Emergency vehicles converge onto the scene
Just flashing across national news wires, the Walker Bros. Circus tent at the Fairgrounds in Lancaster, NH was felled by a storm, killing two people, including a 6-year old child, and injuring fifteen others, so far.
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A crowd estimated at 100 people were under the tent when it broke stakes and came down. Some managed to make early escapes just before the big top fell.
In a related story, the Walker Bros. collapse occurred only a day after another circus tent at the Chicago Prairie Festival went down over a crowd who had sought shelter in side it during a storm. One man was killed, more than a dozen injured.
1 comment:
Walker Bros better get there checkbook ready with 2 deaths and many hurt.
Wonder how many lawsuits there will be and from the people hurt.
A guy on the news yesterday had over 200 staples in his head.
As Johnny Pugh said from Cole Bros if you get some one hurt you better leave the country.
Carson and Barnes in April had 70 mile an hour winds in Angleton, Tx and a Texas frog strangler rain by the ton and hail and only 2 stakes pulled and the tent was all ok and no one hurt.
I bet Walker used metal tent stakes instead of wood stakes and a wet ground I bet the steel stakes pulled.
Harry in Texas
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