The Hartford Circus Fire ~ July 6, 1944
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Rochelle Helene Prost, age 3

Miss Rochelle Helene Prost, of 44 Capen Street, Hartford, was born October 16, 1940 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, daughter of Boston natives Eva (Glick) and Saul M. Prost.  She was found dead with her mother, Eva Prost, at the circus grounds after the fire on July 6 and both were buried at the Mahl Avenue Cemetery in Hartford after services at the Hartford Memorial Chapel on July 7.  She leaves her father, Saul Prost, 32, and a sister, Barbara Ellen Prost, 2. 

Body #1538 was identified as Rochelle Prost at the State Armory on July 7 by her father, Saul Prost.  The estate of Miss Prost was awarded $6,500 by the arbitration board. 

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