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Show WILD TIME AT FIRE. Trumpetings of Elephants Almost Causes a Panic. Fire partially destroyed the new brick car barn at the new winter quarl ters of the Barnum & Bailey circus at Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, and burned a number of cars belonging to the circus. While the fire was at its height a cornice fell, carrying to the groupd with it twelve firemen who were at work on the roof. The men were much bruised, but were not otherwise oth-erwise injured. Excitement was occasioned occa-sioned during the removal of fourteen elephants which were quartered in a building adjoining the car barns. It was necessary to remove the elephants through door facing the burning building build-ing and across the tracks between rows of burning and smoking cars. In order to accomplish this safely the four keepers took one animal out at a time until the entire herd was removed The loud trumpeting of the elephants gave rise to a rumor that the animals had broken loose. This rumor rapidly spread around the city and occasioned much alarm. |