The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus troupe
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A photo of the train wreck outside Hammond, Indiana
The mass grave containing the victims of the train wreck
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Visitors attend a Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Showmen’s Rest: The Deadly Hammond Circus Train Wreck of 1918
In a quiet cemetery outside Chicago lies a mass grave of clowns, strongmen, and acrobats who died in one of the worst circus tragedies in history.
