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The Madison Daily Leader
Madison, Lake County, South Dakota
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In Buffalo, N.Y., on June 12, twelve-year-old Rocco Laquino was killed by an enraged elephant named Ruth during a Cole Bros.' circus parade at Lafayette Square on Main Street. The boy was grabbed by the trunk, slammed to the pavement fracturing his skull, and further struck by another elephant, Lily, before dying en route to the hospital.
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Tragedy During Circus Parade at Buffalo, N. Y.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 12.-Goaded to fury by the torments of a dozen small boys who followed her for several blocks of the parade and pelted her with small missiles Ruth, a feature of Cole Bros.' circus and said to be the largest living elephant, shot her trunk into a densely packed crowd of spectators at Lafayette square in Main street.
When she withdrew it the body of twelve-year-old Rocco Laquino dangled in the air. With a trumpet of rage the beast lifted the boy above her head and brought him down with terrific force on the pavement. Then she released her hold of the victim and left him prostrate. His skull had been fractured by the impact. Lily, an elephant following vicious Ruth, struck the body with her foot and knocked it several feet in toward the curb line. Laquino died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and the body was taken to the morgue.
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Buffalo, N. Y.
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June 12
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rocco laquino, twelve-year-old boy, had his skull fractured and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital; body taken to the morgue.
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During a Cole Bros.' circus parade, elephant Ruth, goaded by boys pelting her with missiles, grabbed twelve-year-old Rocco Laquino from the crowd at Lafayette square in Main street with her trunk, lifted him above her head, and slammed him down on the pavement. Following elephant Lily then struck the body with her foot, knocking it toward the curb.