MEMORY OF ELEPHANT
FATE DF JUMBO RECALLED VANCOUVER, July 30. A message from St. Thomas, Ontario, says the elephant Alice, now 110 years old, who was with Jumbo when he was accidentally killed at the station at St. Thomas in 1885, came back yesterday with a circus. When sho arrived at the spot where Jumbo was killed Alice went down on her knees, then stamped, writhed, and "trumpeted shrilly, causing the other elephants to go on a rampage. They were quieted, but when Alice after the show crossed the spot again she repeated her demonstrations of sorrow.
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Evening Star, Issue 20255, 16 August 1929, Page 9
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97MEMORY OF ELEPHANT Evening Star, Issue 20255, 16 August 1929, Page 9
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