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November 29, 1942
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAM, Elmira, New York, November 29, 1942.
* Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (early report)
* 1st report w/ nice headline for display
* Worst nightclub disaster in U.S. history
* 492 would be the total dead
This 32 page newspaper has a banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "150 Perish in Boston Night Club Fire" with subhead: "Swift-Moving Flames Trap 200 Night Club Merrymakers; Relief Agencies Overtaxed".
Notice the headline says 150 perish making this an early report as close to 500 would die in this disaster.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout with much on World war II. Never bound, minor wear, otherwise in nice, clean condition.
wikipedia notes: The Cocoanut Grove was a nightclub in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. On November 28, 1942, the fashionable nightclub burned in what remains the deadliest nightclub fire in United States history, killing 492 people and injuring hundreds more. It is also the second-worst single-building fire in American history; only the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago in 1903 killed more (602). The tragedy shocked the nation and briefly replaced World War II news headlines. The fire led to a reform of fire codes and safety standards across the country and prompted a seminal study of grief. The club's owner, Barney Welansky, who had boasted of his ties to the Mafia and to Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, was eventually found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Category: The 20th Century
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