CALCUTTA GAOL RIOTS
SITUATION FAIRLY QUIET. CONVICTS STILL TRUCULENT. frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright; CALCUTTA, April 29, Fire started in Calcutta Gaol during the riot and destroyed the workshops. The estimated damage is three lakhs of rupees. The situation is fairly quiet, but the convicts are truculent. The gaol authorities have resumed’ control, But soldiers are retained in case of further trouble. Forty-six convicts were sent to hospital with gunshot wounds. Nineteen escaped during the turmoil, but two were rearrested.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18543, 2 May 1922, Page 5
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