FreiiziiMi i Icipini 11 1 s. WJLI) SCKXK OK DKSTIiI'tTIoN. MKUioiitxi:, Xov. in. The stampeding ul' loin elephants helonging to Wirth’s t Irens caused a mild sensation in the neighbourhood nt Port Melbourne during the emit hours of. this morning. The youngest, \et largest, of the elephants at the show ones by the name of Cardi. At 2.H0 a.in. he heeame eery fractious, breaking loose from the log chains which held him. Caidi then commenced to light with the remaining three elephants, and this went on for an hour and a half. The trainer and the attendants acre powerless, and were compelled to stand by well out of reach of flying trunks and gigantic hoofs.
One of file attendants named T. i\etclien ventured too near, however, and he now lies injured in the houiueopa•tliie hospital. He , was enujyht hy Cardi’s lnaintnoth trunk and hinted violently aside.
Tlie depredations of Cardi did not cense until tlie other three eleplmuts :tlso lirokv their lee; chains, innde < l l. and in their lien/.y sninsned u shed and u bugpy and laid low portion of a galvanised iron fence. This nave them access to the street, and alllioiiph the other three were recaptured before they conltl net away, Cnrdi was lost in the darkness.
He was next heard of in Crook ford street. Port .Mediamine, whore, ontoiing the back garden of a house by breaking down a fence, lie played havoc on some trees, but was quite pacified hv the time the trainer arrived on the scene, and walked quietly buck to the circus enclosure.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1921, Page 4
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