The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-20
BURNING OIL
TANKS make
STAMPEDE
Control of Beasts
Not Gained Un~
til 4fer Havoc

RIVERSIDE, Cal. April 1S.-A
nerd OF fve fear mad elephants be-
longing TO the Sells-Floto circus ran
rlot tnis afternoon In Riverside or
ahge groves, and one member of the
nero stampeded the crowd In the
neart or the business district and se-
Verely injured three persons. Just
before the afternoon performance of
the circus was to commence the ware
house of the Standard Oil Co. caught
fre and $4,000 gallons of gasoline.
coal Oil and distillate were sending
forth terrific volume of flames and
black smoke heavenward The fire
was less than quarter mile from
the circus grounds and at once or
ders were given to take down the
tents and remove the animals to A
place of safety.
The elephants were led out first
and as soon as they saw the great
cloud of smoke drifting down ON
them the entire herd stampeded.
making for an orange grove A big
force of attendants was sent In pur-
suit and after long chase four of
the elephants were recaptured. No
trace of the other, called Schneider.
could be found until he suddenly ap-
peared in town. He spied Miss
Gibbs, nurse, sitting on the porch
of cottage, and with Incredible
speed dashed up the steps and lung
ed at the woman with his long tusks.
These passed either side of the wo-
man and pinned her TO the wall.
passing through the outer and in
ner partition. Three ribs were bro
ken and Miss Gibbs died tonight.
Schneider next ran after a Junk
dealer. chasing him around house.
He escaped over a fence. The ele-
phant entered the stable of Rev. n.
S. Fisher and gored his horse so II
will die. He collided with the cor
ner of cottage in which Signora
Valenza, an Italian singer of some
note, was sitting. badly frightening
the woman.
After leaving gigantic tracks in the
lawn Of the Carnegie library the
thoroughly infuriated elephant dash
ed into the court of the Glenwood
Mission inn. d. p. Chapman,
wealthy citizen, attempted to turn
his course, but the elephant threw
him to one side with his trunk and
Der shop. overturning chairs, smash
ing glasses, soaring BARRIERS and pa
irons. He then crossed Main street
and crushed in the plate glass WIN
dow of a piano store, damaging a val
liable Instrument. Schneider finally
brought up in livery stable where
the door was quickly shut on him.
Here he frightened the horses into
a panic
One horse broke loose from his
stall and gave battle to the elephant,
planting his heels repeatedly on the
elephants sides and causing him to
flee to the buggy shed. Here he
twisted tongue from a rig and
struck with it as though 1t had been
riding whip. Two or three rife
ere sent into the big fellow,
they created no impression.
Keepers who entered the stable door
were quickly thrown back, the ele-
phant badly injuring them Finally
the other four elephants We're
brought to the stable, chains were
placed around the recalcitrant mon
ster and he was marched back to
the tent between two bigger animals
Tonight he is as quiet as ever.
In the fire, which destroyed the oil
warehouse, f IL. Worsley received
burns from which he will likely die
The fire was caused by the explosion
Of tank on wagon he had just
mounted in the warehouse yard The
oil was valued at $1,000 and the
buildings at $4,000.
Miss Ella Gibbs was a deaconess
in the First Congregational church
of this city. Before coming here
about three years ago she had been
a prominent worker in the slums of
Chicago. Since her arrival In Riv-
erside she had been doing mission
work among the Chinese and Jap
anese population, and had also made
life work of assisting consumptives
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