STARBOARD, ALL DOING
THEIR PRETTIEST" 243

GALLAGHER'S RESCUE OF A SWEDE FROM THE BURNING BARGE 245

SAVING THE MEN OF THE "BREMEN" 250

FIRE-BOATS WORKING ON THE "BREMEN" AND THE "SAALE" 253

"AS THEY SHOOT TOWARD THE MAN HANGING FOR THE CATCH FROM
THE LAST BAR" 259

"FOUR ELEPHANTS WAS ENOUGH FOR ANY MAN TO LEAP OVER" 267

CIRCUS PROFESSIONALS PRACTISING A FEAT OF BALANCING 279

THROUGH A PAPER BALLOON AT THE END OF A GREAT FEAT 289

HOW THE LIONESS WAS CAPTURED ON THE OPEN PRAIRIE 295

MAN IN CAGE WITH LIONS 301

BEGINNING THE TRAINING 305

COMING TO CLOSE QUARTERS 307

THE LION DESTROYS THE CHAIR 308

THE TAMER'S TRIUMPH. READING HIS NEWSPAPER IN THE LION'S
CAGE 310

BIANCA RESCUES BOSTOCK FROM "BRUTUS" 315

BONAVITA'S FIGHT WITH SEVEN LIONS IN THE RUNWAY 320

"RAJAH'S" ATTACK UPON BONAVITA IN THE RUNWAY 331

THE TIGER "RAJAH" KICKED BY THE QUAGGA 334

PUTTING THE TIGER "RAJAH" AGAIN UPON THE ELEPHANT'S BACK 337

A ROYAL BENGAL TIGER 345

YOUNG DUPONT WORKING TO SAVE THE POWDER-MILL 351

EFFECTS OF DYNAMITE EXPLODED UNDER WATER 354

THE EXPLOSION IN THE NEW YORK CITY TUNNEL 356

"EVERYTHING WAS BLOWN TO PIECES" 361

"HE WENT TO WORK THROWING WATER ON THE BURNING BOXES" 365

"A SWIFT, HEAVY CAR WAS PLUNGING TOWARD THE OPEN DOOR" 372

"HE KNEW THAT A SECOND EXPLOSION MIGHT COME AT ANY
MOMENT" 375

"A PLACE WHERE YELLOW EYES GLARE OUT OF DEEP SHADOWS" 379

AT THE THROTTLE 385

"THEY STRUCK THE MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE AT FULL SPEED" 390

"AS THE DRIVERS BEGAN TO TURN I JUMPED ON THE
COW-CATCHER" 397

A RECORD-BREAKING RUN