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George D Burgess

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George D Burgess

Birth
Death
20 Mar 1905
Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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George Burgess is one of the 58 killed in the explosion and fire at the R. B. Grover Shoe Factory on March 20, 1905. At the time of the explosion (about 7:50am) there were approximately 400 employees in the four-story building located on the corner of Calmar and Main Streets in the Campello district of Brockton, Mass. An additional 150 were injured as the building was leveled following a steam boiler explosion. The full story is documented with additional links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Shoe_Factory_disaster

The unidentified remains of 36 victims were buried three days later at Brockton's Melrose Cemetery. The large monument has all of the 58 names engraved on it.
George Burgess is one of the 58 killed in the explosion and fire at the R. B. Grover Shoe Factory on March 20, 1905. At the time of the explosion (about 7:50am) there were approximately 400 employees in the four-story building located on the corner of Calmar and Main Streets in the Campello district of Brockton, Mass. An additional 150 were injured as the building was leveled following a steam boiler explosion. The full story is documented with additional links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Shoe_Factory_disaster

The unidentified remains of 36 victims were buried three days later at Brockton's Melrose Cemetery. The large monument has all of the 58 names engraved on it.

Inscription


[Southeast]
ON MAR. 20, 1905,
A BOILER EXPLOSION
AND FIRE DESTROYED THE
R. B. GROVER CO. SHOE FACTORY.
THERE WERE 58 LIVES LOST
AND 150 PERSONS INJURED

ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BROCKTON,
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED
IN THE FACTORY DISASTER,
MAR. 20, 1905.

[Northeast]
UNIDENTIFIED
AND BURIED IN THIS LOT

JENNIE STILES
NELLIE LEARY
MARIAN TUFTS
STELLA KELLY
ISAAC S. HOXIE
JOSHUA F. SNOW
MARY LEONARD
SAMUEL A. TILEY
HENRY M. WEEKS
JAMES JACKSON
BARNABAS LEWIS
JOHN N. SULLIVAN
HANNAH LINDBERG
ALMORAN HALLETT
O. SAMUEL LOVEJOY
WILLIAM F. JEFFERS
THOMAS F. LANGLEY
FLORENCE M. MERRILL

[Northwest]
UNIDENTIFIED
AND BURIED IN THIS LOT

HARRY S. HALL
CLAIR ATWOOD
MYRA BURGEN
FRANK W. BELL
LINUS BURGESS
MARY J. CURTIS
IRVING G. BAKER
LENA BERGENSON
JESSE CHANDLER
ALBIN DAHLBERG
FRANK L. EMERSON
GEORGE D. BURGESS
WALLACE N. FINAL
ALPHONSE FORTIER
MARY FITZPATRICK
TIMOTHY J. DESMOMD
WALTER E. COPELAND
WALLACE R. ABERCROMBIE

[Southwest]
IDENTIFIED
AND BURIED ELSEWHERE

EMMA B. PRAY
DORA E. CLARK
ALBERT S. RAY
JAMES R. COLE
STEPNEM SNOW
LILLIAN B. HURD
JEROME A. MAYO
HENRY G. KIBBEE
HIRAM J. PIERCE
GEORGE E. SMITH
EMMA M. TALLMAN
J. VICTOR TURNER
ERNEST C. CARLSON
RICHARD SPRIGINGS
DAVID W. ROCKWELL
MARY T. O'CONNELL
ANDREW C. LUNDELL
SERENA S. BARROWS
GEORGIE B. EMERSON
HARRY C. BARTLETT
FLORENCE A. DUNHAM
GRANVILLE HARTWELL

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