Coconut Grove Fire Report

REPORT CONCERNING THE

COCOANUT GROVE FIRE NOVEMBER

28,

WILLIAM ARTHUR REILLY,

1942

Fire

Commissioner

CITY OF BOSTON tt

REPORT CONCERN ING THE

COCOANUT GROVE FIRE NOVEMBER

28,

WILLIAM ARTHUR REILLY,

1942

Fire

Commissioner

CITY OF BOSTON

For I

additional

observations

coiieeniing

he Cocoanut Grove Fire, consult page

the

Annual Report

to the

Mavor

of the Fire

(i

of

Department

for the vear 1042.

CITY OF BOSTON

DEPARTMENT

FIRE

BRISTOL STREET WILLIAM ARTHUR REILLY

BOSTON

FIRE COMMISSIONER

18,

TELEPHONES

MASS.

HEADQUARTERS LIBERTY 1171

FIRE PREVENTION Div. j.

MAINTENANCE Div

D. SLATTERY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

WILLIAM

FIRE

ALARM

DIVISION.

KENMORE

1100

November 19, 1943. Stephen C. Garrity, Esq. State Fire Marshal, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline, Mass.

,

Dear Sir: In accordance with section 3 of chapter 148 of the General submit Laws (Ter. Ed.) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of circumstances herewith a report of an investigation into the 17 Piedmont the fire which occurred at the Cocoanut Grove, Street, Boston, Mass., on November 28, 1942, which fire resulted in 490 deaths and 166 injuries, as recorded by the Boston Committee on Public Safety.

upon the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, was delivered to the State Fire Marshal within forty-eight hours of the fire, as required by A report of this fire,

G.

L.

(Ter.

Ed.

)

,

c.

148,

s.

2.

commenced the investigation of this fire on Sunday, November 29, 1942. The State Fire Marshal, the Mayor of Boston, military and naval authorities and representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were there present. Hearings, open to representatives of the press, were held daily thereafter, except Sundays, at Fire Headquarters, 60 Bristol Street, Boston, Mass., until Wednesday, January 20, 1943. Public hearings were suspended at that time to avoid possible interference with criminal proceedings initiated by the Attorney-General and the District Attorney for Suffolk County. My investigation, however, was continued, but not in A transcript of all testimony given before me was public. forwarded daily to the District Attorney and to the State Fire Marshal I

.

I submit herewith various diagrams, descriptions, and recommendations as outlined in the following index.

findings

Yours very truly,

Fire Commissioner.

INDEX. 1.

of the

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Diagram

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Plan of the

after the fire

by the

Street Laying-

kit

Department. Plot plan showing outside dimensions (

)

Cocoanut Grove first floor. and part of the basement, made

first floor

of building

and number

of outside exits.

PAGE. 2.

Description of Premises Piedmont Street Entrance

10

.

10

.

Foyer

.

Caricature Bar Section .Main Dining

Dressing

17

Room

Rooms

20 .

Broadway Lounge Melody Lounge

12

28

.

....

Kitchen and Heating Plant

28

.

3.

Description of the Fire

4.

Causes of the Rapid Spread of the Fire

5.

Fire

6.

Civilian

7.

Cause

of Loss of Life

8.

Cause

of the Fire

9.

Kxtent of Property

.

43

.

Department Operations

34 39

.

.

and Other Cooperation

.43 .45 45

46

Damage

10.

Recommendations

11.

List of

Witnesses

12.

List of

Dead and Injured

.

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.

...

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48 59 53

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DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRE. The

fire

originated in the Melody Lounge, the basement room contained in the fir-tIt was first seen burning in a palm tree and in the suspended cloth fal-e

class structure.

ceiling in the northwest corner of that

the stairway from the foyer

The

(The corner one would face upon detruding the left slightly more than one-quarter turn.

room.

and turning

to

immediately spread throughout the Melody Lounge, along the underside of It readied and ascended the stairway and passed thence through a the false ceiling. corridor into the foyer located on the street floor of the main first -class st ructure. connecting fire

Thence the fire proceeded the length of the foyer past the main entrance to the premier-, and traversed the length of the area containing the Caricature Bar, which area was strucFrom this area, or from the foyer itself, the fire spread turally a continuation of the foyer. to the main dining room. Ultimately the fire passed from the street floor of the first-class structure into the

Broadway Lounge. Flame appeared in the street floor lobby within two to four minutes after it was first seen in the basement room, and within five minutes entirely traversed the street floor of the main building and had passed to the entrance to the Broadway Lounge. As the fire rushed up the stairway leading from the Melody Lounge it traveled near the ceiling and above the heads of persons ascending the stairs to make their way out of the

Some of these persons later testified before me that they threw their coats building. over their heads to protect themselves against the fire as they ascended the stairway. When the flame appeared in the street floor lobby it was described as traveling rapidly as a "ball of fire" below the ceiling. Many witnesses described the flame as of yellowish or bluish color.

