One of the worst disasters in circus history happened in 1918 when a military transport train collided violently with a circus convoy train occupied by the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. ĭozens of people died when a train collided with a circus caravan in 1918. The equipment they use (like the scarves Espana employed) are at risk for getting caught in a net, and performers who aren't flying through the air don't have the time to "plan" a net fall. You might be surprised to know that nets are not often used in aerial acts without swings. The Espana family continues to perform at the circus, including Espana's daughter Zore, who was 7 years old at the time of her mother's death. The show continued on after Espana was taken to the hospital, but she died of her injuries later that night.
Īs if it couldn't get more horrifying, Espana was given medical attention on the floor as clowns came out as a kind of distraction from the emergency. Paul, Minn., when one of her scarves gave out, and she fell 30 feet (9.1 meters) to the concrete floor. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as an aerial silk performer. In 2004, a terrible accident claimed the life of Dessi Espana, a 32-year-old circus performer. But the Wallendas took their show business roots seriously, and the remaining members performed the next day. One of the worst Wallenda accidents happened in 1962, when a seven-person human pyramid collapsed from 35 feet (10.7 meters). In 1972, a Wallenda son-in-law was shocked by a live wire during an act and died from the subsequent fall. In 1945, a Wallenda sister-in-law died from a 50-foot (15.2-meter) fall while doing a headstand on a pole. In the 1930s, Willie Wallenda fell to his death doing a bicycle stunt on a high wire. But the Wallenda family - circus folk since the 18th century - may as well take on a name with a rough and tumble origin, as they've had some circus disasters that live in infamy. If given a choice, most of us might decide on a nickname from a stunt gone right. Not to take away from the horrible tragedies that have befallen the Wallenda circus family, but when you get your famous nickname ("the Flying Wallendas") from a reviewer who was describing an accidental fall, albeit a graceful one, it doesn't bode well. By November 2014, two of the acrobats had returned to work.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the circus $7,000 for failing to properly install the rigging used during the act. Luckily, none of the injured performers died from the fall, and the U.S. Two of the acrobats had spinal cord injuries, five had fractures, one sustained a lacerated liver, and the grounded performer was also injured. The steel fastener that held the ring in place snapped, causing all acrobats to plummet 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 meters) below and injure the grounded performer. (One performer was standing below.) About 3,900 people watched as the acrobats formed a human chandelier, all hanging by their hair from a round ring.
In May 2014, eight acrobats were performing a hair-hanging stunt in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of a Ringling Bros. So let's at least start with a circus disaster that spared people their lives. And while most of us wouldn't consider a handful of people gravely injured a "gentle" way to start a list, we've got a lot of pretty gruesome circus disasters to go. But let's start with a modern circus disaster that, while horrific, didn't result in loss of life.
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