Cocoanut Grove fire (English Wikipedia)

Boston (Mass.). Fire Commissioner; Boston (Mass.). Fire Dept; Reilly, William Arthur (1944). Report concerning the Cocoanut Grove fire, November 28, 1942. Boston Public Library. [Boston, Mass. : City of Boston Printing Dept.
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Fleming, Daniel J (Fall 2017). "The Cocoanut Grove Revisited: U.S. Navy Records Document How 492 Died in a Deadly Nightclub Fire 75 Years Ago". Prologue Magazine. 49 (3). Retrieved June 20, 2023.

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Thomas, Jack (November 22, 1992). "The Cocoanut Grove Inferno". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on February 22, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2015. The Licensing Board ruled that no Boston establishment could call itself the Cocoanut Grove.
Montgomery, M. R. (May 25, 1992). "Recalling Cocoanut Grove". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2016.

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Lawrence, J.M. (November 3, 2008). "Gloria Doherty, 86, survivor of 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2011.

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Farrar, Molly (November 27, 2023). "City, advocates break ground on Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire memorial". Boston.com. Boston Globe Media Partners LLC. Retrieved March 6, 2025.

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"Cocoanut Grove Memorial". City of Boston. July 20, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
"Cocoanut Grove Memorial". City of Boston, Office of Arts and Culture. July 30, 2025.

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"The Cocoanut Grove Fire, archived copy". Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
"4/18/2024: Cocoanut Grove survivor passes away; Grave sites of Line-of-Duty Deaths & Chiefs of Department – Fire Commissioners". Boston Fire Historical Society. April 18, 2024.

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Marquard, Brian (November 13, 2025). "Bob Shumway, last known survivor of the deadly Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, dies at 101". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
Lowery, Wesley (November 30, 2013). "71 years later, Bay Village alley renamed in remembrance of Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
Cullen, Kevin (July 9, 2016). "Cocoanut Grove tragedy pushed aside in name of privacy". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
Cullen, Kevin (July 11, 2016). "Cocoanut Grove memorial long overdue". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
Cullen, Kevin (July 9, 2016). "Cocoanut Grove plaque shoved down the street". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
Kool, Daniel (November 26, 2023). "More than 80 years later, the victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire are remembered". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 26, 2023.

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Reynolds, Lance (November 22, 2023). "Cocoanut Grove Memorial set to break ground in Boston, decades in the making". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

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Keith, John A. (June 17, 2014). "Condominiums to Rise on Site of Cocoanut Grove Fire". Boston. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

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Mitchell, Glenn W. (2008) [2008-09]. "A Brief History of Triage". Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2 (S1): S4–S7. doi:10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181844d43. ISSN 1935-7893. PMID 18769265.

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"After Swiss Alps New Year's Eve bar fire, a look at some of America's worst nightclub and bar fires". CBC News. January 2, 2026.

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"Help Build a Living Memorial". The Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee. 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
"The Project". Cocoanut Grove Memorial. Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
"Find a Person". Emergent Memory: The Cocoanut Grove Memorial. Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
"Dedication: Sept. 2025". The Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee. 2024.

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Saffle, J. R. (1993). "The 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub". American Journal of Surgery. 166 (6): 581–591. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80661-0. ISSN 0002-9610. PMID 8273835.
Mitchell, Glenn W. (2008) [2008-09]. "A Brief History of Triage". Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2 (S1): S4–S7. doi:10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181844d43. ISSN 1935-7893. PMID 18769265.
Lee, Kwang Chear; Joory, Kavita; Moiemen, Naiem S. (October 25, 2014). "History of burns: The past, present and the future". Burns & Trauma. 2 (4): 169–180. doi:10.4103/2321-3868.143620. ISSN 2321-3868. PMC 4978094. PMID 27574647.
Glover, Donald M.; Sydow, Arnold F. (1941). "Fifteen years of the tannic acid method of burn treatment". The American Journal of Surgery. 51 (3): 601–619. doi:10.1016/S0002-9610(41)90198-8.
McClure, Roy D.; Allen, Clyde I. (1935) [MAY 1935]. "Davidson tannic acid treatment of burns". The American Journal of Surgery. 28 (2): 370–388. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(35)90119-2. ISSN 0002-9610. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
Lindemann, Erich (June 1994). "Symptomatology and Management of Acute Grief". American Journal of Psychiatry. 151 (2). American Psychiatric Association: 155–160. doi:10.1176/ajp.101.2.141. PMID 8192191.
ADLER, ALEXANDRA (December 25, 1943). "Neuropsychiatric Complications in Victims of Boston's Cocoanut Grove Disaster". Journal of the American Medical Association. 123 (17): 1098–1101. doi:10.1001/jama.1943.02840520014004. ISSN 0002-9955.

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Benzaquin, Paul (1967). Fire in Boston's Cocoanut Grove: Holocaust!. Branden Press.

