ESCAPING FROM GAOL.
' /■ Melbourne, December 5. A great sensation was - caused at Pentridge prison to-day by an attempt on the part of five desperate criminals to scale the walls effect their escape. 1-hey succeeded in getting over one harrier before the sentry raised the alarm. ■(Mi armed guard immediately turned out, and after a desperate struggle the prisoners were secured. It appeal's that while working they broke off their leg irons with' stone-breaking hammers, and armed themselves with -pieces of metal tied in handkerchiefs.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 38
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84ESCAPING FROM GAOL. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 38
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