Yeah- that's one I was thinking of as I was writing. 100 dead- over 200 injured.

 

[Unkotare]

The Coconut Grove (along with several other disasters) is still vivid in generational memory in Boston.

 

[lennypartiv]

If you notice now, all restaurants and pubs in the US must have doors that open to the streets, not doors that open inward.