COCOANUT GROVE FIRE

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This page contains a listing of many topics of information relating to the Cocoanut Grove Fire of November 28, 1942. These topics and the Links listed below were developed from a number of sources. The sources have collected information, data, photographs, witness statements, and other historical data over the years since the fire.

The information obtained from the sources is being made available to the public for the first time, via this website. The Boston Fire Historical Society is grateful for the sources for allowing the Society to present the information in a web-based archive.

See the story of the Cocoanut Grove Fire.

Rose Ponzi's Bookkkeeper's Ledger	Hoseman Johnny Rose (Eng. 22) Fire Story Interview	Bus-boy Tony Marra Testimony Biography
Preliminary Casualty List	Ladderman Pat Connolly (Lad. 15) Fire Story Interview	Patron Henry Gaw Personal Story
Cocoanut Grove Restaurant Menu	Hoseman George (Red) Graney (Engine 35) Fire Story	Patrons Ferd Bruck & Cleo Lambridis Personal Story
Massachusetts Examiners of Electricians Report.	Hoseman John Crowley (Engine 9) Fire Story	Waiter John J. Rizzo Testimony
Photo of "Where The Fire Started".	Ladderman Ralph Reis (Ladder 17) Interview	Patron Dr. Joseph Dreyfus Personal Story Interview
Monogram Theater Group - List of Casualties.	Hoseman Win Robbins (Engine 21) Fire Story	Singer Dorothy (Dotty) Myles Biography
F.B.I. Memorandum - December 4, 1942.	Fire Report: Deputy Chief - Division 1	Patron Hewson Gray Personal Story
Connecticut Tuberculosis Commission Memorandum	Fire Report: District 7 Chief William Mahoney	Patron Louise Bouvier Personal Story Interview
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Report - September, 1942.	Fire Report: District 9 Chief.	Patron Ruth Martell Interview
Mass. General Hospital Victim Statistics	Fire Report: Engine Company 7	.
Methyl Chloride Theory Analysis	Fire Report: Engine Company 9	.
State Fire Marshal Stephen Garrity's Report, 11/1943.	Fire Report: Engine Company 12	.
Floorplan diagrams for Floor 1 and Floor 2.	Fire Report: Engine Company 20	.
Running Cards for Box 1514 and Box 1521.	Fire Report: Engine Company 22	.
Fire Comm. Report Concerning Cocoanut Grove Fire.	Fire Report: Engine Company 35	.
F.B.I. Memoranda - November 30, 1942.	Fire Report: Engine Company 37	.
F.B.I. Memoranda - December 3, 1942.	Fire Report: Engine Company 43	.
Boston Police Dept. Witness Statements Vol. 1 (Link)	Fire Report: Engine Company 50	.
Boston Police Dept. Witness Statements Vol. 2 (Link)	Fire Report: Engine Company 53	.
Boston Police Dept. Witness Statements Vol. 3 (Link)	Fire Report: Ladder Company 3	.
.	Fire Report: Ladder Company 13	.
.	Fire Report: Ladder Company 15	.
.	Fire Report: Ladder Company 17	.
.	Fire Report: Rescue Company 1	.
.	Fire Report: Rescue Company 2	.
.	Fire Report: Rescue Company 3	.
.	Fire Report: Water Tower Company 2	.
.	Station Log Book: Engine Company 39	.
.	BFD Chronological Response.	.
.	BFD Response By Fire Company.	.
.	Commendation - BFD General Order 12 of 1943	.
.	Deputy Chief McDonough's letter to Fire Commissioner.	.
.	District Chief John Vahey's Report, in 1970.	.
.	Lynn F.D. Rescue Co. Log Book showing response	.
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