The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-06-21
From tbs provI fence Journal, Jun, 6.
A FURIOUS ELEPHANT LARGE.

Three Horses KHled--yumerous Wagons De:
moiished-.a -Nxmber If Persons Injured.
The larg. elephant II innibal, at ached to the
Broadway m nageriA, VIII CHI exhibition
ut Paw,uck-t on the Sd ms ant, go. loose from
his keepers on The way from Pawtucket to Fall
River, early yesterday morning. Before start
ing, his keeper made him If the hinder part of
a wagon Lad with 3 500 pounds, for the
purp.s e of getting i, into the line. 1t is sup
posed that this, thoush not unusual, might have
suggest I, him the mode Of attack which he
adopted afterwards. When about seven miles
from Pawtucket he became furious, turned
upon his keeper, who had 1" fly for life and
laie T, fug- ina hnus-, get t ee and rushed
along The road, destroying eSeryth'ng IN h'>
way Meeting horse and WAGON belonging
10 Mr. Stafford SHIRT, he thrust h tusk into ihr
horse and lifted horse, wagon and rider into tn.
air. He manyled the horse terribly and carried
him abou fifty feet, and threw the dead body
into pond. The wagon was broken TO pieces
and MIR Short considerably hurt. The er
plant broke one Of his enormous tusks in this
encounter. A mile further the elephant now
grown furious attacked in the same manner .
horse and wagon with Mr.. Thomas w. Peck
and his son. Tie broke the wagon and wound
| ed The horse, which ran away. Mr.. Peck vas
pretty badly hurt in the hip
While the keepers were gagged in securing
the smaller elephant, who had not, however,
| manifested any signs Of INSTRUMENTATION, the
larger one got off from them, and went through
| Barneyville, when Mr.. Mason Barney and an
| other man mounted their no ses and kept on
his track as mt ar 10 him a. prudent, giving
warn ny Of their danger to the passengers whom
| they met on the way. The elephant would oc-
| casionaily turn to look al them, but dld not
| attemDt To modest them
The next man in the path was Mr.. Pearce
who was riding with his little son in one horse
| wagon. He was coming towards the elephant.
| and being warned by MIR. Barney, turned
around and put his Nurse to his utmost speed,
but the elephant overlook HIM, ana SEEKING the
wagon, threw it into the air, dashing 1t to
pieces, and breaking the collar bone aud arm
Of Mr. P~arce. The horse, disengaged from
the wagon, escaped witt the tour wheels, and
| he elephant gave chase for eight miles, but did
not catch him rhe elephant came back from
his unsuccessful pursuit, and took up his mach
again on the main road, where he next encount
cred Mr.. J. Eddy, with u horse and wagon
He threw up the whle establishment in the
same wav as before, smashed the wagon
killed the horse, and wounded Mr.. Eddy
He threw the horse twenty feet over fence
into the adjoining lot, then broke down the
fence, went over and picked up the dead horse
and deposited him in the road, where he hae
first met him. He killed one other horse, ane
pursued aro,her, which fled to a barn; but a
the door was met by fierce bull dog, which
bit his leg and drove him off. Once on the
route, the keeper being ahead Of him, saw hin
plunge ever a wall and make for house. Tit
keeper got into the house FIRST, hurried thu
frightened people within the upper story ant
providing himself with an axe, succeeded il
driving off the furious beast The elephan
finally exhausted his strength and laid himsel
down in the bushes about two miles from SIade
Ferry Here he was secured with chains an,
carried over the ferry to Fall River. A part "
the time he ran at the rate of a mile in thre
minutes