LANCASTER, NH — On Aug. 3, a day after a Chicago-area storm killed a music festival attendee and injured 15 others taking shelter from a rain and hailstorm in a tent, another storm packing close to 60 m.p.h. winds and hail flattened a circus tent in New Hampshire, killing two — a father and his daughter — and injuring 32.
The circus in New Hampshire, staged by Walker International Events (Sarasota, FL), was hit by the storm about 5:30 p.m., as the first of two shows were getting underway. Fire officials reported that about 100 people were in the tent at the time it collapsed. The victims were later identified as Robert and Annabelle Young, aged 41 and 8, from Concord, VT.
Walker Brothers Circus had been on a two-show-a-day tour through Aug. 27 at small cities and towns in the Northeastern U.S.
