COCOANUT GROVE FIRE November 28, 1942 List of Fatalities The following is the list of causalities as a result of the Cocoanut Grove Fire that occurred on November 28, 1942. The list of casualties is drawn from the official report of the Committee On Public Safety of the City of Boston. Although the report lists 489 fatalities and 166 injured, the generally accepted total of fatalities is 492. The total of 166 injured includes only those persons who were admitted to hospitals. Last Name First Name/M.I. Address City/Town State Additional Info Facility # Abernathy Katherine 410 Memorial Drive Cambridge MA . Waterman's Funeral Home 1 Abernathy Lt. John Howard 612 Upher St. Danville VA . Fort Banks 2 Adler Milton D. 23 Westmore Rd. Dorchester MA . Fort Banks 3 Alario Joseph 54 Morton St. Dorchester MA . Mass. General Hospital 4 Albritton Ensign John Norman 1504 S. Hull St. Montgomery AL . Chelsea Naval Hospital 5 Altieri Private Fred 10 Richardson St. Brighton MA . Fort Banks 6 Ambrose Marion 42 Vine St. Winchester MA . Northern Mortuary 7 Anderson Shirley E. 10 Belknap St. Arlington MA . Northern Mortuary 8 Ansin Mrs. Beatrice 27 Channing Rd. Brookline MA . Northern Mortuary 9 Ansin Edward 27 Channing St. Brookline MA . Northern Mortuary 10 Antico Sophia 1 Benedict St. Somerville MA . Southern Mortuary 11 Armstrong Frank 60 Forest Ave. Framingham MA . Southern Mortuary 12 Arnold Herbert Collins Jr. 1175 East Broadway Hewlett NY . Northern Mortuary 13 Asher Harry Gardner Hotel Boston MA . Mass. General Hospital 14 Atkins Phyllis 60 Humphreys St. Dorchester MA . Boston City Hospital 15 Baer Arnold M. 10 Florence St. Dover NH . Mass. General Hospital 16 Bagley John E. 4 Brooks St. Whitinsville MA . Southern Mortuary 17 Balzarini Frank J. 50 Connecticut Ave. Natick MA . Southern Mortuary 18 Baron Paul 1496 Beacon St. Brookline MA . Southern Mortuary 19 Baron Rhea 1496 Beacon St. Brookline MA . Southern Mortuary 20 Bauer Ethel Powell 105 N. Sacramento Ave. Ventnor NJ 35 W. 64th St. NY, NY Southern Mortuary 21 Bauer Ensign John B. 106 Pennsylvania Ave. Pittsburgh PA . Southern Mortuary 22 Bauer Karol Raymond 298 Beacon St. Boston MA . Southern Mortuary 23 Bean Mrs. Rose Morello 415 Somerville Ave. Somerville MA . Waterman's Funeral Home 24 Beckwith Lloyd Elbert 12 Beacon Park Watertown MA U.S.N. Chelsea Naval Hospital 25 Bellows Hiram H. 96 Norris St. Southbridge MA . Southern Mortuary 26 Bellows Rita Margaret 96 Norris St. Southbridge MA . Northern Mortuary 27 Bennett Dr. Gordon Humphrey St. Swampscott MA Boston City Hospital Southern Mortuary 28 Bernstein Amelia 79 Falmouth St. Portland ME 58 Kenwood St. Northern Mortuary 29 Bernstein Joseph 79 Falmouth St. Portland ME . Southern Mortuary 30 Bigger Robert H. 66 Butler St. Worcester MA . Northern Mortuary 31 Billings John 259 St. Paul St. Brookline MA Sao Paulo, Brazil Boston City Hospital 32 Bizzozero Ernest 17 Squantum Rd. Quincy MA . Southern Mortuary 33 Bluestein William 8 Sylvia St. Lexington MA . Southern Mortuary 34 Boratyn Joseph A. 47 Edgemere Ave. Whitinsville MA . Southern Mortuary 35 Bornstein Ruth L. 493 Shirley St. Winthrop MA . Southern Mortuary 36 Boylan 2nd Lt. Edward F. 22 Poplar St. Newport RI . Fort Banks 37 Brady Alice Ruth 274 East St. East Walpole MA . Northern Mortuary 38 Breen Martin 131 Howard St. East Braintree