As

it

traveled through the lobby toward the Caricature Bar it was soon As the flame traveled through the lobby, a number of

followed by a thick cloud of smoke.

persons attempting to

make

their

way out

of the building sustained burns

about the head,

in a number of cases the hair of persons in the lobby became ignited. Upon reaching main dining room, the flame, moving rapidly, swept high about the room near the As it ceiling, shortly followed by a cloud of dense smoke described by witnesses ;is acrid. fire the was near the into the ceiling. Broadway Lounge traveling passed As the fire spread rapidly from the lobby into the main dining room, a number of Others voluntarily dropped on their hands and knees persons were caused to collapse. Still other to the floor and crawled in that manner to the door on the Shawmut street side. broke at the time the fire out remained who were in the there Melody Lounge persons their to the exits on until there was no longer any flame in that room, and later found way

and the

the street floor.

under control, the flames poured out of the and Broadway. It was at these exits as well as in the low passageway leading from the Caricature Bar to the Broadway Lounge where the bodies of many of the patrons were found piled up. Until such time as they were brought

exits on

Piedmont

Shawmut

street,

street

CAUSES OF THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE FIRE. Plainly a large and extremely hot volume of burning material, largely gaseous in form, appeared at the top of the stairway leading from the Melody Lounge to the street floor within two to four minutes of the first appearance of flame in the basement room.

The

and actually burned, consisted principally Much of the doth, rattan and bamboo on the sides and lower walls of the stairway leadcontained in the Melody Lounge, and ing therefrom, was, in fact, not burned at all, and the same is true of the carpet on the tangible material contained in that room, bamboo and rattan.

of the cloth false ceiling,

stairway, contrary to

all

usual

lire

experience. (43)

major part of the great volume of burning gas projected to the first This gas had arisen as a by-product of the fire, floor consisted of carbon monoxide gas. burning with deficiency of oxygen in the low-studded basement room. The cloth false ceiling was tacked to wooden members attached to the underside of reinforced concrete beams in such a manner that there remained a dead space of sixteen inches between the Under actual ceiling and the false ceiling with a deficiency of oxygen in this dead space. such conditions combustion of th? cloth was incomplete, and occurred largely on its underside where oxygen was available. I

find that a

Products of such incomplete combustion, including monoxide, will themselves burn further as soon as additional oxygen is encountered. Furthermore, under the conditions no there was in the basement room, ready outlet for the heat generated by prevailing

Such heat, therefore, increased both the temthe partially burned gases, and acted to drive them forcefully

such partial combustion as took place. perature and the pressure of to the nearest available outlet.

The rapidity with which the partially burned gases moved from the basement room is indicated by the fact that many of the wooden strips upon which the cloth ceiling was tacked remained substantially untouched by the fire. Some of the cloth itself remained I have already referred to the fact that some persons remained on the floor Melody Lounge and later (after the fire had been brought under control on the street floor) escaped up the stairway and through the street floor exits. The fire did not burn itself out in the Melody Lounge primarily because in that confined space it lacked sufficient oxygen for complete combustion, and lacked also adequate means for dissipation of heat produced by the partial combustion which took

unharmed.

of the

projected a large quantity of extremely hot, partially burned but still inflammable, gases toward and up the stairway. Such a movement was accelerated by a cause independent of those already conplace.

