The story
The deadliest circus fire in history killed 167 people when the paraffin-coated 'Big Top' became an inferno.
Everything that was here
- 1944–1944
Hartford Circus GroundsCircus Grounds
The deadliest circus fire in history killed 167 people when the paraffin-coated 'Big Top' became an inferno.
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Hartford Circus Grounds (Ringling Bros. Big Top)Circus Grounds
The big top fire that killed 167 circus-goers in 1944 remains one of America's greatest unsolved mysteries.
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