Authorities have exhumed bodies of two victims of 1944 Hartford circus fire in hopes of determining wher one of m is a woman who is among five people still listed as missing after trdy. exhumations at rthwood Cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut, occurred about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from site of big top fire that killed 168 people and injured 682 ors. Forensic experts at Connecticut chief medical examiner’s office will try to determine wher one of two unidentified women was 47-year-old Grace Fifield, of Newport, Vermont, who was never seen again after attending Ringling Brors and Barnum & Bailey Circus on July 6, 1944.

DNA test and or examinations

Officials will compare DNA samples taken from remains to samples provided by Fifield’s granddaughter, Sandra Sumrow. A mess seeking comment was left for Sumrow on Monday. Fifield is one of five people still listed as missing — and same number of unidentified victims are buried at rthwood Cemetery. Testing is needed to conclusively identify m.
Only two of m could possibly be Fifield — women buried under markers as 2109 and 4512, case numbers assigned by Hartford County coroner.

“One of key questions that medicolegal investigators want to answer in any death investigation is, who are you?” said Dr. James Gill, chief medical examiner. “Properly identifying remains has important legal ramifications, but most important reason is to confirm identity for next of kin.”

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unidentified bodies at rthwood Cemetery

skeletal remains of two victims were in cement vaults, Gill said. Experts will conduct dental and anthropological examinations of remains before DNA tests are performed. DNA testing could take weeks or months, depending on condition of DNA from remains, Gill said.A state judge approved exhumations last month, at request of Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy. Police blocked rthwood Cemetery’s main entrance Monday, and authorities set up black screens around gravesites. Patricia Congelosi, 82, who lives next to cemetery, watched work from her backyard. She said she was supposed to have gone to circus day of fire, but her far said it was too hot, and family went to beach inste. “If y can identify m and family can find some closure, it’s good,” said Congelosi, who was 7 at time of fire. “I don’t kw why it took so long.”

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circus fire 

circus fire spre quickly and was fueled by a mixture of gasoline and paraffin wax that was used to waterproof tent. cause has never been officially determined. Some authorities suspected a cigarette was to blame. In 1991, officials identified a young fire victim buried at same Connecticut cemetery as 8-year-old Elear Emily Cook. Her body was exhumed and reburied in Southampton, Massachusetts, next to her 6-year-old bror, who also died in fire.

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