Age 35. 512 LaGrange Street, West Roxbury (Boston), MA. Born 3/20/1907, in Dorchester (Boston), MA. Died of burns (death certificate). Proprietor, John J. Swan Co. (package goods store), 1880 Centre Street, West Roxbury. In a foursome with his companion Miss Eleanor O'Neill, age 25, of West Roxbury (Born 4/29/1917. Died 12/16/1993, age 76. Last residence Bourne, MA. Never married), survived, also Miss Claire Hamilton, age 28, of Boston, dead, and an unnamed man (fate unknown). Group had attended the season-ending afternoon 55-to-12 football upset by mediocre (4 wins, 4 losses) Holy Cross of nationally top-ranked (8 wins, 0 losses) Boston College at Fenway Park. "Swan and his friends...earlier had made reservations for dinner at a Boston hotel. No table had been set aside, however, and it was only then that someone suggested the night club" (Parkway Transcript, Roslindale, MA, 12/03/1942). Arrived between 8:45 and 9:00 p.m. Group was seated in the main dining room at the first table just inside the Piedmont Street lobby entrance. His remains were transported to Northern Mortuary, Boston. Was a graduate of Dorchester High School, Boston. Was single. Was an air raid warden in West Roxbury. Large build (WWII draft registration, October '40: 6' 3," 220 lbs.). The above retail liquor business started by his late father before Prohibition continued at the same address (under different ownership) until replaced by a pet food shop in 1950 (street listings). One of 20 names chosen by the Commonwealth as representative victims at the spring 1943 Grove manslaughter trials of club owner Barnett "Barney" Welansky, age 45 (not present due to illness), his brother James, age 46, and wine steward Jacob "Jack" Goldfine, age 47 (the latter two found innocent of all charges). Late parents Mr. and Mrs. John J. and Caroline M. (Fallon) Swan. Burial at St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury. One of 24 fire victims interred at St. Joseph's Cemetery, the second-greatest resting grounds for all Grove casualties (after the connected Mount or "Old" Calvary and New Calvary cemeteries, also in Boston, with a combined total of 30 burials). Middle name Francis.

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