A FIGHT IN THE DARK.
SIBERIAN CONVICTS, , TWENTY-TWO KILLED. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. . ST. PETERSBURG, November 6. A band of 33 prisoners, • marching under the escort of 18 soldiers . from Tunica to Tobolsk, attempted to escape from their night quarters, though they' had chains on their feet. Seizing spme< carbines and cartridges they, fought desperately in the darkness. Twentytwo were -killed. The rest escaped, but three were recapturbd.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13557, 7 November 1907, Page 5
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68A FIGHT IN THE DARK. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13557, 7 November 1907, Page 5
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