MA . Boston City Hospital 39 Brennan Margaret 45 Temple St. Boston MA . Northern Mortuary 40 Broderick Arthur C. 57 Neil St. Marlboro MA . Northern Mortuary 41 Brooks Helen Virginia 27 Washington Ave. Winthrop MA . Waterman's Funeral Home 42 Brough Helen 91 Stoughton St. Dorchester MA . Southern Mortuary 43 Brown Grace Evelyn 19 Pearl St. Waltham MA . Southern Mortuary 44 Burke John J. 4 Iroquois St. Roxbury MA Yeoman, U.S. Coast Guard Chelsea 45 Cafarella Felix Joseph 44 High St. Waltham MA . Southern Mortuary 46 Cafarella Mrs. Helen L. 44 High St. Waltham MA . Southern Mortuary 47 Cake Ensign Henry E. 1408 W. 50th St. Norfolk VA . Chelsea Naval Hospital 48 Cameron Mrs. Edna M. 17 Washington St. Malden MA . Southern Mortuary 49 Camusi Josephine 56 Bates St. Revere MA . Southern Mortuary 50 Capone Charles Jr. 44 Wellsmere Rd. Roslindale MA . Northern Mortuary 51 Caradonna Mrs. Gina 21 Merrymount St. Quincy MA . Southern Mortuary 52 Caradonna Vito 21 Merrymount St. Quincy MA . Southern Mortuary 53 Carbone Paul M. Jr. 4 Chiswick Rd. Brighton MA . Northern Mortuary 54 Carbone Mrs. Ruth Morris 4 Chiswick Rd. Brighton MA . Northern Mortuary 55 Carey Patricia 1 Locust Place Everett MA . Boston City Hospital 56 Carlson Lorraine 1027 Main St. Brockton MA . Southern Mortuary 57 Carroll Joseph A. 69 Academy Ave. East Weymouth MA . Southern Mortuary 58 Carroll Margaret 69 Academy Ave. East Weymouth MA . Cambridge City Hospital 59 Casavant Steven Oscar 29 Dresser St. Cambridge MA . Southern Mortuary 60 Chalmers Marion 86 Harvard Ave. Brookline MA . Southern Mortuary 61 Charles Mrs. Gladys Kahle 247 Washington St. Winchester MA . Southern Mortuary 62 Charles Robert B. 247 Washington St. Winchester MA 121 Elwood Ave. Oak Park, IL Southern Mortuary 63 Chiampa Eleanor 24 Belmont St. Newton MA . Mass. Memorial Hospital 64 Chiampa Mrs. Giovanna (Jennie) 220 Hanover St. Boston MA . Southern Mortuary 65 Chiros Anna 232 Vernon St. Worcester MA . Southern Mortuary 66 Cichocki Stasia 1 Essex St. Salem MA . Southern Mortuary 67 Clancy Joseph F. 18 Narragansett Rd. Quincy MA . Northern Mortuary 68 Clark Clyde C. 171 Court St. Keene NH . Northern Mortuary 69 Clark Mrs. Mable B. 171 Court St. Keene NH . Northern Mortuary 70 Clift William T. Hotel Licolnshire Boston MA . Brighton Hospital 71 Cobb Elisha Wilber Jr. 145 Langley Rd. Newton Centre MA . Northern Mortuary 72 Cobb John C. 614 South Quincy Green Bay WI Harvard Business School Southern Mortuary 73 Cohen Betty 25 Wellington Hill St. Dorchester MA . Southern Mortuary 74 Cohen Earl 141 Homestead St. Roxbury MA . Southern Mortuary 75 Cohen Mrs. Evelyn 141 Homestead St. Roxbury MA . Northern Mortuary 76 Cohen Laura A. 82 Fowler St. Dorchester MA . Northern Mortuary 77 Colburn George P. 39 Atherton St. Roxbury MA . Southern Mortuary 78 Coleman Eleanor 184 Greeley St. Clinton MA . Southern Mortuary 79 Coleman Maxine 4241 Whitsett St. North Hollywood CA . Southern Mortuary 80 Coleman Robert J. 184 Greeley St. Clinton MA . (not listed) 81 Collins Catherine 432 East Main St. Batavia NY 1240 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY Northern Mortuary 82 Collins John J. 134 Walnut St. Everett MA . Nortern Mortuary 83 Conley Mrs. Margaret E. 722 Commonwealth Ave. Boston MA . Northern Mortuary 84 Conlon Monica 22 Abbott St. Worcester MA . Northern