Accident: Fire Coconut Grove
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| born on | 28 November 1942 at 22:17 (= 10:17 PM ) | ||
| Place | Boston MA, USA, 42n21, 71w03 | ||
| Timezone | EWT h4w (is war time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   06°14'   14°23 Asc. 13°54'
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Biography
American nightclub fire that killed 492 people and severely injured nearly two hundred others. On the night of the fire, the club was filled with over 1000 people, over capacity. When fire broke out, possibly due to a lit match used by an employee changing a light bulb. Within 15 minutes, the entire scene was engulfed in flames. The decorations were highly flammable and the two main doors, against which the panicked dancers and diners pushed to try to escape, were revolving doors, that turned inward. After this tragedy in which over half the attendees were killed, fire codes and safety measures were changed, including a requirement that all doors open outward.
According to the article from which the time is taken, the Coconut Grove nightclub first opened on October 27, 1927 at 5:30 PM EST in Boston ,MA. Two of the original owners were Charles "King" Solomon and "Mickey" Alpert. King Solomon was born August 6, 1887 (time unknown) and was murdered at 4:10 AM EST on January 24, 1933. Mickey Alpert was born at 11 AM (uncorrected ) on April 9, 1904 at Boston, MA. After Solomon was murdered the nightclub was closed for a time and on October 23, 1933 , it was re-opened at 5:30 PM EST
Source Notes
AFA Bulletin 1/6/1943, citing Ruth E. Gerry, a Massachusetts resident, for the information, presumably from newspaper reports
Categories
- Mundane : Disasters : Other Disasters (fire)
