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70 Years Later, the Hartford Circus Fire Still Burns

70 Years Later, the Hartford Circus Fire Still Burns

The Colin McEnroe Show

July 10, 201449m 28s

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On July 6, 1944, a circus tent in the North End of Hartford caught fire. The tent covered three blocks. It was gone in six minutes. 

Roughly 170 people died. You'll understand my imprecision as we go along. Five employees of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, and served minimal prison sentences. One of them, James Haley, was so unscarred by this that he later served for 24 years in Congress.

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