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	Hartford History: Circus Fire
		The spectators' stampede to escape proved as deadly as the fire; hindering the escape of many were steel railings along the front of the bleachers and an animal chute blocking a main exit.
		Using film footage and photos of the fire as well as "interviews with the people who were there," the documentary "recalls the horrors of the fire, the search for its cause, and the aftermath of the tragedy on the community and the circus industry," according to the CPTV Web site.
		While there is no material on the circus fire - Clark's photographs run roughly from the turn of the century to the late 1930s - the display shows vividly the fire department's evolution in the years leading up to the disaster.
	www.hartfordhistory.net /circusfire.html (660 words)

	Hartford Circus Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hartford Circus Fire, which occurred on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, was one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States.
		The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus that was attended by approximately 7,500 to 8,700 people.
		In 2002, the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation was established to erect a permanent memorial to the people killed in the circus fire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hartford_Circus_Fire (2307 words)

	Hartford, Connecticut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut, in Hartford County.
		In July 6, 1944, Hartford was the scene of one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States.
		Hartford is bordered by the towns of West Hartford, Newington, Wethersfield, East Hartford, Bloomfield, South Windsor, and Windsor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hartford (5052 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hartford Circus Fire
		Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is an American circus that was formed from the merger of the Ringling Brothers Circus and the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
		Their circus rapidly grew into one of the largest at the time and they were soon able to move their circus by train, which enabled them to create the largest traveling show of their time.
		The circus is frequently campaigned against by animal-rights organizations such as PETA, which alleges that animals are subjected to brutal treatments and lack of mental and physical stimulation while in its custody.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hartford-Circus-Fire (3747 words)

	Hartford Circus Fire
		A fire department pumper was not stationed at the grounds as it should have been, although many said the fire department would not have been unable to stop the fire even if they had.
		In the wake of the disaster, six officials and employees of the circus were charged with manslaughter citing that they had not taken proper precautions to sufficiently protect the public, and exacerbated the situation by using the flammable substances and obstructing exits.
		In 2002 the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation was established for the purpose of designing and installing a permanent memorial in remembrance of the 168 men, women and children who lost their lives at the circus on July 6, 1944.
	www.simsburyfd.org /Memoriam/circusfire.htm (1703 words)

	Hartford Circus Fire: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus[Click link for more facts about this topic] that was attended by approximately 7,500 to 8,700 people.
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		The hartford courant is connecticuts largest daily newspaper, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of new haven and east of waterbury....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hartford_circus_fire.htm (3868 words)

	HistoryBuff.com -- The Day the Clowns Cried
		The worst tragedy in the annals of circus history occurred during the afternoon show of the Ringling Brothers Circus on July 6, 1944, at Hartford, Connecticut.
		An important footnote to this fire story is the fact that the circus had tried unsuccessfully to obtain the necessary quantity of a new canvas flame proofing compound that was developed by the Armed Services.
		From 1945 on, the circus tents were treated with a flame retardant compound.
	www.historybuff.com /library/reffire.html (572 words)

	Research Guide to the Hartford Circus Fire, July 6, 1944
		Despite circus employee attempts to limit the blaze, it quickly spread, engulfing the big top in flames.
		See the folder "Hartford -- Fires -- Circus Fire" in the History and Genealogy vertical file.
		The Hartford Circus Fire Evidence Report, January 1945, is in a separate box.
	www.cslib.org /circusfire.htm (730 words)

	Amazon.com: A Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire & The Mystery of Little Miss 1565: Books: Don Massey,Rick Davey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A Matter of Degree is a true story and the definitive account of a renowned fire investigator and the nine-year mission of the heart that led to the discovery of arson and political conspiracy in the 1944 Ringling circus fire, an American tragedy equal in scope to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
		However, the circus was also to blame (waterproofing the tent with highly flammable parrifin and gas), reducing their insurance, not having hoses that fit hydrants, etc. Serving less than a year in prison is no where close to what the victims and survivors suffered.
		The fire was tragic on its own, the actions of the investigator commendable on their own, without the overwriting that describes investigator Rick Davey's long quest to solve a mystery that he'd grown up hearing about and later felt compelled to solve.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930601247?v=glance (2681 words)

