Show TRAIN IS WRECKED B BY UN A ELEPHANT BIG BEAST AFTER CRASH FIGHTS BULLETS FOR TWO HOURS ENGINE RUNS INTO HERD Torches Light the Tracks In an African Afri-can Jungle to Keep Off Lions While Men Tackle the Enraged and Injured Brute Johannesburg extraordinary accident recently befell a Rhodesian train on the journey from Victoria Falls to Itulawayo Passing through Jungle country In the darkness the engine crushed Into a herd of elephants A huge bull received re-ceived the full force of tho Impact I The engine was derailed tho cowcatcher I cow-catcher being buckled up like scrap Iron and twisted back under tho front wheels Through the violence of the col Islon the passengers were thrown In all directions and a wild rush was made for the coach doors About n hundred Kaffirs who were on the train were ordered out to make bon fires and soon these were blazing on both sides of the track Then tho electrician tapped the telegraph wires and sent word to the nearest station to send a wrecking crew and jacks for raising the engine en-gine According to a Johannesburg man who was among the passengers great difficulty was experienced In disposing of the elephant which was entangled in tho wheels For two solid hours they potted tho poor brute but It wouldnt die ho said It was furious and lashing with Its trunk and blowing blow-ing sand all over tho place They could not get near enough to see the extent of Its Injuries one hind leg seemed to be under the train between be-tween wheels and the other wile through the side of a Kaffir truck People were afraid It might kick Itself free and charge the crowd Several times It tried to rise Finally It died It was a huge bull 11 feet high measuring 25 feet from tho tip of tho trunk Its tall was cut off and lie two hind legs were fearfully smashed They had great difficulty In disentangling disen-tangling It from the train Hopes were put round the forelegs and all the Kaffirs and many of the passengers passen-gers had to pull and tug for a longtime long-time At last an engine and truck came along tho line Implements were I 11 f I 1 + r r Ct > Y f nP1 t 1l 1 2 s4P Y i I I For Two Solid Hours They Potted the Poor Beast I gotten out and they tackled tho engine en-gine It had plowed its way into the sand and the wheels were nearly burled We wore there for 13 hours Bonfires Bon-fires were kept up all the night to keep off lions which might bo attracted at-tracted by tho smell of carrion Another An-other of the elephants was Injured but got away |