PANIC IN CIRCUS.
ELEPHANT STAMPEDES.
LITTLE GIRL KILLED.
(United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) New York, June 7.
A message from Crookstone, Minnesota, states that an infuriated circus elephant, breaking away from its trainer during a performance, charged into the stands, spread panic among thousands of persons, and trampled to death a nine-year-old girl, while a score of other, persons suffered injuries. The elephant was afterwards captured. . The trainer explained that the animal was suffering from a stomach ailment, and was frightened by a dog.
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Southland Times, Issue 25308, 11 June 1935, Page 7
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