The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-23
A MENAeERIE LET LOOSE.
Wild Beasts at Large In a South Afri-
can Town.
From the PHILADELPHIA Times,

RfOHt dtt AFttttAuctOttU LINES.
LONDON, Sept. 17.-MaiI advices from
Kimberly, South Africa, tell of an awful
occurrence there at midnight on the first of
June, last. Some person, evidently one
bearing i'll feeling toward the proprietor of
Fills menagerie. opened the doors of the
cages combining the wild animals and set
them all free.
The most terrible scenes followed this
liberation. Four attendants sleeping ON the
promises were mangled beyond recognition,
being actually torn limb from limb, bitten
and gashed in the most sickening manner,
while the entire population within radius
OF a mile was aroused by the roaring of the
lions, the trumpetlng of the elephants. the
growis and shrieks of the leopards chetahs,
jackals and the frightened horses.
Four enormous male lions-Pasha, Abdul,
Caliph and Mustapha-sprang from their
cages and made for the stables, where Pasha
leaped upon the back Of Murat. the great
jumping stallion, and buried his teeth in the
animals neck. The screams of the horse
aroused the attendants, a Scotchman named
Patterson and three Kaffir boys, who,
armed with stable forks, rushed to the relief
of Murat.
FEARFUL DEATH.
From the dying words Of one Kafflr, who
was the only one able to speak when aid
came, it was learned that they rushed to
unspeakable torture and met fearful death.
He and his mates underworld to beat Pasha
back, when they were attacked in the rear
by three other lions and one chetah. They
were thrown to the ground, their arms and
legs bitten and dragged off, their bodies
mangled and torn open, their bones smashed
into bits, and with the exception of the
single Kaffir their heads crushed into a
pulp. The one man, VINO lived just long
enough to tell the story. was without either
arms or legs, and his body was a mass of
decorations.
Having tasted blood the lions, chetahs,
wolves and leopards regained all their
natural feroclty and sprang at everything
Hungarian horses, of which the equine
beauty, Black Bess was one of the number,
were killed almost instantly, and a number
of ponies were devoured.
An enormous elephant, known as Blood,
burst through the heavy iron gate in his
fright and rushed into Curry street, fol-
lowed by nearly every animal that was in
the menagerie.
A cabman, named Nelson, sitting on his
carriage before the building, was appalled,
by the uproar within, but did not suppose
the beasts could escape beyond the walls
Suddenly, as he describes it, he saw the ami
mails come forth, first the elephant loudly
| trumpeting, closely followed by a tumbling,
writhing, snarling mass of lions, hyenas,
jackals, balloons and every other quality of
brute.
CLIMBING INTO SAFETY.
Nelson sprung for post that supports an
awning around Glover's athletic bar and
climbed into safety, while his horses dashed
madly down the Dutoitspan road, snorting
with fear, closely pursued by two lions and
four wolves. The remainder of the wild
animals distributed themselves in every
| direction.
A little child of James Grindly, happen
| ing to be in a rear room opening on garden
was bounced upon by chetah and dragged
into the open air, where its agonzed mother
saw it torn to pieces and devoured without
| any power to help it.
Other and equally narrowing incidents
are reported, among which is the killing OF
five women, who were fearfully mangled
When the mails left there were at large four
lions, two honesses, two tigers, three bears
two wolves, one hyena, two chetahs, one
elephant, one camel and seventeen balloons
The police were organized into hunting
parties and the town was almost in a condi
| ton of siege.