This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second-deadliest in New England , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths Death .

The Brooklyn Theatre fire ranks third in fatalities among fires occurring Coming_to_be in theatres and other public assembly buildings Building in the United States , falling behind the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire and the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire .

The Cocoanut Grove Fire was a nightclub fire Catastrophe in the United States .

The Cocoanut Grove was a premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s in Boston , Massachusetts .