Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1913 — Elephant Derailed Train. [ARTICLE]

Elephant Derailed Train.

One of the most uqpsual accidents on record occurred not long ago on the South African railroad. A passenger train .making 80 miles an hour collided with an elephant, with disastrous result. The engine was running tender first, and the elephant, coming leisurely along the track, head on, was expected by the engineer to take to the jungles. Instead, he charged the tender with his huge bulk, only to pay for his daring with his life. His missive body was torn open. The tender and engine were thrown completely off the rails.