Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-11-25 | Page 4 | Elephant Rescued 1,000 People

ELEPHANT RESCUED 1,000 PEOPLE. At Sorori, on the Ganges above Calcutta, India, many thousand Hindu pilgrims were encamped on an island waiting their chance to bathe in the sacred river it being a religious festival day. A sudden storm raised the river very rapidly, so that 200 of the pilgrims pil-grims were carried away and drowned. An elephant belonging to a native named Jung Bahadur was used in the rescue work. Numerous Numer-ous ropes were quickly fastened to the trappings of the animal and the people clung to these and were dragged through the rushing waters safe to the shore. The huge beast showed great intelligence and made many trips back and forth, saving about a thousand people peo-ple from drowning. The native women of India will die rather than be attended by a man doctor. A considerable number of Hindu women have become doctors and show great ability in that line. Still there is a great demand for well-trained white women to lead in medical work among the teeming population of India and introduce up-to-date ideas. , In order to meet this demand a number of the women's colleges in Eng. land are now carrying on medical courses. It is believed that English women living among the people and coming into close contact with them in their homes will have a good moral effect.