The Hartford Circus Fire ~ July 6, 1944
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Eva (Glick) Prost, age 25

Mrs. Eva (Glick) Prost of 44 Capen Street, Hartford, was born June 12, 1919 in Boston, daughter of Russian born parents Tillie (Zhurman) and Harry Glick.  She was found dead with her daughter Rochelle, 3, 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 parents, of Boston; her husband, Saul M. Prost, 32; their daughter, Barbara Ellen, 2; and three brothers in Boston: Louis, 31, Samuel, 29, and Raymond Glick. 

Body #2110 was identified as Eva Prost at the State Armory on July 7 by her husband, Saul.  The estate of Mrs. Prost was awarded $11,000 by the arbitration board. 

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