Due to the lack of light in the area of the palm tree, the busboy lit a match in order to locate the socket for the light bulb.Ī moment later, several patrons thought they saw a flicker of a flame in the palm tree of the ceiling decorations. It is believed that the bulb had been unscrewed by a patron desiring more intimacy with his date.
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Despite his reluctance due to illness, Buck was persuaded by movie agents to have dinner that evening at the Grove.Īt about 10:15PM that evening, a busboy had been ordered by a bartender to fix a light bulb located at the top of an artificial palm tree in the corner of the basement Melody Lounge. BC later accepted a bid to play in the Orange Bowl on January 1, 1943, subsequently losing to the University of Alabama.Ī famous Hollywood cowboy movie star, Buck Jones (real name Charles Gebhart)(photo right), was traveling the country on a War Bond campaign, had attended the BC-HC football game with Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin. As a result of the rout a BC bowl game celebration party scheduled for the Grove that evening was canceled. College bowl game scouts had attended the game in order to offer BC a bid to the 1943 Sugar Bowl game, a bowl BC had previously won on January 1, 1941. In a great upset of that period, HC beat BC by a score of 55-12. On Saturday, November 28, 1942, the powerful Boston College (BC) football team had played Holy Cross College (HC) at Fenway Park. The main entrance to the Cocoanut Grove was via a revolving door on the Piedmont Street side of the building. The dining room also had a retractable roof for use during warm weather to allow a view of the moon and stars. The first floor contained a large dining room area and ballroom with a bandstand, along with several bar areas separate from the ballroom. The basement contained a bar, called the Melody Lounge, along with the kitchen, freezers, and storage areas. The building was a single-story structure, with a basement beneath. In 1942 the owner for the three years previous years had been a lawyer named Barnet (Barney) Welansky. It became very popular once again during the early years of World War II. The Cocoanut Grove had been very popular in the late 1920’s, due to Prohibition, but had fallen on hard times during the 1930’s. Piedmont Street was a narrow cobblestoned street (now paved) located near the Park Square theater district, running from Arlington Street to Broadway. The Cocoanut Grove was a restaurant/supper club (nightclubs did not officially exist in Boston), built in 1927 and located at 17 Piedmont Street, near Park Square, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
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“Throughout this heatwave, our members have worked extra shifts to ensure that those on shift have relief and their dedication and hard work has shown through, especially in these two incidents.Special Cocoanut Grove Section containing documents & historical information. “I want to acknowledge the great work by our firefighters who stepped up this weekend to safely extinguish these two fires in extreme heat conditions without any injuries or heat-related issues,” Chief Foley said. The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by the Plymouth Fire Department, Plymouth Police Department and the State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit assigned to the State Fire Marshal’s office.Ĭhief Foley commended the firefighters who battled their second two-alarm this weekend in extreme heat. Chief Foley estimated that approximately $725,000 in damage was done to the building and its contents. The home sustained significant damage and was a total loss. Crews are still working to overhaul the scene. Brewster Ambulance also responded to provide medical support and rehab.įirefighters aggressively worked to knock down the flames and the fire was deemed to be under control around 8 a.m.
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Members of the Kingston Fire Department responded to provide station coverage.
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The occupants, a family of three, were not home at the time of the fire.Ī second alarm was struck to provide additional manpower and relief to the scene due to the high temperatures. Upon arrival, firefighters from the West Plymouth Village Fire Station observed heavy flames throughout the home. PLYMOUTH - Chief Neil Foley reports that the Plymouth Fire Department extinguished a two-alarm house fire Sunday morning that left a family displaced.Īt approximately 6:35 a.m., Plymouth Fire responded to 9 Overlook Circle for a report of a fire. A Plymouth firefighter works to extinguish a two-alarm fire at 9 Overlook Circle on Sunday morning, July 24.