Burnt remains of revolving Door in Cocoanut Grove Night Club. (35/57)

Burnt remains of revolving Door in Cocoanut Grove Night Club.

Many of the merrymakers, struggling to get out of the burning room, were crushed and smothered to death in a stampede in this tiny, 10-foot-wide vestibule. Panic spread faster than the flames among the capacity crowd of 750 that was jammed in the room when the fire began.

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