Published in The Waukegan Gazette on September 26, 1885.
    Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 18-A. Haight, of Barnum’s show said Thursday that Jumbo was killed while trying to save Tom Thumb from impending death. As Jumbo saw the train, which was only when it was close upon him, he made a rush for his protage, and grasping him in his trunk, threw him way across the tracks as if he had been a kitten. The little fellow landed against a box-car, whinning like a whipped puppy. Jumbo then tried to get out of the way himself, but it was too late, and he was crused between the engine and the cars. He roared terribly, but his agony was short.
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