Unidentified Victims of the Hartford Circus Fire - Windsor, CT, US
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Six unidentified victims of the horrific Hartford Circus Fire were laid to rest in Northwood Cemetery, a.k.a. Soldiers' Field, in Windsor, CT. One victim has been subsequently identified and re-interred with her family.
Waymark Code: WMVPEP
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2017
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The Hartford Circus Fire occurred on July 6, 1944 at a matinee performance of the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. One hundred sixty-seven people died and more than 700 were injured. Six victims were unable to be identified, (three adults and three children) and were buried in Northwoods Cemetery. Their graves are located behind a stone marker is engraved with a wreath and inscribed:
THIS PLOT OF GROUND
CONSECRATED BY THE
CITY OF HARTFORD AS
* A RESTING PLACE *
FOR THREE ADULTS AND
THREE CHILDREN WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE CIRCUS FIRE
JULY 6 1944
THEIR IDENTITIES
KNOWN ONLY TO GOD
Stone markers at ground level mark the graves for each of the victims. They are inscribed:
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RESTED IN PEACE HERE 47 YEARS AS
"LITTLE MISS"
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ON MARCH 8, 1991 SHE BECAME KNOWN AS
ELEANOR EMILY COOK
AND IS NOW BURIED WITH HER FAMILY
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