Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — MONKEYS BURNED TO DEATH [ARTICLE]

MONKEYS BURNED TO DEATH

Menagerie Bums and Animals, Unable _ to Escape From Cages, Huddle Together and Are Bmothered. London. —Ten valuable monkeys and two dogs were the victims of a fire in a menagerie in Hackford road, Brixton. Shut up for the night In cages (three or- four in each), the animals had no opportunity 6f escape, and, although the fire brigade were on the scene within a. few minutes-and the fire quickly put out, it was too late to save them. When the fire was extinguished the dead monkeys were brought out, stifl in their cages, and placed in the yard. They presented a truly pitiable sight Lying In the blackened straw in a huddled mass — several to each other’s arms—they seemed to have collected together as if seeking protection from an unknown foe. ' Shoe Plcka Up Diamond. Worcester,. Mass.—MUs 'Dorothy R. Durkee, of No. 10 Perkins street, a student at the Normal echoed, found a diamond In a small hole in her shoe ' after walking all day. The goto Is flawless, admirably cut and of pure color. =- fjfr -?■ * ?