After more than 80 years, the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire remains one of the nation's deadliest. Many safety lessons came from the tragedy that claimed more than 500 lives in Boston.
A fire that tore through an assisted living facility on July 13, killing nine and injuring 30, was the deadliest fire in Massachusetts since 1984. The deadliest fire in the state's history was ...
Like many patrons of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub on Nov. 28, 1942, Bob Shumway and his friend Dick Moulton walked in after attending the famous college football game at Fenway Park earlier that ...