CALCUTTA GAOL
FIRE AS WELL AS REBELLION. NORMAL CONDITIONS! AGAIN. fAust.-N.Z Cable Association.) !8y Electric Teiej?-apli.—Copyright.» .(Received May 1, 9.55 a.m.) Delhi, April 29. A fire started in the Calcutta gaol during the riot (reported on page 4), and destroyed the workshops. . It is estimated that the damage a-mounts to three lakhs of rupees (about £30,000). The situation at the gaol is now fairly quiet, but the convicts are truculent. The gaol authorities have resumed control at Englantowu, but the soldiers are retained, ill case of further trouble. Forty-six convicts "were sent to hospital with gunshot wounds. Nineteen escaped during tho turmoil, but two were recaptured.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4577, 1 May 1922, Page 2
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106CALCUTTA GAOL Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4577, 1 May 1922, Page 2
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