Show WONDERFUL RESCUE TRUE STORY OF HEROIC WORK OF LIVING FIRE ENGINES Thrilling Incident of a Railway Wreck In Which Circus Elephants Ele-phants Played the Star Parts In all time probably a human llfo has never been saved by animals moro extraordinary or In a fashion moro unlookedfor than recently at place some few miles beyond Morgantown In Virginia There had been n collision on tho lino A pile of wreckage from which tho smoke curled ominously marked all that was left of a goods train belonging to the Baltimore Ohio railway A group of officials was gathered at ono end of tho debris Beneath piles of broken timber tho driver lay Imprisoned Impris-oned but unhurt But tho train was on fire and tho flames crept ever nearer tho unfortunate man Desperately Desper-ately the officials strove to shift tho heavy beams till tho perspiration poured from their faces Hope had almost died when another train arrived In a few words tho guard told of tho fearful death awaitIng await-Ing tho driver of tho wrecked en > glue Passengers descended from tho carriages and hastened to tho spot Then a transformation came over tho scene Hope grew in every heart and voices shouted encouragement to tho Imprisoned man At the farther end of the train thai had recently arrived a strange sight was being presented A huge elephant following tho command of Its trainer clambered clumsily down from a van on to tho track This elephant the i trainer explained to curious passengers passen-gers was Bacll whom rumor credited as the mother of Jumbo Moreover she was 200 years of age Then from other vans for by a strange fortune tho train happened to bf bearing tho stock and Impedimenta of a traveling circus eight moro elephants ele-phants wero detrained Leading Bacll to tho spot where tho driver lay Imprisoned the trainer commanded com-manded her to remove tho heavy timbers tim-bers With infinite caution stepping warily over smouldering beams Bacll wound her trunk around ono huge rafter raised It and laid it some yards aside Then returning piece by piece sho gallantly accomplished her task But still tho fire was creeping nearer and nearer to tho helpless driver No doubt ho was aware that frantic efforts ef-forts were being made to save him Yet by what means remained a mystery mys-tery A cry aroso for waJor BacU had nobly borno away oven a charred and smoking beam But now unless water had been forthcoming to stay tho course of the fire tho work of rescue must have ceased Even this cry lad been anticipated by tho trainer Tho remaining elephants were retunIng retun-Ing from the Monongahola river which lay a short distance from tho line Drawing them up tho trainer shouted n word of command V y 4Q t r < F w = = i Bacll Wound Her Trunk Around Ono Huge Rafter Raised It and Laid It Some Yards Aside Instantly as If performing In nf circus cir-cus tho eight great beasts raised their trunks and poured a heavy stream atwater at-water on the wreckage Back to tho river went tho eight elephants Back to her task of rescue proceeded Bach Beam after beam tho mighty beast lifted while at Intervals In-tervals her eight fellows returned from tho river and quenched tho fire Suddenly a great cheer arose from tho onlookers Bacll had removed the last beam and amidst tho sprayIng spray-Ing of water by tho living fire engines tho driver drenched to tho skin unhurt un-hurt and speechless with amazement aroso and moved into safety |