2/1/2024: Recently, the City of Boston Archives posted a collection of photographs of the Cocoanut Grove, in the aftermath of the fire. The photographs were taken by the Massachusetts State Police. The Link has been placed in the BFHS webpage on the fire. Cocoanut Grove Fire Story
11/29/2023: Cocoanut Grove Memorial Groundbreaking; Collections: Deputy Chief John F. Pettit, District Chief John L. Glynn, Fire Lieutenant Vincent D. Vitale, Fire Fighter Domenic R. Vitale, Foreman Hiram L. Wallingford; Official Report of the Trumbull Street Fire of October 1, 1964; Fire Story on the Bellflower Street Fire of May 22, 1964.
11/29/2023: Recent additions to the website are listed below:
A link to the NBC-Boston story (11/26/2023) of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Cocoanut Grove Memorial to be built in Statler Park in Park Square, near the location of the Cocoanut Grove, paying tribute to the lives lost on November 28, 1942.
A collection of papers and photographs from the family of Deputy Chief John Francis Pettit (BFD 1917-1960).
A collection of papers and photographs from the family of District Chief John L. Glynn (BFD 1906-1950).
A collection of papers and photographs from the family of Fire Lieutenant Vincent D. Vitale (BFD 1942-1967) and Fire Fighter Domenic R. Vitale (BFD 1941-1971).
A collection of certificates for Foreman (Captain) Hiram L. Wallingford (BFD c.1851 – c.1858)
A copy of the Official Report on the Trumbull Street Fire of October 1, 1964, by Chief of Department William A. Terrenzi.
A Fire Story on the Bellflower Street Fire of May 22, 1964.
2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 Department General Orders; 2022 Multiple Alarm Fires; 2020 & 2021 Award Citations; Chronology 1890-1899
The following items have been posted recently:
1. BFD Department General Orders for the years: 2019, 2020, 2021, & 2022.
2. The list of Multiple Alarm Fires in 2022 in the Fire Alarm section.
3. Award citations for the years 2020 and 2021, in the Personnel section.
4. Chronology for the decade 1890-1899.
1894 Fire-Boat Proposal; Company Histories of Chemical Engine Co’s.; Boston Protective Dept. Annual Reports; ‘Memorial Day Fire’ of May 30, 1873.
Recent additions to the website made during October and November are:
An 1894 booklet containing the ‘Proposal, Contract and Specifications for a new Fire-Boat’, which later became the 1895 fireboat ‘Angus J. McDonald’, Engine 44.
Completed posting company histories of the Chemical Engine Companies in the Fire Companies section.
Added annual reports of the Boston Protective Department for the years 1884, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929 and 1940, in the Archives section.
A City Report on the Reorganization of the Fire Department and the ‘Memorial Day Fire’ of May 30, 1873, in the Fires section.
Updated Personnel Listings and 2021 Multiple Alarm Fire records
The BFD Fire Fighting Force Personnel Listings from 1711 to Present (August 2022) have been updated. See Department Personnel List Since 1711 in the Personnel section.
Multiple Alarm Fires for 2021 have been posted. See Multiple Alarm Records in the Fire Alarm section.
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