More than a dozen children have been injured in a circus tent fire in the German town of Aldenhoven. According to a report by local media, 113 children were inside the tent at the time the fire broke ...
On the morning of July 6, 1944, Theresa Fulco woke up not feeling well. The heat in her apartment on Pleasant Street in Hartford was already rising and it was forecast to be a sweltering day. Her ...
(WFSB) - This weekend will mark 80 years since the deadly circus fire in Hartford. On July 6, 1944, 168 people died, and hundreds more were hurt after the Big Top went up in flames. The community is ...
More than 160 died, hundreds injured: One of last survivors of Hartford circus fire recalls July day
Eighty years later, Jerry LeVasseur can still remember the melting paraffin dripping onto him, burning his skin as he and his mother tried to escape, his mother falling on top of him. Just as ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As soon as it was announced last year, TheaterWorks Hartford’s “Circus Fire” project became one of the most anticipated theater ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – A deadly circus fire that claimed the lives of 168 people was remembered at a ceremony Saturday. The Hartford Fire Department held a remembrance ceremony at the Hartford ...
On July 6, 1944, the famous Ringling Brothers and Barnam and Bailey Circus came to Hartford. "They were just known to be the best. They had the biggest big top tent in the world they claimed, and it ...
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