Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-20
THRILLING VOYAGE
ACROSS ATLANTIC
Cargo of Wild Animals Gives
Touch Of Strenuous
Life.
LIONS LOOSE ON DECK
British Freiehter ST. Andrew Lands in
New York With Largest Collection
of Beasts and Reptiles Since
Days of Noah.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
One of the liveliest voyage that was
ever made across the Atlantic "a
brought TO a conclusion when the
British f~reighter st. Andrew came into
the port OF New York with the big
gest menagerie that has eve gone
afioat since the days Of Noah.
1t found a gale when 1t was in mid
Atlantic furious outfy which sent
1t plunging and rolling as though IL
would pitch itself into Judgment day."
and what. with cages going adrift and
~slambanging to and fro, with sea
bursting over the decks and pouring
down the open ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
which could not be closed, as the ami
mails would nave been suffocated had
the vessel been battened down-the
crew a a lively time. Added to this
was the tumult of roars which came
from the terrified animals and a still
greater tumult ensued when In the
blackness of a stormy midnight sew
sral of the animals got free, and,
when some assailed each other, 9TH
ers attacked their keepers with the
result that many OF the latter now
show severe decorations. An elephant.
attacked by a puma, which had brok-
sn from its cage, curled its trunk about
the savage little beast. slammed 1t on
deck and then trampled 1t to death. A
wolf escaped and jumped overheard
and a hyena which assailed a polar
bear has now much less fur but much
more wisdom.
The 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 a short delay IL moved
up to its pier at the foot Of Seventh
street, Hoboken. where the animals
were landed. AS 500 as the lines had
been made fast Matt" Johnson, who
Is in charge of the shipment, FASTENED
ashore and made a round OF the BUTCH
or shops In search for fresh meat. On
account 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 subsist on a meat diet had
been fasting, and as a result were In
about as savage q mood as animals can
well be.
Beginning of the Trouble.
Putting out from Hamburg on April
20, the st. Andrew had fair weather
until May 2. Then 1t encountered a
fierce westerly gale, which raj to last
seventy hours before 1t blew itself out.
II was during this stress that there
was SO TluCn lTOuDl9 DclOW. II WAY
initiated by two lions which had been
Gagged in the same pen, and known as
Victor n Madam. The roar from
the cage brought keepers hurrying to
it with lanterns, and these found that
the lion had pinned the i.oness by the
throat and despite every effort OF the
keepers to separate them the lion
maintained his savage attack.
While vigorously prodding the Lion
a heavy oil of the ship sent one OF
the keepers against al adjoining cage.
A young lion which 1t contained made
a vicious stroke with his paw. ripping
away the trousers Of tine keeper and
badly lacerated the flesh.
About the same time another keeper
was thrown against another lire cage
and the beast reached out Its paw,
pinned the keeper by the shoulder and
would ave torn away 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 q chorus Of trum-
peting, growls and cries from the other
imprisoned beasts. One Of the twenty
five pumas broke the fastenings Of its
cage and attacked an elephant with
the result that has been told. A Rus
sian wolf got free from its cage and
dashed up the open hatchway, 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 the
side.
Hyenas Frantic.
Further aft. where the forty-hve
bears Of the consignment were uuar-
tered, came the noise of. another row.
One hyena, for which no space could
be found below, had been put there In
its cage. 1t had gnawed n fretted at
its bars until the fastenings gave way
and the first use the repulsive animal
made Of its freedom was to a at
the heels Of a Polar bear. The bear
reached out It's paw and with
stroke stripped nearly half OF the hide
from its adversary.
In number and variety this consign-
ment Is by far the biggest ever placed
on s%hipboard. Included among the
eighty ions 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
tiyity, 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 pumas, roves
of bulls, dromedaries and camels, two
laughing hyenas and ten that are
destitute of mirth. five chimpanzees.
four cages of monkeys, Russian
wolves, ieopards, kangaroos, deer,
llamas and all manner OF feathered
creatures.