Panic in a Circus.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 254, 29 September 1883, Page 2

Panic m a Circus.

1 NAKROW- ESCAPE.

jl There w ( as. a '(narrow ,?escape : ;o£& jpanjoatfj^arnum's. .Circus .... m Chicago ;recently, when- a dense i crowd p| about; } 15,000 persons were present. The jgrandentryjwas. being _. made :when.one, jof the, elephants, attached tq a r chariot, jbe'came frightened and' went' bellowing jaround thejipg. dashjmg. r intp the projcessipn and smashing' 'one or t'w/p of the jightcharibts^ To' "aid ""to the cp?tfu- • pbn; bne*of tie lad^ iU cnarioteers aban- 1 doned ,her horses, ' and,' tW went dash-! jing round the ri^:'The wiid'heasts, frightened at; the i^roaiy began bellpv-v imgandjb^ ana the rest of me.' ejeplian^s 'became frightened. { , aiid unmapageable. „ 'IJhe I vast audience, composed largely "of ' women and children, were greatly terrifiedj.and rose up m their seats, and those near the exit made, a rush and jam. For a few moments; a general! panic and a fearful loss of life seemed" jinevitable, but the continued playing of? the* nand reassured the frightened multitude somewhat, and the employe sucK 'ceededi'infigetting. the, tmruly 'animals out of the'ring and^restbrihg quiet.