The Shasta courier., 1854-07-29
a Zeal Elephant nt Lnrgc.

Several Yankees have recently had an oppor-
iHuily OF seeing real elepi ant ct large and
iias too, not altogether to their satisfaction,
appears from Tie following account Of his opera
lious taken from tie Boston 7rauscr pf:-
From the Providence Jouynol. an.i the tcs-
timnpy OF an eye wiinesg TO part f HE seem,
gather the following particulars tahe lElvuc
and destruction made yesterday morning hy 1.
large elephant attacked 10 the Broad Nay Menl-
gerie ws!o got loose from ls keeper on The
Nay from Pawtuckct to Fall Riyer. When
about seven miles from Pawtuckct he got free
from The control of his keeper and meeting a
horse and wagon, belonging tC Mr.. Stafford
Short. he thrust lis tgsk into the horse, and lift
cd horse, wagon aad rider into The air. He
lnangled the horse Terribly. and carried him
about fifty feet and threw the dead body iulo
pond The wagon was broken to iicces, and
Mr.. Short considerably hurt. The elephant
iroke one oi his enormous tusks In tn S encouli-
Ter a pile further the elephant, n,w grown
more furious. attacked in the same manner q
horse and wagon, with MIR. Thomas w. Peel
am, his sen. He broke iiie wagon n-ani woHn,I-
ed the horse. which ran away Alr. Peck was
pretty badly hurt in the hip.
Two men took horses and drove ahead to give
warning to the passengers whom they net on
the way. They came up with Mir Pearcc,
who was riding with his little son in q onelorse
;nd being warned by the out-ride,s turned
around and put The horse to his speed but the
elephant overlook him, and seiEing the wagon.
threw it into the air, dastling il 10 pieces and
breaking the collar bone and arm of Mr. Pearce
The horse, disengaged from the wagon, escaped
with the fore-wheels, and the elephant gave
chase for eight miles, but did no catch him -
The elephant came back from his unsuccessful
pursuit and took up his march again OH the
main road, where he next encountered Mr. Ja-
beg Eddy with horse and wagon He threw
mp the whole establishment in the same way as
before, smashed the wagon, killed the horse and
wounded Mr.. Eddy He threw the horse twenty
feet over fence into the adjoining lot, tl,en
broke down the fence, went over and picked up
ihe dead horse and deposited him in the road,
where he first met him.
He killed one other horse, and pursued an
other who fled to barn. The elephant follow
cd, but at the door was met by fierce bull dog,
winch bit his leg and drove hIm oti.
Once on the route, the keeper being ahead OF
him, him plunge over wall and J"ahe for
house. The keeper got into the house first,
hurried the frightened people within to the up
per story. and providing himself with an axe,
succeeded i'll driving Oft the furious beast.
On his route the elephant killed three horses
and seriously injured two men. besides the da-
mage to wagon. Our informant says hc shall
never forget seeing that elephant" He was
covered with blood from the horses lie had
killed. His strength surprising, for he
seemed to handle horse with as much case as Il
TERROR does rat. The horses were terribly
frightened when they saw the wild elephant
1t is believed that part OF the time he ran at
the rate of mile in three minutes. He finally
exhausted his strength, and laid himself down III
the bushes. about two miles from SHADES Ferry
Here he was secured with chains, and carried
over the ferry to Fall River.