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the park. The voltage fired through the tree, along the metal chain, and into Norma Jean. Possum Red, who was still on the scene, was thrown 30 feet (10 m) by the electrical blast. Norma Jean thudded to the ground, lifeless. Possum Red and the rest of the circus scurried out of town. The following year, without its lone elephant — uninsured and worth the then-princely sum of $ 10,000 — the circus folded.
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a 5 feet (1.5 m) tall wall stretching 12 feet (3.7 m) over the grave. Atop the monument, they secured a concrete elephant statue and ringed the wall with flowers. They affixed a glass case to the wall with newspaper accounts about Norma Jean. The plaque on the wall proclaims:
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1940:Springfield
1935:Shelbyville
1930:Shawneetown
1910:Rock Island
1820:Murphysboro
1765:McLeansboro
1705:Jerseyville
1560:Carlinville
1545:Bloomington
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1670:Greenville
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1575:Carrollton
1530:Belleville
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1260:Biggsville
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1081:2020-03-12
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