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Paraffin wax was a common waterproofing method for circus tents but changed in 1944 after the Ringling Bros. Fire in Hartford, CT. The paraffin wax ended up accelerating the deadly fire & 1800lbs of hot wax "rained down from the roof"-killing 167 people; injuring 700, mostly women & children.
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There is a "mansion" in Hartford, CT that is 90' long but only 18' deep. The house's builder was a magician and wanted the house to look like an illusion.
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About "Little Miss 1565". An approx. 5-6 year-old girl who was trampled and died of asphyxiation in the 1944 RBandB&B Circus Big Top fire in Hartford, CT. Her identity has never been fully proven.
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An estimated 900 adults and children were either hurt or killed in a circus fire in Hartford, CT back in 1944
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Hartford, CT is so segregated that its causing programs designed to fix it to fail.
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On September 11, 2001, hijacked flight American 175, the second plane to hit the World Trade Center, came within 1/2 a mile of a midair collision with Delta 2315, a Tampa bound plane, near Hartford, CT.