Instead,

it

Comparatively narrow (four (4) feet) and rising sharply, the stairway acted chimney, adding a draft of suction to the pressure generated in the room below by heat. Such effect appears to have been very considerable, since it drew out the flame entirely, leaving unconsumed the wood and cloth material already referred to. Here the parIn the stairway itself a further acceleration of the process occurred. tially burned hot gas was rapidly mixed and churned with a considerable volume of air The further combustion resulting increased the temcontained in the stairway itself. of mass. I have already referred to the fact that much of flow the and perature rapidity This is a further indication of the lower wall covering, and the carpeting, was unburned. sidered. like a

of the high elevation of the fire

and the rapidity

The burning mass passed from the top

of its flow.

the stairway into a narrow connecting and thence to the street floor foyer. The wall coverings of the foyer, consisting of artificial leather on cotton batting on concrete, which would be unaffected by ordinary flame such as that from a match, did not withstand this blast of superheated burning The burning and decomposition of such wall coverings once again producing mategas. rial largely gaseous, capable of further combustion and of very rapid movement, augmented the blast coming from the basement. Here again it is significant that much of this material on the lower part of the walls remained unburned. At this point the only available direction of expansion for the hot, expanding mass was down the length of the foyer. Its progress in that direction appears to have been accelerated by a large ventilating exhaust fan placed over the further end of the Caricature Bar, acting to draw air from the foyer along the length of the room containing the Caricature Bar. Such fan had the effect of increasing the chimney effect of the stairway of

corridor

already referred

to.

(44)

The great mass of compressed partially-burned gases spread dining room on the street floor of the first-class building, and into on the

once into the main

al

the

Broadway Lounge

the second-class building at 5!) Broadway. In the intense heat which resulted from the progres.- of lie fire, decomposition of In other practically all combustible material in certain portions of the building resulted. street

floor of

I

burning occurred and in these sections it is safe to assume the majority of persons who escaped were located. If all the exits had been open, obviously more people would have gotten out of the building alive, and there would have been less retention of gases, heat and fire in the But even then many casualties would still have resulted, as fire and person < building. would still have had to rely upon the same means of egress. As far as the Melody Lounge is concerned, if this had been a higher studded room, even though the fabric false ceiling burned completely, with a large crowd present in the room there would not have resulted such a compression of ga>es, heat and fire. sections

little

FIRE At 10.1") p. m., on

DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.

November

2S, 1sioner. The Police after the first

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(45)

Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police were already on the scene, having responded from Police Headquarters a few blocks away. The State Fire Marshal and the Acting Commissioner of Public Safety, John F. Stokes, were promptly upon the scene, as was the Director of the Boston Committee on Public Safety, Mr. John J. Walsh, who was inside the premises when the fire started and who proved to be a most reliable witness

what occurred inside the building when the Mayor Tobin directed the organization of

as to

fire

broke out.

all agencies outside of the building, Civilian Defense the Red Cross and Salvation Army, and arranged the units, including for accommodations in the various hospitals in the metropolitan area.

many agencies which responded to this fire was of incalculable one can measure sufficiently the amount of merit due to members of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the Coast Guard and members of the Civilian Defense units; nor can the value of the accommodations provided by nearby hotels and hospitals, transportation provided by taxicabs, the treatment and handling by various doctors and nurses connected with hospitals and various emergency first-aid The officials at the City Morgue likewise rendered stations, be adequately described. sympathetic service and the acts of many members of the clergy were no less heroic than the acts performed by the firemen themselves. The Police Department provided ambulance service, maintained law and order The

value.

assistance of the

No

and provided routes for emergency vehicles to function in carrying off the injured and dead to points remote from the scene. Stretcher bearers, made up of Red Cross workers, other civilians and service men, remained throughout the night performing their functions efficiently. Nearby holds provided blankets and extra supplies required in the care of victims. Neighboring buildings were opened and the owners or occupants made available every facility for in the vicinity,

roped

off streets,

the sheltering of those affected police in countless ways.

by

or serving at the

fire.

Military police aided local

Ambulances, doctors and nurses, responded from miles around, offering an inspiring testimonial of cooperation and sympathy in the handling of victims of the fire, and in the furnishing of information to relatives and friends of persons reported to have been on the premises. Out-of-town fire departments from neighboring communities responded voluntarily and likewise rendered great assistance throughout all operations at the scene.

