Show HOLY MOSES ELEPHANT AVERTS A TRAIN WRECK st louis the strength of holy mosea wa all that saved the alton limited from being wre ked at the chicago alton grade crossing in al ton the other day holy moses Is an elephant and in reward for pushing a collapsed animal wagon from its position on the tracks he given til the peanuts he wanted to eat when it was seen that the borcea were powerless to tag the heavy wagon on the track abdallah keeper of holy moses was told to bring the le forth As abdallah drove the elephant leisurely toward the wrecked wagon a man ran up with an excited cry the limited Is coming you 11 have to move that wagon in the il stance a long drawn whistle announced the advent of the train speed ing 50 miles an hour kneeling holy moses placed his normous head against the rear of the wagon the thunder dt the coming train grew more moses braced bent his big head again to the tugged strained groaned and with a final supreme effort started the wagon again he was goaded and with the roar of the locomotive so close that it seemed impossible to avoid a wreck moved the wagon slowly forward hounding a curve a white faced en gincer leaned from the cab of his fly ing engine while the whistle shrieked holy moses exerting every ounce of his immense strength pushed the HOLY MOSES hid STRENGTH PUSHED THE WAGON CLEAB 0 THE TRACK wagon clear ot the track and him self lumbered off just before the train thundered past |