Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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John King was a John Robinson circus trainer which, at the time was one of the largest traveling circus shows in the country. John Robinson had elephants and a huge menagerie featuring other creatures. On September 27, 1880 when the circus was unloading from the railcars in Charlotte, North Carolina, a bull Asian elephant named Chief saw John King and raced over and threw King into the side of the railcar, killing him instantly.

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