St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-24
CIRCUS HORSES CRUSHED.
Barnum's Stock Train Wrecked
With Disastrous Results.

Barnum's Stock Train Wrecked
With Disastrous Results.
5 WATERFOWL, N. Y, Aug. 29.-The
second train of the Barnum & Bailey
shows was wrecked last night about two
miles and half east of Potsdam. while
en- route on the Rome, Watertown &
Ogdensburg railroad from Gouveneur
to Montreal. A broken axle was the
cause. Thirty ring horses, including
cone of the four chariot teams, and two
camels, were killed. Six cars were de-
rallied and two were telescoped so that
everything in them was crushed.
There were three trains conveying the
show that left Gouveneur last night.
? The first rain, which carried tents
and their belongings, passed into
Canada safely, but the second train,
conveying all the animals belonging
to the shows, met with an awful disas-
ter. The scene is one of confusion. At
either side of the track are distributed
the bodies of the dead horses, with here
and there Door beast which had re-
ceived injuries that rendered it useless,
tethered to fences. At the side of the
highway are one camel, sacred cows,
steers and various other animals which
were rescued from the derailed cars.
The ears are crushed and twisted into
ALL SORTS OF SHAPES
and piled up on the track in a SEEM
ingly hopeless ENHANCEMENT. The ele-
plants, which were in the first car that
was deralled, and were not hurt, have
been taken from the car and are sway
ing their bodies angrily, as if dis
pleased at their unusually long confne-
ment. Wrecking crews from WatertOwn
and Oswego are working at the obstruc-
lions on the track. Barnum'S partner,
j. A. Bailey, is at the scene. He says
it is difficult to estimate the loss at
present. but it will be in the neighber-
hood of $4,000. He thinks the loss Of
the days receipts at Montreal would
be about $4,000, and some of the horses
that we're killed were valued at thou
sands of dollars each. Money cannot
replace them, as it requires two years
for training them after the right kind
have been secured. The show was
billed for Montreal to-day and to-mor-
row. The number of horses killed was
thirty-four. The trick ponies, who
have attracted much attention. were
among the animals killed. The $1,000
stallion, which was driven by Mrs.
Adam FOrepaugh Jr., was also killed.
Mrs. Forepaugh wept bitterly, and
WOULD NOT BE CONSOLED
when she learned of the death of this
horse. The pretty white mule, which
performed remarkable tricks. is also
among. the lost. Seven Or the eight
chariot horses are dead. There are
about eighty head of live stock stabbed
and pastured near the scene of the
wreck. These were taken from the de-
rallied cars. Eleven men were taken
out of one car through the roof there
being no other way of egress. The
night was very dark, and this made the
work of rescue much more difficult.
Bonfires were built at safe distance from
the wreck, and they shed some light
over the CHASTITY scene. The Arabs
were much terrified at first, but when
they found that none of their party were
injured they worked bravely in rescu-
ing others. Stock cars have been
brought here to convey the ANIMALS to
3 Montreal, and all the details have been
arranged for transporting the remainder
of the show as soon as the track is
lclparpd