Coconut Grove Night Club Fire,

**chris** · 10-01-2008, 03:22 PM

The Cocoanut Grove was a nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts. On November 28, 1942, the fashionable nightclub burned in what remains the deadliest nightclub fire in United States history, killing 492 people and injuring hundreds more. Prior to 9/11 it was also the second-worst single-building fire in American history; only the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago in 1903 killed more (602).

The tragedy shocked the nation and briefly replaced World War II news headlines. The fire led to a reform of fire codes and safety standards across the country and prompted a seminal study of grief. The club's owner, Barney Welansky, who had boasted of his ties to the Mafia and to Boston mayor Maurice J. Tobin, was eventually found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

**mainetc** · 10-02-2008, 01:06 PM

Any pic's of the Station Club fire in West Warwick Rhode Island Feb. 2003?

Nyckname · 10-02-2008, 03:43 PM

YouTube - Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Live, 1973)

**kellyhound** · 10-05-2008, 02:40 PM

Damn what a huge tragedy

**kellyhound** · 10-05-2008, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mainetc

Any pic's of the Station Club fire in West Warwick Rhode Island Feb. 2003?

crime scene vid

Extra: The Station Fire | projo.com | The Providence Journal

**mainetc** · 10-08-2008, 01:46 PM

thanks for the links

**guttsfukk** · 07-05-2009, 03:04 PM

cool set of pictures

Hotstuff · 07-05-2009, 03:07 PM

yeah these were cool

KJO · 07-05-2009, 04:27 PM

I've never seen the complete set of pictures. Nice

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