Age 33. 45a Myrtle Street, Lawrence, MA. Born on 2/22/1909, in Lawrence. Died 11/29/1942 (Sunday), en route to Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge, MA. "Trapped in burning building" (death certificate). Grove waiter since September. "Dowaliby successfully escaped from the burning building at the outset and then returned in an attempt at rescuing some of the people trapped inside. In doing so, he was trapped himself..." (Evening Tribune, Lawrence, 11/30/1942). Also: "Dr. David C. Dow of Cambridge, medical examiner, viewed the body and reported he died en route to the hospital between 2 and 3 a.m." Was raised in Lawrence. Attended Lawrence High School. Was previously employed in a market at Hampton Beach, NH, during the summer and as a Florida night club waiter during winter. Was single. Some confusion over his first name: shown as "Samuel" on his death certificate and on the final official November 1943 Committee on Public Safety casualties list, "Sam" all other sources (including his own signature, October '40 WWII draft registration card). Surname was spelled correctly on his death certificate but was misspelled "Dowilaby" ("a" and "i" reversed) on the final official Safety Committee fatalities list. Modest build (WWII draft registration: 5' 6," 155 lbs.). One of five Grove table waiters dead (also Alexander Dashevsky "Dashev," age 29, Mario Marzano, age 26, Christes Roumeliotis, age 25, and Harold Snyderman, age 32), plus club headwaiter Frank Balzarini, age 37. One of seven fire victims (of 490 total) recorded on their death certificates as passing during transport to the neighboring city of Cambridge (also Mrs. Josephine Donovan, age 33, Gerald Downer, age 27, Charles Duhamel, age 27, James Fitzgerald, age 38, Charles Hildreth, Jr., age 22, and service cashier Miss Katherine "Kate" Swett, age 67). Lone victim from the mill city of Lawrence. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Ameen J. and Jamele "Julia" (Abdulla) Dowaliby, same address. Burial at United Syrian Cemetery, Lawrence (first name shown as "Sam" on a shared family stone).

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