In 1885, as a visitor of three continents, an alcoholic and a true superstar at 24, Jumbo was killed by an unscheduled freight train as he was being loaded onto a boxcar alongside a smaller elephant named Tom Thumb.
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What happened to the Jumbo elephant?
Then, in 1885, tragedy struck: Jumbo was killed in a railway accident. The circus had been performing in the Canadian town of St. Thomas and the elephants were to be shipped by rail to the next venue.
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How old was Jumbo the Circus Elephant when he died?
Jumbo and his keeper Matthew Scott (Circus poster, c. 1882) | |
Species | African bush elephant |
Died | September 15, 1885 (aged 24) St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada |
Resting place | Various |
Occupation | Zoo and circus attraction |
Where is Jumbo the elephant?
Tragically, at the peak of his popularity, Jumbo was run over by a freight train on September 15, 1885. A lesser elephant would have been bulldozed into a pit and forgotten. Not Jumbo. His skeleton was preserved and is in the collection of New York City's Museum of Natural History (though mostly kept in storage).
Tom Thumb survived. But Jumbo was mortally injured and died minutes later with his longtime keeper and friend, Matthew Scott, by his side.
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Apr 8, 2021 ˇ The engine and wagons were derailed by the collision and Jumbo died of his injuries at the track side. The other elephant, which had a ...
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Jumbo and Scott travelled across North America with the circus until 1885, when his life tragically ended in a railway accident in Ontario, Canada.
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