Statements in re: Cocoanut Grove fire
Published: 1942
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Subjects: Sources; Fires; Police; Boston (Mass.).; Cocoanut Grove (Boston, Mass.); Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.; History; Disasters; Fire, 1942; Archival resources
Other titles: Witness statements regarding the Cocoanut Grove fire; Cocoanut Grove fire witness statements
Description: Typewritten statements transcribed from stenographer's notes of interviews of witnesses to the fire at the Cocoanut Grove, a nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28, 1942, which resulted in the deaths of 492 people.
Notes: Volumes are 3-hole punched and bound with ribbon.

The 148 Interviews were conducted at Boston Police Department Headquarters, at BPD Division 4, at Fire Headquarters, and at City Hospital, from November 29 to December 11, 1942, and are bound in chronological order. The bulk of the interviews were conducted at BPD Headquarters.

Title taken from the covers of the three volumes.

The physical volumes are not available at the Boston Public Library.

Location of original: Boston Police Department Records Center & Archives. 1555 Hyde Park Avenue, Hyde Park, Boston, Mass.