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  2. Hartford circus fire - Wikipedia

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    The Hartford circus fire, which occurred on July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, was one of the worst fire disasters in United States history. [3] The fire occurred during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that was attended by 6,000 to 8,000 people.

  3. List of circus accidents - Wikipedia

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    The tent of Venus Circus in Bangalore, India caught fire on February 8, 1981. [21] The cause remains unknown, but the fire quickly swept across the tent which then came crashing down onto the crowd of about 4,000. Those who didn't survive were either burned or trampled to death. [22] The disaster claimed 92 lives and injured 300. [23]

  4. List of fatal crowd crushes - Wikipedia

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    Hartford circus fire: United States: Hartford, Connecticut: A fire broke out at a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Many died after being trampled by other spectators, with some asphyxiating underneath the piles of people who fell over each other.

  5. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Hartford circus fire: Fire (building) Hartford, Connecticut: 168 1966 1966 New York City smog: Smog incident New York City and New York metropolitan area, including parts of New Jersey and Connecticut: Fatalities estimated 168-169 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Terrorism Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  6. List of circus fires - Wikipedia

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    Hartford circus fire, July 6, 1944 in Connecticut; Niterói circus fire, December 17, 1961 in Brazil; ... The circus fire : a true story. New York: Doubleday.

  7. James A. Haley - Wikipedia

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    From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 people. On the day of the fire, Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. [1]

  8. Merle Evans - Wikipedia

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    Evans was hired as the band director for the newly merged Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1919. [3] [4] Evans held this job for fifty years, until his retirement in 1969. He only missed performances due to a musicians union strike in 1942 and the death of his first wife. [4] [5] He wrote eight circus marches, including Symphonia ...

  9. July 1944 - Wikipedia

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    The Hartford circus fire occurred when a fire broke out in a tent during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance in Hartford, Connecticut. 167 people died in one of the worst fire disasters in U.S. history.