TWO PRISONERS MAKE ESCAPE
WIDESPREAD SEARCH BEGUN
IN VICTORIA
(Received May 11, 12.20 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, May 10,
Armed police and warders have been searching the bush roads round Beechworth since early yesterday for George Grannon and Raymond Cullen, two prisoners who disappeared while working with 14 other reformatory men, clearing land near a pine plantation a few miles from Beechworth.
The only food the men had was bread and jam, which were eaten at lunch yesterday. The men were honour prisoners. The men were reported to have been seen in prison clothes near Springhurst this afternoon. They were stated to be heading for Wangaratta. All bridges on the way are closely guarded by armed police. No thefts of food or clothing are reported, and the men may be driven by hunger to surrender.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22707, 11 May 1939, Page 11
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