Kent Herald, 7 August 1845.

An accident, which might have been attended with serious consequences, occurred to a youth name Cook, son of the landlord of the "Sandgate Castle," who imprudently ventured too near to Mr. Hughes' elephants at the "Shakespeare Stables." The large elephant seized him with his trunk, and dashed him with great force against the wall; had it not been for the timely arrival of the keeper, the smaller one would have killed him, as he was in the act of treating him in a similar way. Fortunately no bones were broken, although one of his arms and his chest would bruised.