PERSEVERING BOERS.
LABORIOUS ENDEAVOURS TO ESCAPE. (Received 9.20 a.m.) CAPETOWN, March 13. The tunnel by which the Boer prisoners attempted to escape at Simmonstown was 25 yards long, and was almost completed. It was excavated with tin dishes and cups, the debris being placed in sacks. The conspiracy was revealed by one of the prisoners turning informer.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 62, 14 March 1900, Page 5
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