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Show " mm m mm A Life Saving Elephant. Ncnr the town of Sororl, on tho Ganges, thousands of Hindu pilgrims were encamped on tho river banks preparing pre-paring to bathe In celebration of n religions re-ligions festival when, there was n sud den riso In tho volunio of water, and 2oo of tho pilgrims wero carried away and drowned. An elephant which belonged be-longed to n certain Jung Ilahudur swam repeatedly out lo tho distressed pilgrims with ropes attached to Its trappings. Tho people clung to the ropes and wero thus landed safely. The rescued numbered over u thousand. |