The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-07-16
The Accident TO John RObinson,s
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,tH, =, Menagerie.
The telegraph has already announce
the accident to John Robinsons circu:
Ion the morning of July Sd, near West
Haven, (Conn.). An exchange says
that eight Of, the cages containing ami
mals were wrecked, md their occupant,
fled to the woods aud fields. The tick
Ell wagon was smashed to atoms anc
driven through the Mexican lions cage
The disturbed and wounded beasts Sc
up roar which was joined in by all the
animals, and terrible discordant how
went up from all kinds Of beasts ant
birds as the timbers of the bridge wen
crashing through the cages.
The lion cage was knocked off the
car, and one Of the lions escaped. The
zebra cage was shivered to splintefs
and the zebra, badly wounded, escaped
to the fields. There were fifty monkeys
in two cages both cages were smashed
and thrown off the cai. Many monkey.
were killed, being stabbed by the splin
tiers, crushed by the shock or run over
by the cars, which still kept moving
bringing the cages in contact with the
broken bridge timbers. About thirty
of the monkeys fed to the woods,scam.
pering=up.the bank, screaming and chat
tering; perching on ,fenee erals, cling
ing to apple and cherry trees, and
throwing the fruit about. .,,s,7 D 49,,
The cage, containing the white pea
fowls and cassowary was wrecked, and
the birds escaped, The cage contain
ing the parrots, DAVIS, ,cockaloos, silver
and gold pheasant and q vulture was
crushed, and the birds flew to the sur
rounding woods. The variety cage was
thrown from its, car, and the .tapir and
copin' banna were injured The tank
wagon containing the seal, was smashed
but the seal was saved. The frame d
the, sea lions cage. was smashed, and
the sea lion is supposed to have. been
injured internally, as he has been torpid
ever since.pa .ldn2 s,sta, iassEtsaa
The ends of the cage containing th1
harte beste and African antelopes were
smashed, but the animals escaped unin.
jureea The Bengal tigers cage, had a
hole stove in it, and the tiger made a
desperate effort to escape. A ready.
minded Snowman clapped plank over
the gap and hung ON until help came,
and then, after long struggle, the ami
NAL was chained to his broken cage.
The cage containing the alligator, boa
constructors yand other >. reptiles, was
crushed, and one Of the boas soinjufed
that it subsequently died. The other
escaped. Several other snakes and
many birds of plumagc escaped. The
ostrich cage was smashed and the os7
trich escaped.
The train was stopped before the cars
containing the horses reached the
bridge, and they escaped uninjured. In
the last fiat car were the elephant, two
camels, three-horned OK and a sacred
OK. The instant the crashing began
these animals joined in the uproar. The
elephant, maddehed, begaileknockiEg g
down the camels, bntfaloes aud oxen
When they were all down he swung his
trunk as though sorry there were no
more camels to- whack. " TIT
All this occurred in an instant, and
the circus men were promptly at work
securing the broken cages Of the fiercer
animals and hunting up the missing
Many Citizens from Port Haven Joined
the chase The zebra made a fierce
fight, and escaped after being once cap
tured. A rope was finally secured about
the zebra's neck, and he was tied to a
pole. DR.. Sheppard, Of West
Haven, attempted to sew up the zebras
wounds. He broke his needles, and the
zebra's wounds went unattended.
After long hunt, nearly all the ami
mails were recovered. Some of the
wounded, the vulture, the anaconda and
the monkeys, are still at large, and the
people of West Haven, to might, are
greatly excited over the prospect of a
visit from the anaconda or Yulture. The
were, chattering in the trees,
and throwing apples lat each other all
day. The damage to the circus is S45,.
900. ~
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