Evening journal., 1906-12-26
MONGOOSE KILLED
BY COBRAIT STAYS
Battle Fought in Steamship
Ends With COmbatantS
Looked Together
LASCAR CREW IN TERROR

NEW YORK. Dec 2s.-with the
death of a mongoose and a cobra in the
Lchtenfels. a German freight steam
ship which came into port from the
Far East there ended remarkable
chain Of fatalities among animals taken
from India BY officers OF tho vessel.
The mongoose and the snake died al
most simultaneously. locked together
at the end of one Of the most exciting
battles ever fought al sea.
When the Litchenfcls sailed from
ca cutta on October 80, Captain FIRE.
richs had a collie dog. presented to him
by am English officer; First officer
Waldorf had a crocodile Second Officer
/ Merger had several small parrots, the
chief engineer, Rocse, had a doe the
second engineer, kuch, had several
cobras; John Wolf and Charles freu-
Idenburg hfth and sixth engineers. had
three specimens of the mongooso,
enemies OF the snakes, and members
Of the Lascar crew had about two
oozen monkeys
within two days ar Sucz, on Noyem-
her IA. the Lichtenfcls ran into Red
1 Sea sand storm which set the monkeys
crazy. They were Gagged in the main
deck compartment forward. When the
storm disappeared tho doors were OPEN
cd al Suez. and on the passage through
and q except two loaped into tho sea
from tho rigging. The survivors wcre
left in Suez.
End Of the Crocodile.
ON tho dav following tho monkey
c7rs delivery Frrudeubcrg was caught
hg tre 0rsi officers pot crocodile and
NEARLY shocked down g nsht of iron
btnrs in toe engine room hy IT'S tail
Tte crocodile had i0 Boz beaten away
lend ID died that auorhaanr 1rr uniahls
.of fractured skull fh lac succlmb-
D. I'D at 5ucz and on the passage through
tho suoz Canal the aptain's collie
fen or jumped overheard yhen bariin'
at natives
cold weather wss encountered az
soon as the Iichtcnfels poked her nos
past Gibraltar and headed for America
iOne by one the parrots died. and nnalil
two of the monEooses also expired
That left the two cobras and lon'
mongoose
For eight days the froishter wa
tossed hy a northeast gale. In th
midst OF this gale on December 6. Al
Treudonberg and NNdf were attending
TO their pets. the mongoose darted int
The box wherein lay the cobras and tor
Omen the throat of one Of the droWs
snakes. Then It turned its attention &
the other.
Lasesr Crew in Terror.
The Lascar hremen. already terrific
by the gale and the dripping OF Natc
into the engine room. were sent into
panic when they heard the cries q
: Froudenberg and Wolf for assistance
In a narrow space over the huge On
gines, on a platform OF iron bars an
! with a sheer fall OF thirty feet at thoi
very heels. the two under engineer
battled with the cobra and the mon
goose for half an hour.
over and over the platform went III
I snake and the mongoose until the cob
I ra's scaly hide was torn IN severs
, places and the mongoosc's jaws wer
dripping. Suddenly the cobra woun
itself around the 1.-THE body of the mon
> goose. but the mongooses teeth wor
In its throat before il could begin {
= squeeze Then as the mongoose's III
was crushed out the snakes head DIOR
ped
1t was with difficulty that the en-
gineers disengaged the two bodie
When they had succeeded they quick
. stuffed both and returned snake an
mongoose 20 the positions which tho
had when they killed each other. Tn
battle was thus portrayed by IN
stuffed animals in the engineers ROOF
yesterday.
IN the big freighter's cargo. thcl
are $500 tons Of tea. iute. gunnies la
India goods silks and Indian temple
and other things for collectors. Roa,
chicken for Chinese settlements. So.
sticks fire crackers and birds. nosi
also appear IN her manifest.