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size of the fire, there were no deaths. The remains of the building continued to smolder but when the smoke cleared after several days all that was left of the specimens were ashes and the metal armatures which held the remains upright. The morning after the fire, an employee entered the remains and swept Jumbo's remains into an empty 14-ounce Peter Pan peanut butter jar. The loss of Jumbo became international news which overshadowed the loss of invaluable research done by the
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substantial loss of architectural integrity. In 1976, Barnum Hall reopened to students. The lack of Tufts' mascot prompted students to place a papier-mâché statue that once stood at Benson's Wild Animal Farm in New
Hampshire. In 2013, a university committee decided to improve the situation by commissioning
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