A CIRCUS BURNED.
WILD ANIMALS TRAPPED. INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. (United Press Association —Copyright) BRUSSELS, January 14. Incendiarism is suspected as the cause of a lire which destroyed the famous iSurrazani Circus at Antwerp. There wore terrifying scenes while 200 horses, 57 lions, 16 tigers, 12 polar hears and 22 elephants were rescued. The keepers rushed in among the plunging beasts and released them from their foot chains, but it was impossible to release eleven, which were fatally burned. The damage exceeds £30,000. An anonymous threat to burn the circus was received yesterday. Theie has been much controversy over allowing a foreign circus to enter the country at a time of economic crisis.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 81, 15 January 1932, Page 5
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111A CIRCUS BURNED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 81, 15 January 1932, Page 5
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