CAUSES OF LOSS OF At the time when the persons on the premises. in the

LIFE.

was first seen there were approximately one thousand show was about to be commenced on the stage situated

fire

A

main dining room on the

street floor of the first-class building.

was completely disrupted, most of upon appearance of the fire. and the cries of "fire," proon the premises. duced great confusion among the persons present Apart from testimony of many witnesses, this fact was made apparent by the presence of overturned tallies and chairs. A considerable number of deaths was caused by the fact that the door opening on Piedmont street, at the top of the stairway from the Melody Lounge, could not be opened by persons who ascended the stairway from that room after the fire was first seen. Although this door was provided with a so-called panic lock, such installation was rendered useless by the existence of another lock which was found in a locked position. While

it

is

not clear that the electrical system

the lights on the premises became extinguished immediately This fact, coupled with the appearance of smoke and flame

(46)

Further deaths were caused by the the location of theea.l. Southern Morluary 1

I

428 Washington Street. Watertown, N. V. ANTHONY PETER, 79 Tremont Street. Lynn MARTELL, Raymond B., 49!) Hamilton Street, Southbridge MARTELL, RTTH, 499 Hamilton Street. Southliridge MARTIN, 2d Lieut. HARRY 'I'., 5 Kverett Street, Newport, ii. I. MAR/.ANO. M \mo, ll.S Richmond Street, Boston M \sox, Mrs. MARIE W., 32 Chestnut Street. Boston \HOTT\. Sergeant

MAVLSBY, ALICE. IS Hampden Street. Wellcsley MEADE, Corporal ARTHI'H !>.. 219 Ridge Street,

Injured.

(

EDWARD, Navy Supply School MAHONEY, MARGARET, 99 Clark Street, Everett Fen no Lane. Milton MANCOS, STEPHER, MARCIII, JOHN B., 125 Webster Street. Arlington MARKS, LEKOY, 125 Coolidge Street. Brooklinc MARKS, MEYER, 36 Park Street, Btookline MAKOITA. ALICE, 79 Tremont Street. Lynn

M

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I

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Dead. Sontheiai \loituary Dead. Southern Mortuary

.... .... ....

ALPHONSE, no address

(leneial

Southern Mortuary Injured. Bo-ton 'ity Hospital

Dmchester

\\oo.lfoid Street.

UIER,

Massacllll-ett-

I

I

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M

V

Hanks

Injured. Host. in

LIBEHMAN, NAOMI, 1163 Beacon Street, Brooklinc Ri\a-rdale Street, All-toll I.INlKiRAN, SlUKK \, LOLO, BORIS H., 14 Tanter Street, Worcester LOMVN, l-j>\\ \HI>. S4 Davis Avenue, Bi'ookline I.IKIHV. MARION E., 52 Brantwood Road, \\orcestcr LOWE, (lF.cnt.;i: P., 22 Lynde Street, Boston LUBELL, SHIRLEY R.. 107 Parker Avenue. Newton Highlands MAOI.ITI

ill

Dead. Waterman's

.... .... .... ....

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Southern Mortuai

Injurril.

LEVITVN, Mrs. Luis. 12 Kilsyth Road. Brighton LEVY, Mrs. JEAN, 100 St-avrr Street, Roxlmry 3(1

Southern Mnltllal

Injured. Boston

.

1...

lead,

I

LENNIHAN, EDWARD.!., 1431 Columbus Avenue, Boston LESHK.HI:. ,I\con. 5,s Julian Street, Koxhury T-ESLIE, SHIRLEY, 38 Fenway, Boston LKTTINI, ANNE. 302 Newlmry Street, Hoston LEVIN, Mrs. DOROTHY. 14 Brow ne Street, Hrookline LEVIN, Mrs. SADIE, 54 Hohart Road. Neuton LEVINK. CLAIRE I.. SS Ila/leton Street. Mattapan LEVITAN, LEON. 12 Kilsyth Road. Brighton

MARCAHET

Watenn:

Street, Springfield

.

LEWIS, Mrs.

lead.

IlljUIVll,

LATER, DONALD WILLIVM. 13S Mast Main Street, Arcade-, N. V. LAVEY, CATHERINE C., 321 Beacon Street, Somerville LEADBETTEK, EDITH, (13 Walker Road. Swamp-i LEHOWITZ, BERTHA, 14 Melvin Avenue. Brighton

.

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I

Injured.

.

LAMBRIDES, CLEO, 354 Heacon Street. Bo.-ton LANE, JAMES, I". S. ('. (! I. \MIIIAMMER, Lieut. WlI.LIAM, Hi Prospect Street,

M|.

