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  2. Hartford circus fire - Wikipedia

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    A Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire and Mystery of Little Miss 1565. Willow Brook Press. ISBN 978-1-930-60124-6. O'Nan, Stuart (2008). The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-48298-3. Skidgell, Michael (2014). The Hartford Circus Fire: Tragedy Under the Big Top. The History ...

  3. Martin Pistorius - Wikipedia

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    Martin Pistorius (born 31 December 1975) is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 12 years. When he was 12, he began losing voluntary motor control and eventually fell into a vegetative state for three years. He began regaining consciousness around age 16 and achieved full consciousness by age ...

  4. List of circus fires - Wikipedia

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    Hartford circus fire, July 6, 1944 in Connecticut; ... Oxford Circus fire, at the Oxford Circus station on the London Underground; Further reading. O'Nan, Stewart ...

  5. 'Ghost Boy' Martin Pistorius gives first American television ...

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    Martin Pistorius was just 12 years old when his health unexpectedly and mysteriously started to decline. From there, he went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but awoke to tell an amazing story.

  6. List of circus accidents - Wikipedia

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    The tent of Venus Circus in Bangalore, India caught fire on February 8, 1981. [21] The cause remains unknown, but the fire quickly swept across the tent which then came crashing down onto the crowd of about 4,000. Those who didn't survive were either burned or trampled to death. [22] The disaster claimed 92 lives and injured 300. [23]

  7. 'Ghost Boy' tells true story of waking from 12-year coma - AOL

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    In 1988, at just 12 years old, Martin Pistorius' health started to decline. He soon went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but now he's awake and telling an amazing story. Pistorius says while ...

  8. List of building or structure fires - Wikipedia

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    December 8 – Hartford Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut, killed 16. December 13 – MS Maria Konopnicka fire in the GdaƄsk Shipyard, killed 22. [63] December 17 – Niterói circus fire in Niterói , killed 503.

  9. Police: Two men charged with murder in connection to beating ...

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    Police responded to the rear of 700 Park Street just before 2 a.m. Tuesday for a report of an unconscious man. The Hartford Fire Department was rendering aid to the man, later identified as 38 ...