REVOLVER FIGHTS.
BURGLARS IN AUSTRALIA. TWO ATTEMPTS FRUSTRATED. SYDNEY, August 17. There were two sensational fights with revolvers at the week-end. At Yass a duel between a night watchman and a burglar at a garage nearly ended fatally. After the thief had escaped his hat was found with two bullet holes through the crown, while the watchman's coat had been pierced. A pistol battle occurred in a lonely part of Glenroy, Victoria. Six men broke into Nicholson's garugo arid awakened four men who were on the premises. One of the thieves was captured.
The others returned later and after releasing their companion opened a pitched battle, until their magazines were exhausted. 'lhey then used tyro levers and two of tho garage men were knocked unconscious. The gunmen then made off. It is remarkable that no one was wounded, although at least 30 shots were fired.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20954, 18 August 1931, Page 9
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