Report Concerning the Cocoanut Grove Fire, November 28, 1942
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Arthur Reilly
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-03-22
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780365256908
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Report Concerning the Cocoanut Grove Fire, November 28, 1942 The Cocoanut Grove was a night club. It occupied approximately square feet and was open only during the evening hours, during which hours food and liquor were served and an entertainment program offered. The restaurant license permitting the sale of food and alcoholic beverages on the premises had been issued by the Boston Licensing Board. The application for the license for the year 1942 stated that the premises contained 100 tables, 400 chairs and 30 fixed stools. It had been in operation as a night club since 1927, at the same address, 17 Piedmont street, Boston. One previous fire was recorded as having occurred at this location, on November 2, 1931, but there was no loss of property or life, or any injuries recorded as having been caused by this fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Edward Keyes
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a minute-by-minute account of the fire in Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in 1942.
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Chermak Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2016-01-25
Total Pages: 1837
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis multivolume resource is the most extensive reference of its kind, offering a comprehensive summary of the misdeeds, perpetrators, and victims involved in the most memorable crime events in American history. This unique reference features the most famous crimes and trials in the United States since colonial times. Three comprehensive volumes focus on the most notorious and historically significant crimes that have influenced America's justice system, including the life and wrongdoing of Lizzie Borden, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the killing spree and execution of Ted Bundy, and the Columbine High School shootings. Organized by case, the work includes a chronology of major unlawful deeds, fascinating primary source documents, dozens of sidebars with case trivia and little-known facts, and an overview of crimes that have shaped criminal justice in the United States over several centuries. Each of the 500 entries provides information about the crime, the perpetrators, and those affected by the misconduct, along with a short bibliography to extend learning opportunities. The set addresses a breadth of famous trials across American history, including the Salem witch trials, the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the prosecution of O. J. Simpson.
Author: John C. Esposito
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2006-10-10
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780306815010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Saturday night, November 28, 1942, Boston suffered its worst disaster ever. At the city's premier nightspot, the Cocoanut Grove, the largest nightclub fire in U.S. history took the lives of 492 people--nearly one of every two people on the premises. A flash of fire that started in an imitation palm tree rolled through the overcrowded club with breathtaking speed and in a mere eight minutes anyone left in the club was dead or doomed. The Grove was a classic firetrap, the product of greed and indifference on the part of the owners and the politicians who had knowingly allowed such conditions to exist. Against the backdrop of Boston politics, cronyism, and corruption, author John C. Esposito re-creates the drama of the fire and explores the public outcry that followed. In retelling the horrific events of one of America's most cataclysmic tragedies, Esposito has fashioned both an incomparably gripping narrative and a vibrant portrait of the era. But it is the intense, detailed narrative of the fire--harrowing yet compulsively readable--and the trials that followed that will stay with the reader well after they finish this remarkable book. "[Esposito] reminds us that the cautionary tale of the Cocoanut Grove is still relevant today." (New York Law Journal)
Author: Boston Fire Commissioner
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Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781376210699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rachel Maines
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0813535751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis thought-provoking and controversial book challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans' changing perceptions about risk. Rachel Maines suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 1056
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Fire Protection Association
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Published: 1943
Total Pages: 24
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