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Elephant Ties Up Railway.

Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 04/29/1904.

Trackmen Lift Him Back Into Car With Jack Screws And Open Traffic.

     An elephant en route to the world’s fair threw itself out of a boxcar in an effort to secure liberty and then stubbornly refused to go back into the car, causing a suspension of business on a railroad for five hours, east of East St. Louis. It was necessary to raise the elephant with jack screws before traffic could be resumed. While on the way to the city the freight train was stopped and the door of the elephant’s car swung open. The elephant jumped out, but its chain prevented the beast from getting all the way out the door. A crowd of men placed jack screws under the bulky body and lifted the elephant into the car.

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