	Definition of Hartford Circus Fire
		The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus that was attended by approximately 7,500 people.
		Her true identity has been a topic of debate and frustration in the Hartford area since the fire first occurred, as she was never claimed and eventually was buried without a name in a Hartford cemetery.
		For a time, Ringling Bros. trains passing through Connecticut on their way to other states had police escorts from the time they entered the state until they exited it, but these measures are no longer felt to be needed.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Hartford_Circus_Fire (1807 words)

	Hartford Circus Fire: July 6, 1944
		As a mournful train whistle sounded in the distance, members of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation broke ground in 2004 for a memorial dedicated to the survivors and victims of the Hartford Circus Fire that happened July 6, 1944.
		The Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation Inc. is the group that has raised the funds to build the permanent, outdoor memorial to the victims and witnesses of the fire.
		The Circus Fire, by Stewart O’Nan, is a gripping account of the fire and ensuing events (the people, their firsthand accounts and the aftermath will bring the time alive).
	www.corpct.com /road/2006/0627/circus_fire.php (624 words)

	Circus_Fire_Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Teale, along with city Treasurer Kathleen Palm; Hartford teacher Kathy Spada-Basto, daughter of a fire survivor; and other civic leaders have raised about $115,000 to build a 35-foot circular plaza in memory of the victims at the site where the circus tent stood.
		An image of the tent and the date of the fire will be engraved in the middle of the medallion, which also will be engraved with the victims' names.
		Phil Barlow, a landscape architect at TO Design LLC of Hartford who helped design the project, said flowering trees will be planted around the plaza to mark the perimeter of where the tent once stood and its main entrances.
	www.ci.hartford.ct.us /news/circus_fire_memorial.htm (466 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy - Stewart O'Nan - Paperback - 1 ...
		A fire of undetermined origin broke out in the Big Top of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus during the July 6, 1944 matinee in Hartford, CT. The fire and the ensuing panic resulted in the deaths of 167 people and left many questions that have never been satisfactorily answered.
		Perhaps the circumscribed horror of a circus fire -- of fun gone wrong -- will typify not the old century but the new one, in which we may suffer a pox of isolated catastrophes rather than a few gigantic worldwide conflagrations.
		During one afternoon's performance a fire was started (you'll have to read how), and the tent went up almost instantaneously, trapping hundreds of people inside and starting an hysterical stampede towards the few available exits.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?pwb=1&ean=9780385496858 (1211 words)

	'The Circus Fire: A True Story' by Stewart O’Nan
		The Hartford fire in the circus’ main tent came less than two years after a fire at its menagerie tent in Cleveland killed 49 animals.
		Whether the fire was arson is also disputable, despite a confession by an ex-circus hand of questionable repute.
		Another “mystery” of the fire is the unclaimed body of “Little Miss 1,565.” Her identity, seemingly resolved in 1990, remains a puzzle for O’Nan, who thinks an earlier misidentification of a badly burned body led to a chain of mistakes.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20000716review523.asp (875 words)

	City of Hartford Police ...
		(Hartford) - The Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation will commemorate the Sixtieth (60th) anniversary of the tragic Hartford Circus Fire in a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to the victims and survivors of the Hartford Circus Fire on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at 2:00 p.m.
		The public is invited to attend the ground breaking ceremony, view a vision of the memorial, and join with others in refreshments after the formal groundbreaking event.
		Invited guests speakers, survivors and members of the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation Committee will share reflections of this tragedy and their vision for the future.
	www.hartford.gov /police/PR/Circus%20Fire%20Memorial%20Groundbreaking%20Press%20Release.htm (367 words)

	fire jewelry and silver maltese cross pendants from Fire House Fashions
		He was a member of the Roman Army born in 250 AD and was sentenced to death by fire by Emporer Diocletian when he refused to follow orders and persecute all Christians in the area.
		Standing on the pile erected to be set on fire killing him, Florian challenged the Roman soldiers to start the fire and said, " If you do, I will climb to heaven on the flames." Fearful of Florian, the soldiers had him drowned instead.
		In 1911 the Fire Marshals Association of North America decided the 40th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire should be observed in a manner to inform the public about fire hazards, fire prevention and fire safety.
	www.firehousefashions.com /fire-history.html (537 words)

