The club was located on Crown Street in Bolton and was on the top floors of an old mill warehouse building.
The club was opened in December 1960 by Stanley Wilcock, who rented the building, using the lower floors for his business, making kitchen furniture.
In March 1961, Wilcock sold his interest in the nightclub which occupied the top two floors of the warehouse to two Manchester businessmen; Denis Wilson and Richard Sorrensen.
The blaze took 2.5 hours to bring under control and allow the firemen to bridge the burnt staircase with their ladders gaining access to the top floors.
The number is not clear due to difficulty in accessing the river channel and a comment that someone who had jumped was seen running away.
[5] Denis Wilson and Richard Sorrensen, the owners, and Sheila Bohannon, wife of the manager, were among those who perished in the fire.
It was established that the blaze was so intense due to the highly flammable solvents and paints used in the furniture workshop.
The fire never fully reached the top floor but the hot gases and smoke soon filled the whole building.
Bill Bohannon, the manager of the club, who survived the fire, having suffered 20 per cent burns, died aged 84 in November 2013.