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Show Train .Angers Elephant . v V.iv.-"-r. V- -O ' I-..-,".". ' i'.Ot: tTiether an elephant . or a mail trail would have the0 right of way -near Kampala;-' ""Uganda,--- was-' In doubt for a while, recently, and the . beast proved a. l)oor- but fighting Jos-ver. Jos-ver. According " to th'e engineer's 're-port, 're-port, the elephant persisted In running run-ning in front of the engine. sounded the whistle several times," - h9'Bald, ''but the elephant' continued on-'the- track Increasing Its speed. ,;When the engine "nearly ' reached it the elephant .turned and moved slowly oft the. track. As, the engine ...was passing slowly it screamed and . made a grab-for1, my ; first -fireman. The' fireman fell down oil' the footplate. foot-plate. My second fireman lay down .,on the tender; They 'were1 both very frightened, and, :on reaching Kampala ,;tha. first fireman reported slck."-;:;.i |