I

I

lead,

I

Naval Hospital Mortuar\

'hel-ea

Deail. Southern

Injured. Bost.ui

'ity Hospital Boston 'it.\ Ho-pital Dead. Massachusetts '.encral Dead. Southern Moituai\ I

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lead,

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Injured. Boston 'ity Hospital Dead. Fort Hanks Injured. Boston City Hospital )ead. Southern Mmtiiai \ Dead. Southern Mortuary (

(ilcn Falls. N. V.

MELNII-K, SAMTEL. 360 Walnut Avenue'. Roxlmry MELVIN. Fn \NCIS B., 23 Magaxim- Street. Camliridge MEYEH. Mrs. \NN\ LIU-ISE, 25 Plant ('oint, Jamaica .

I

Plain

35 Ktna Street, Bright,, n

MEYER, Lons

T.. 25 Plant Court, Jamaica Plain 36 Francis Street, Watertown

1

.

MIKALONIS. CM \HLES. 2 M el ver St eet S. Boston MIKM.ONIS, PAUL. 1217 North Shore Road. Rc\ere MILES, DOROTHY, 86 Beacon Street, Boston MILLER. CRAY WHITEHALL, 52 Ma rev Street, Southliridgc MITCHELL, KDWARD, 6 Lombard Street, Dorchester Mooss\, JOHN M., 12 Prentiss Street, Worcester Mooss\, Mrs. LticY, 12 Prentiss Street, \\oirester MORGAN, JUSTIN C., 36 Highland Avenue, Cambridge MORRIS. LOUISE, 51 Jackson Street, Cambridge Mi KERN, MARY A., 139 South Avenue, \ttleboro I

lead.

Southern Mortuary

Injured.

.

(

'arney llo-pital

Dead. Southern M.ntiiai \ 'it \ Injured. Bo-ton lo-pital (

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Ma--achu-ett- leneral Injured. Peter Bent Brighani llo-pn I

lead,

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Waterman's

Mm

Dead. Northern Dead. Waterman'-

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lead. Southern Mortuary Dead. Southern Mortuary I

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,

MULLIN, JEANNETTE, 77 Grazier Road, Cambridge

Injured. Boston City Hospital

.

CATHERINE LOUISE, 65 Brent Strert, Dorchester CATHERINE M., 141 Willard Street, W. Quincy JOHN EUGENE, 234 Union Avenue, Framingham ROBERT S., 19 Craigie Street. Cambridge Mrs. ALICE, 30 Woodford Street, Dorchester ELEANOR, 2 Orne Street, Lincoln JOHN JOSEPH, 30 Woodford Street, Dorchester MAC-CURDY. VIRGINIA, 148 Mem-mount Road. Quincy MAC DONALD. XORMA, 39 Worley Street, \V. Roxbury MAC-MILLEN, DONALD, 40 Ruthven Street, Quiney MAC-MILLEN, Mrs. DOROTHY FRANCES. 40 Ruthven Street. Quincy MC-CANN, JOHN R., 115 Fairway Drive. W. Newton McCANN, KATHERINE M., 115 Fairway Drive. W. Newton MCCARTHY, EILEEN X., 25 Thornylea Terrace, Brockton MCCARTHY, ELEANOR, 18 Hodgdon Terrace-. W. Roxbury MCCARTHY, EDWARD, 25 Thornylea Terrace. Brockton MCCARTHY, TIMOTHY J., 36 Washington Street. Charlestown McCoRMACK, MARY E., 1830 Columbia Road. S. Boston McCuLLOUGH. NATALIE, 137 Main Street, Saugus MCDERMOTT, GRACE F. (alias VAUGHN), 200 West 54th Street. N. V. MC-DEVITT. VERNA G., 39 Pleasant Stivet, Hudson

MURPHY, MURPHY, MURPHY, MURPHY, MURRAY, MURRAY, MURRAY.

Dead, Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead,

.

Dead, Dead. Dead. Dead, Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead.

.... .... .

.

Dead, Dead. Dead. Dead, Dead.

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Dead, Dead. R.

Waterman's Mortuary Mortuary

Southern Northern Injured, Boston Dead. Southern

.

MCDONALD, RUTH, 19 Marlborough Street, Boston MC-DONOUGH, MARGARET C., 51 Pleasant Street, Dorchester McDoNOUGH, MARTHA, U. S. N. Training Station. Newport,

Southern Mortuary Northern Mortuary

City Hospital

Mortuary Northern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Cambridge City Hospital Waterman's

Southern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Northern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Northern Mortuary Northern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Massachusetts General Northern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Northern Mortuary Northern Mortuary

Dead, Dead, Dead. Northern Mortuary Injured. Boston City Hospital Dead. Southern Mortuary

I.