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Smith, Peter Audrey (June 2, 2021). "Cocoanut Grove Fire Spurred Burn Care Innovation". Massachusetts General Hospital. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

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McDonough, John (November 26, 1967). "Tiny flame turned festive Cocoanut Grove into house of horror 25 years ago". The Sacramento Bee. p. 70. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
Black, Herbert; Holbrook, Thomas J. (November 27, 1977). "The revolution in burn care". The Boston Globe. pp. A1 A4. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"Welansky is quoted as declaring that 'Mayor and I fit'". The Boston Globe. December 9, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
Epstein, Eve (June 21, 1992). "Cocoanut Grove tragedy changed the way we guard against fire". Record Searchlight. p. 45. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"History's No. 1 Burn Survivor". The Boston Globe. January 18, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
"M.G.H. orderlies stopped cars, asked for blood donors". The Boston Globe. January 18, 1960. p. 11. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

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"Casey C. Grant, "Last Dance at the Cocoanut Grove," National Fire Protection Association, NFPA Journal, November/December, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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Saffle, J. R. (1993). "The 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub". American Journal of Surgery. 166 (6): 581–591. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80661-0. ISSN 0002-9610. PMID 8273835.
Mitchell, Glenn W. (2008) [2008-09]. "A Brief History of Triage". Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2 (S1): S4–S7. doi:10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181844d43. ISSN 1935-7893. PMID 18769265.
Lee, Kwang Chear; Joory, Kavita; Moiemen, Naiem S. (October 25, 2014). "History of burns: The past, present and the future". Burns & Trauma. 2 (4): 169–180. doi:10.4103/2321-3868.143620. ISSN 2321-3868. PMC 4978094. PMID 27574647.
"Lessons from the Boston Fire". British Medical Journal. 1 (4342): 427–428. March 25, 1944. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2283836. PMID 20785349.
Lindemann, Erich (June 1994). "Symptomatology and Management of Acute Grief". American Journal of Psychiatry. 151 (2). American Psychiatric Association: 155–160. doi:10.1176/ajp.101.2.141. PMID 8192191.

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Lee, Kwang Chear; Joory, Kavita; Moiemen, Naiem S. (October 25, 2014). "History of burns: The past, present and the future". Burns & Trauma. 2 (4): 169–180. doi:10.4103/2321-3868.143620. ISSN 2321-3868. PMC 4978094. PMID 27574647.
"Lessons from the Boston Fire". British Medical Journal. 1 (4342): 427–428. March 25, 1944. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2283836. PMID 20785349.

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"[Homepage]". SIX LOCKED DOORS The Legacy of Cocoanut Grove. Retrieved June 16, 2026.

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"Iserson K., and Moskop, J. "Triage in Medicine, Part I: Concept, History, and Types." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2007: 49(3):275-81" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2018.

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Rossiter, Sheena (January 27, 2013). "Three arrests made in Brazil fire that killed 233". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.

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Thomas, Jack (November 22, 1992). "The Cocoanut Grove Inferno". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on February 22, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2015. The Licensing Board ruled that no Boston establishment could call itself the Cocoanut Grove.
"The Cocoanut Grove Fire, archived copy". Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
"Casey C. Grant, "Last Dance at the Cocoanut Grove," National Fire Protection Association, NFPA Journal, November/December, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
"Bassist Jack Lesberg dead at 85". Associated Press. October 6, 2005. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
Montgomery, M. R. (May 25, 1992). "Recalling Cocoanut Grove". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
Rossiter, Sheena (January 27, 2013). "Three arrests made in Brazil fire that killed 233". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
Lawrence, J.M. (November 3, 2008). "Gloria Doherty, 86, survivor of 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 7, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
"Legal - Cocoanut Grove Fire". www.cocoanutgrovefire.org. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
The Cocoanut Grove Fire - Boston Fire Historical Society
"Iserson K., and Moskop, J. "Triage in Medicine, Part I: Concept, History, and Types." Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2007: 49(3):275-81" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
Smith, Peter Audrey (June 2, 2021). "Cocoanut Grove Fire Spurred Burn Care Innovation". Massachusetts General Hospital. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
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Vande Kemp, Hendrika (Spring 2003). "Alexandra Adler, 1901-2001". The Feminist Psychologist. 30 (2). Society for the Psychology of Women. Archived from the original (reprint) on December 22, 2003. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
Lowery, Wesley (November 30, 2013). "71 years later, Bay Village alley renamed in remembrance of Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
Keith, John A. (June 17, 2014). "Condominiums to Rise on Site of Cocoanut Grove Fire". Boston. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
Cullen, Kevin (July 9, 2016). "Cocoanut Grove tragedy pushed aside in name of privacy". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
Cullen, Kevin (July 11, 2016). "Cocoanut Grove memorial long overdue". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.

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Saffle, J. R. (1993). "The 1942 fire at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub". American Journal of Surgery. 166 (6): 581–591. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80661-0. ISSN 0002-9610. PMID 8273835.
Mitchell, Glenn W. (2008) [2008-09]. "A Brief History of Triage". Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2 (S1): S4–S7. doi:10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181844d43. ISSN 1935-7893. PMID 18769265.
Lee, Kwang Chear; Joory, Kavita; Moiemen, Naiem S. (October 25, 2014). "History of burns: The past, present and the future". Burns & Trauma. 2 (4): 169–180. doi:10.4103/2321-3868.143620. ISSN 2321-3868. PMC 4978094. PMID 27574647.
McClure, Roy D.; Allen, Clyde I. (1935) [MAY 1935]. "Davidson tannic acid treatment of burns". The American Journal of Surgery. 28 (2): 370–388. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(35)90119-2. ISSN 0002-9610. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
"Lessons from the Boston Fire". British Medical Journal. 1 (4342): 427–428. March 25, 1944. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2283836. PMID 20785349.
ADLER, ALEXANDRA (December 25, 1943). "Neuropsychiatric Complications in Victims of Boston's Cocoanut Grove Disaster". Journal of the American Medical Association. 123 (17): 1098–1101. doi:10.1001/jama.1943.02840520014004. ISSN 0002-9955.

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Vande Kemp, Hendrika (Spring 2003). "Alexandra Adler, 1901-2001". The Feminist Psychologist. 30 (2). Society for the Psychology of Women. Archived from the original (reprint) on December 22, 2003. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

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