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They Saw A Battle For Life.

Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, October 13, 1908

Cincinnati, Oct. 17.-A battle for life took place before the eyes of hundreds of spectators in the Auditorium theater, between the “Great Swan,” trainer of alligators, and Nell, the largest reptile in his group of eight. The attack was made by the alligator in the large tank in the center of the stage. But for the presence of mind of several stage hands the trainer would have been killed.

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