Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-19
THRILLING VOYAGE
ACROSS ATLANTIC
Cargo Of Wild Animals Gives
Touch Of Strenuous
Life.
LIONS LOOSE ON DECK
British F%reighter st. Andrew Lands in
New York With Largest Collection
Of Beasts and Reptiles Since
Days of Noah.
From the New York Herald.

one of the liveliest voyages that was
ever made across the Atlantic was
brought to Il conclusion when the
British %freighter st. Andrew came into
the port of New York with the big
gest menagerie that has ever gone
uiloat since the days of Noah.
1t found IA gale when it was in mid
Atlantic-a furious outfy which sent
1T plunging and rolling as though 1t
would pitch itself into Judgment day."
and what. with cages gong adrift and
slambanging to and fro. with seas
bursting over the decks and pouring
down the open Observation-Disclosures
which could not be closed, as the ami
mails would have been suffocated had
the vessel been battened down-the
crew had a lively time. Added to this
was the tumult of roars which came
from the terrified animals and n stiil
greater tumul ensued when in the
of II stormy midnight sew
eral OF the animals got free, and.
when some assailed each other, 9TH
srs attacked their keepers with the
result that many Of the latter now
show severe decorations. An elephant,
attacked ~ a puma, which had brok-
en- from Its cage. curled its trunk about
the savage little beast. slammed 1t on
deck and then trampled 1t to death. a
Will SSSthpcu UHu jumper ONcTDOaru
and a hyena which assailed IA polar
bear has now much less fur but much
more wisdom.
h menagerie was consigned to
Bostock and is intended for show pur-
poses at COney island. The ST. An
drew reached quarantine in the fore
noon. and after Il short delay 1t moved
up to its pier at the foot OF Seventh
street. Hoboken. where the animals
were landed. AS soon as the lines had
been made fast Matt" johnson, who
Is In charge OF the shipment. fastened
ashore n made n round of the butch
er shops In search for fresh meat. On
recount OF the protracted oyage due
to the weather which the vessel had
encountered the fresh meat supply had
become exhausted. and such of the an
imalS as subStSt on a meat diet had
been fasting. and as "A result were in
about as savage II mood as animals can
we'll be.
Beginning of the Trouble.
Putting out from Hamburg on April
%. the st. Andrew had fair weather
until May 2. Then 1T encountered a
fierce westerly gale, which was to last
seventy hours before IL blew itself out.
1t was during this stress that there
was so much trouble below. 1t was
initiated by two lions which had been
Gagged in the same pen. and known as
Victor and Madam. The o from
the Gag brought keepers hurrying to
1t with lanterns, and these found that
the lion had pinned the ..oness by the
throat and despite every effort of tho
keepers To separate them the lion
maintained his savag attack.
While vigorously prodding the lion
n heavy roll of the ship sent one OF
the keepers against an adjoining cage.
A young lion which 1T contained made
a Vicious stroke with his paw. ripping
away the trousers of the Keeper and
badly lacerated the flesh.
About the same time another keeper
was thrown against another line cage
and the beast reached out its paw,
pinned the keeper by the shoulder and
would have torn ava the flesh had
not another keeper broken the clutch
with an iron bar.
Meanwhile the roars of the lions, OF
which there were eighty in all on
board. had started a chorus of trum-
pcting, growls and cries from the other
imprisoned beasts. One of the twenty
five pumas broke the fastenings of its
cage and ttacke an elephant with
the result that has been told. A Rus
sian wolf got free from its Gag and
dashed up the open h%atchway. over
turning two keepers. who were trying
to descend. These picked themselves
up and essayed pursuit. Up and down
the decks raced fugitives and pursuers
until finally the wolf leaped over tho
side.
HyenaS frantic.
Further aft. where the forty-nye
bears of the consignment We're quar-
tered, came he noise of another row.
one hyena, for which no space could
be our below. had been put there in
its cage. 1t had gnawed and fretted at
it's bars until the fastenings gave way,
and the first use the repulsive animal
made OF its freedom was to snap at
the heels of a Polar bear. The bear
reached out its paw and with ono
stroke stripped nearly half of the hide
from its adversary.
In numbe and variety this consign-
ment is by far the biggest ever placed
on s%hipboard. Included among the
eighty lions Of the menagerie is Men
elk. an Abyssinian lion, said to be the
biggest of it's kind in captivity. and
Wallace. famed for his untamed ma
ture. Caesar. the biggest tiger in cap
tivity. is also on board. and with his
sinister renown all on board are glad
that he was maintained in captivity
during the time when so many others
were breaking their way to freedom.
There are twenty-five puinas. droves
OF bulls, dromedaries and camels, two
laughing hyenas and ten that are
destitute of mirth, five -himDanZee
four cages of monkeys, Russian
wolves. leopards. kangaroos, deer.
llamas and all manner of feathered
creatures.