SUBJUGATION OF ALCATRAZ REVOLT. — The recent siege of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, America’s place of detention for incorrigible criminals, ended after a two-day battle with the prisoners. Members of a combat contingent are seen here making for the island. When the armed servicemen finally entered the penitentiary they found the bodies of the three ringleaders of the revolt, which cost the lives of two guards and injured 14 others.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 August 1946, Page 7
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71SUBJUGATION OF ALCATRAZ REVOLT.—The recent siege of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, America’s place of detention for incorrigible criminals, ended after a two-day battle with the prisoners. Members of a combat contingent are seen here making for the island. When the armed servicemen finally entered the penitentiary they found the bodies of the three ringleaders of the revolt, which cost the lives of two guards and injured 14 others. Greymouth Evening Star, 1 August 1946, Page 7
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