MUTINY IN GAOL
SERIOUS OUTBREAK IN CALCUTTA. TROOPS FIRE ON REBELS. ißv Electric TeiegrapH.—Copyright./ (Aust.-N.Z. tXble Association.) Delhi, April 27. A serious mutiny occurred in the Presidency gaol at Calcutta arising out of the discontent engendered by the belief that political prisoners received better treatment than the other prisoners. The trouble came to a head when a warder struck_ a prisoner. Eighteen hundred convicts refused to parade and armed themselves with sticks-and sledge hammers and attempted to rush and sot fire to the jute sheds and oil tanks. The warders fired, but the outbreak was not quelled until armed troops and police arrived. Tho gaol is now under military control. The casualties are reported to''bo heavy. Three men are known to be dead. Some of the buildings were damaged by fire.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4576, 29 April 1922, Page 1
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