If you have family members who were at the fire that day and lived near the circus grounds, a boy and girl with two parents, contact me ASAP at erika//"at"//erikamailman.com (trying to foil the scrapers to avoid spam, so the //"at"// part would just be @). #circusfire 19/19
On July 6, 1944, my relative Donald Cook, 9, wandered around outside the remains of the burned big top, looking for his mother Mildred Cook and his siblings Edward & Eleanor. Long post, but it's so important. Time is of the essence; please share widely. #circusfire#Hartford 1/19
In this era before credit cards existed, a family would simply step up to a payment kiosk and buy tickets, making it hard to trace how many people were at the circus that day—and exactly who they were. 18/19