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How a Deadly Circus Fire on the ‘Day the Clowns Cried’ Traumatized a Community—and Led to Lasting Safety Reforms
On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 ...
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Hartford circus fire survivor reflects on tragedy 81 years later
On July 6, 1944, 168 people were killed and 700 others were hurt at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey's Circus on ...