MC-FARLIN, JAMES, 52 Mansfield Street, Allston McF.\RLiN, Mrs. MARGARET FORD, 52 Mansfield Street. Allston McGowAN, JOHN (Fire Lieut.), 45 Westchester Road, Jamaica Plain MC-GREEVY, Mrs. RUTH B., 200 Bellevue Stivet. W. Roxbury MC-GREEVY, THOMAS, 200 Bellevue Stivet, W. Roxbury McHuoH, Dr. JOSEPH, 80 Dollwood Road, Bronxville, N. Y. McHfc.H. Mrs. WINIFRED, 80 Dellwood Road, Bronxville, N. Y. .

Injured, Cambridge Hospital Injured, St. Elizabeth's Hospital Injured. St. Elizabeth's Hospital

Mrs. JESSIE MAC-DONALD, 20 Temple Stivet. W. Roxbury MC-KENXA, SYDNEY EDITH, 22 Whitman Hall, RadclifTe

Dead, Northern Mortuary Dead. Massachusetts General

McKEE,

Latrobe, Pa.

MCLAUGHLIN, Mrs. ALICE, 42 Mt. Vernon Street. Maiden MCLAUGHLIN, ARTHUR G., 34 Fordham Road. W. Newton MCLAUGHLIN, KATHLEEN, 54 Washington Street, Charlestown MCLAUGHLIN, VIRGINIA, 19 Sunset Road. Stoneham MC-LEAN, WILLIAM R., 359 Court Street, Plymouth McMuLLEN, HARRY ARRON, s. 2d c. V. S. N., 724 Jefferson Street. Gary,

hid.

S.

.

OBER, DOUGLASS JULIUS, 40 Woodbine Terrace, Auburndalc O'BRIEN, BARBARA, 171 Hemenway Street, Boston O'BRIEN, FRANCIS A., 25 Stockton Street, Dorchestei O'BRIEN, HELEN, 12 Fletcher Terrace. Watvrtown O'BRIEN, Mrs. VIRGINIA, 25 Stockton Street. Dorchester .

O'DEA, HANNAH GERTRUDE, 1393 Washington Street. Norwood O'DEA, WINIFRED, 1393 Washington Stivet. Norwood O'XEIL, ANNA, 28 Decatur Street, Cambridge O'NKiL, ELEANOR, 56 Lasell Street, W. Roxbury .

KATHLEEN

87 Mason Terrace, Brookline O'NEIL, ISABELLE E., 55 Highland Avenue. Fall River O'NEILL, Mrs. CATHERINE, 460 Chancery Street, New Bedford

O'XEIL,

B.,

.

(60)

Chelsea Hospital

Northern Mortuary Northern Mortuary Massachusetts General Northern Mortuary Injured. Chelsea Naval Hospital Dead, Northern Mortuary Dead, Southern Mortuary

N. R.

NORTON, WILLIAM ROBERT, 48 Massachusetts Avenue. Cambridge XOYES, Mrs. DOROTHY, 210 South Ridge Road. Lake Forest, 111. (temp.) 88 Garden Street. Cambridge XOYES, Lieut. JOHN HIGH. 210 South Ridge Road, Lake Forest, 111., XOYES, ROBERT R.. 455 Spring Street. W. Bridgewater XYLAND, Mrs. MADELINE C.. 16 Elm St., Peterboro, X. H.

Maiden Hospital Boston City Hospital Southern Mortuary

Dead. Dead, Dead, Dead.

XAGEL, KATHERINE LORRAINE, 1197 Saratoga Stivet. E. Boston NASH. Mrs. HELEN WALSH, 47 dishing Street, Wollaston NASH. Louis JOHN, 47 dishing Street, Wollaston NELSON. CARL E., 32 Coolidge Avenue, Braintive NORRIS, GEORGE M., U.

Massachusetts General Southern Mortuary

Injured.

Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead. Dead.

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S.

X.

Dead. Chelsea Naval Hospital Dead. Waterman'Dead. Waterman's Dead. Dead, Dead, Dead.

