ESCAPE EN MASSE
CONVICTS IN FRENCH GAOL
MAJORITY RECAPTURED
(Received August .29, 2 p.m.)
PAKIS, A gust 28.
Tho prisoners in Lorient Gaol made a concerted attack on the warders at meal time. -Fifty-six scaled the walls and escaped. A gigantic man hunt by warders, police, and the public resulted in the recapture of 47 escapees.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 51, 29 August 1934, Page 10
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56ESCAPE EN MASSE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 51, 29 August 1934, Page 10
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