	HARTFORD CIRCUS FIRE MEMORIAL - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		HARTFORD CIRCUS FIRE MEMORIAL - About Us The Hartford Circus Fire Memorial Foundation was established in 2002 for the purpose of designing and installing a permanent
		memorial to honor the 168 men, women and children who lost their lives in a fire of tragic proportions on July 6, 1944.
		Individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations of all kinds have pledged their financial support to the circus fire memorial,
	www.hartfordcircusfirememorial.com /wst_page2.html (336 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Circus Fire: a True Story of An American Tragedy: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Several survivors said the one thing they will never forget about the circus fire as long as they live is the sound of the animals as they burned alive.
		The circus was short on workers because of the war.
		Hartford's residents were prospering because of the war industries.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0385496850 (1422 words)

	hartford circus fire - Articles about hartford circus fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Hartford memorial to honor 168 killed in 1944 circus fire
		HARTFORD, Conn. -- Sixty years after a fire erupted during a crowded Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus matinee, the city is dedicating a......
		The circus rolled into Hartford, Conn., from May 11-15, just the second time in over 40 years that the National Association of Oil Heating Service......
	www.wordiq.com /article/hartford+circus+fire.html (314 words)

	Book review: The Circus Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Hartford Circus Fire happened on July 6, 1994.
		Half an hour into a performance by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, the canvas of the side wall of the tent caught fire.
		The cause of the fire was never really determined; in 1950 a suspect was investigated as the arsonist, but his confession was inaccurate and later retracted and no convincing evidence against him was found.
	www.amk.ca /books/h/The_Circus_Fire (180 words)

	Don's Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Donald E.E. Anderson arrived a little late to the circus that day in Hartford, a turn of events that left him sitting in the general admission balcony instead of a more desirable reserved seat.
		Since the tent was tied down with thick, strong ropes, he quickly put his mind to work and with pocket knife, cut slits in the canvas to escape.
		When he finally left Hartford that day, he was on a bus back to Willimantic, but his parents, having heard the news, were on the way to the city to pick him up.
	shakti.trincoll.edu /~bmertens/DonMain.html (448 words)

	The Hartford Circus Fire - A Matter of Degree
		A Matter of Degree is the true story of Lieutenant Rick Davey's celebrated nine-year mission leading to the discovery of arson and political conspiracy in the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire, an American tragedy that destroyed the Ringling circus and
		A Matter of Degree is a haunting tale of personal loss and public controversy, a superior work of nonfiction literature filled with historical details and vivid descriptions--coupled with explosive new assertions of a political cover-up designed to conceal a flawed 1944 investigation and a young circus worker's dream-driven confession of arson.
		Circus Fire Memories is the new nonfiction compilation of letters, stories and first-hand accounts from hundreds of survivors of the Ringling fire.
	www.hartfordcircusfire.com /aboutthebook.htm (157 words)

	hartford circus fire 1944 and other hartford related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Using film footage and photos of the fire as well as "interviews with the people who were there," the documentary...
		Curtis Eller, a banjo player and songwriter who lives and performs in New York City with his band The American Circus, has written a song that's partly about the Hartford circus fire of 1944.
		Hartford Circus Fire and Little Miss 1565 - A Matter of Degree reveals the true identity of Little Miss 1565 and the real cause of the July 6, 1944, Hartford Circus Fire.
	www.nethorde.com /hartford/hartford-circus-fire-1944.html (300 words)

	WWUH: Circus Fire Special (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This 90 minute documentary includes an interview with Don Massey, who co-wrote the book "A Matter of Degree the Hartford Circus Fire and the Mystery of Little Miss 1565", as well as survivors talking about their memories of that day.
		On July 6, 1944, during a matinee performance of The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, the main circus tent, known as the "Big Top", became engulfed in flames.
		Most would escape, but as a result of the fire, 168 people died, and hundreds more were injured.
	www.wwuh.org /circusource.htm (488 words)

	HistoryBuff.com
		The fire was burning really fast and heading towards the top of the tent.
		She had worn a hat made of straw that day -- the hat was nor burnt but her scalp was due to the terrible heat generated by the fire.
		We finally figured out many years later that my need to sit at the end of a row and not far from an exit was due to my being involved in the circus fire.
	www.historybuff.com /library/circusfire.html (1059 words)

	CPTV/Connecticut Originals - The Circus Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It touched tens of thousands of people, including the more than 8,000 who were in the circus tent that fateful afternoon.
		The Circus Fire examines the tragedy and seeks to solve the many mysteries it triggered.
		Produced, written and directed by Rich Hanley, The Circus Fire explores events leading up to the blaze and exposes the chilling details of what happened under the big top on that hot July afternoon and why.
	www.cptv.org /TVCTOriginalsCircus.asp (188 words)

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