Mortuary 85 Connell Francis 158 Orange St. Roslindale MA . Nortern Mortuary 86 Connelly Arthur R. 11 Normandy Rd. Newton MA . Southern Mortuary 87 Connick Harry J. 86 Bowdoin St. Boston MA . Northern Mortuary 88 Conway Beatrice 12 Hancock St. Salem MA . Cambridge Hospital 89 Coughlin William S. 1273 Hyde Park Ave. Hyde Park MA . Southern Mortuary 90 Courtney Patrick J. 21 Stearns St. Cambridge MA . Southern Mortuary 91 Crowley Joseph Denny 65 Rockland St. West Roxbury MA . Southern Mortuary 92 Curran Francis J. 31 Centennial Ave. Gloucester MA . Southern Mortuary 93 Currier Marjorie F. 14A Cherry St. Somerville MA . Northern Mortuary 94 Curtin Elaine Winslow DeL. Locust St. Eastham MA . Southern Mortuary 95 Curtin Norinne 42 Clay St. North Cambridge MA . Northern Mortuary 96 Cushing John H. Landing Road Hampton NH . Southern Mortuary 97 Daley Mrs. Helen J. 26 Clifton St. Roxbury MA . Southern Mortuary 98 Daley Mrs. Lillian 71 Moraine St. Jamaica Plain MA . Northern Mortuary 99 Dashen Alexander 27 Milford St. Boston MA . (not listed) 100 DeCosta Vera Ann (Cedione) 18 Forsyth St. Boston MA Roosevelt Apartments Southern Mortuary 101 DiFilippo Maria Concetta 36 Cottage St. East Boston MA . Waterman's Funeral Home 102 Deegnan Alice G. Osgood Avenue West Boylston MA . Northern Mortuary 103 Delander Donald --- Joliet IL U.S. Coast Guard Chelsea Naval Hospital 104 DeMateo John L. 185 Cornell St. Roslindale MA . Southern Mortuary 105 DeMoura Mary 91 Stoughton St. Dorchester MA . Southern Mortuary 106 Derbyshire Robert McCune 20 Faneuil Rd. Waltham MA . Southern Mortuary 107 Derby Marie A. 101 Myrtle St. Boston MA . Southern Mortuary 108 Devine Thomas 29 Homer Rd. Quincy MA . Cambridge Hospital 109 Dineen Joseph D. 5 Watson Place Winchester MA . Southern Mortuary 110 Donovan John A. 25 Chesbrough Rd. West Roxbury MA . Mass. General Hospital 111 Donovan Josephine 25 Chesbrough Rd. West Roxbury MA . Cambridge Hospital 112 Donovan William Francis 84 Selwyn Rd. Roslindale MA . Northern Mortuary 113 Dowilaby Samuel --- Lawrence MA . Cambridge Hospital 114 Downer Gerald 29 Washington St. Beverly MA . Cambridge Hospital 115 Downer Mrs. Virginia 29 Washington St. Beverly MA . Northern Mortuary 116 Doyle John F. 53 Washington Elms Cambridge MA 522 Green St., Cambridge, MA Southern Mortuary 117 Dreyfus Adele 37 University Rd. Brookline MA . Boston City Hospital 118 Ducey Alice 17 Abbott St. Medford MA 15 Pilgrim Rd., Weymouth, MA Southern Mortuary 119 Ducey John Thomas 17 Abbott Rd. Medford MA 15 Pilgrim Rd., Weymouth, MA Southern Mortuary 120 Duffley Rita M. 219 South St. Jamaica Plain MA . Northern Mortuary 121 Duggan Mary 16 Hartwell St. Waltham MA . Southern Mortuary 122 Duggan Mrs. Mary Hildegard 20 Maypole Rd. Quincy MA . Cambridge Hospital 123 Duhamel Charles 19 High St. Millis MA . Cambridge Hospital 124 Dwyer Ruth 28 Winthrop St. Milton MA . Northern Mortuary 125 Dzendolet Lt. Arthur 81 Highland St. Cambridge MA . Faulkner Hospital 126 Eckerle Lawrence L. 422 West 58th Terr. Kansas City KS . Northern Mortuary 127 Edwards John William 4811 Ridge St. Richmond MI M.I.T. / U.S. Navy Mass. General Hospital 128 Elliott Jesse Duncan Jr. --- Aquasco MD U.S. Navy Chelsea Naval Hospital 129 Elliott Marion Mulfen --- Aquasco MD 416 Dickman Rd. Ft. S. Houston, TX Waterman's Funeral Home 130 Estes Jerome T.