A BANK ROBBERY.
BELATED KKWS. Prau AssoeiaJaojt—By felegrapb—Copyright. HOBART, Febmary 5. Two robbers- entered the Bank of Australasia at Queenstown, and gagged and bound the teller, Brownrigg, who was working at the bank after 10 pjn. and bad the safe open. He had answered a knock at the door, when two men dashed in and covered him with a revolver. They iliea made him secure, and coolly removed lt>a jrol-i a.Tul notes from tiie safe axid escaped. It was half ;ui hour before Brownrigg could wriggle to the door dividing the l>ank from the residence of the manager and obtain assistance. The robbers secured £5.418, of which sum £6OO was in \jold r.nd silver. fl'lte above happened nearly a week ago, ■M.d ; lie account thereof duly appeared in ik« Tusmaiiian papers to hand oy yesterday's niaiL]
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Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 6
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136A BANK ROBBERY. Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 6
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