Massachusetts General Southern Mortu.m Southern Mortuary

Waterman's Boston City Hospital Northern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Southern Mortuary Injured, Boston City Hospital Dead, Waterman's Dead, Dead, Dead, Dead,

Dead. Southern Mortuary

Dead

O'NEILL. Mrs. CLATDIA, 101 Montgomery Street O'NEILL, JOHN F., 28 Decatur Street, Cambridge

O'NEILL,

THOMAS

H., 460 Chaneerj Street,

<

Dead. Southern Mortuary

'ami, ridge .

.

.

New Bedlord

OPPENHEIM. STEPHEN, OS Montelair Avenue. Newark. X. (I'Si'LLiVAN. M \KY !!.. .~,S Brookline Avenue, Holyoke OrELLETTE, ALFRED, 12 Lander Street, I.Vnn

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Nol'thelll

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Injured, llo-toii

PAIKHS. Ensign JOHN PETEU. I'. S. N. !{.. IOS Broadway, Haverh PALMER. Lieut. WARD M.. I". S. V, Bo-ton PARE. \OUM\X J.. SS C.corge Street. Medl'ord PVKKS, JOHN, 15 DeWolf Street, Dorchester

Dead,

PKAVEY, JANE. Emerson College, Huston Alsu Fort Devens, Mas-. PEXITA. ANITA. 12 St. Charle- Street. Bo-ton PENARDI. AUKLE. !)6 Monk Street. Stoughton PENARDI, DOMINIC, 96 Monk Street, Stoughton Hotel Statler PERKINS. PIERCE, Mrs. KATHERINE M., 107 Ocean Street, Dorchester PIERCE, RICHARD F., 107 Ocean Street, Dorchester PLACE, ECLA MARIE. 244 Nevaila Street, Newtonville Pl.u.ER, KicHAHD. 151 Walnut Street. Cliel-ea PLAYDEN. MARILEN, 32 Elm Street, Rockville, Conn. PLENTY. SHADRACK F.. 200 Norfolk Sti-eet. 'amhridge POLSON, DAVID A., 2 Newton Street, Weston POWELL, ,Ionv 10 Washington Elm Street, Cambridge POWELL, Mrs. JOSEPHINE. 40 Washington Elm Street. Cambridge POWERS, ANTOINETTE (Pivoranas). 4 Eric Place, Jamaica Plain POWERS, DOROTHY C., 415 West Fourth Street, S. Huston PREBLE, RTTH IRENE, 55 Warren Street, W. Mcdford PBENDERGAST, RODERICK, 265 Mason Terrace, Brookline PREZITJSO, VINCENT H., 289 Lowell Street, Boston PEOAL, HAZEL M., 8 Wells Street, Worcester

l)i-ad.

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Pi-lep

Kent Hiiirham Hospital

>ead,

Ma~saehii.-ett-.

Dead Dead, Northern lead. Southern lead. Northern .,,! Southern Dead, Southern Dead. Southern I

Murtuary Mortuary Mortuai

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Mortuary Mortuary Mortuai \

Southern Mortuary Dead. Southern Mortuary I

lead.

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.

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HATTE, RITA, I'airfax, Vt REDDICK. \\'ALTER, 65 Warren Avenue, Boston

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HIVOIHE, HENRY. 7 Morrison Road. Braintree Bethlehem Steel. Fore River

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REID, RrTH, 19 Morton Street. Stafford S]irings. Conn. RESNICK, ALICE, 19 Browning Street, Dorchester RESNICK, S'I-.\NLEY, 19 Browning Street, Dorchester RICE, Mrs. BEATRK E, 33 Dwight Street, Brooklinr RICE. Private

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WALSH, WILLIAM T., I'. S. N. I!., Squantum WAHREX, WILLIAM II.. 74 Fenway, Huston \\ \SSERMAX, Mrs. ADELAIDE, 131 Freeman Street, Mrookline W \SSERM.\N, TiiKDDoHK, 131 Freeman Street. Mrookline

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WELCH, HELEN, 28 Lebanon Street, Winchester WELI-H, NOKIXK HELEX. 10 Davis Road. Port Washington. N. \. 72 Huckingham Road. Camhridge \\ lAM.u-i u \\D, MADELINE A.. 2l'J Helgrade \\eniie. Roslindale 'nidsrixE M.. 1-1 Sunnyliank Road. \\'. Hoxhury \VESSI.INI;, Mrs. \\ 'KSSLINU, ,Ionx A.. Sunnyliank Road, W. Hoxlmry

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