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PRISONERS . BREAK GAOL. - —Pr«i» ' Association—-CopyrJfbt .[/Australian and ’N.Z. Cabla Association. ..." (Received January 30, 5.5 p.m.) ! ; V ■ ■ SYDNEY, January 30. -. As a result of assistance from some person or persons outside, two prisoners escaped - from the Woollongong gaol. . J; „.Tli6 .police Jound-, that several bars - ji.ad- been- forced from the iron grille, which .surmounts' the exercise yam -"Wair, making* an " opening through Which a man could easily wriggle. . The helper then apparently walked Along the short passage to the cells, of bis friends, and supplied a jemmy, With which'"the- locks of the doors Were broken. 1 , The same instrument was used to (force,, the back door of the gaol, {through which the prisoners gained jfcheir (freedom. , ■.: Immediately the authorities were notified of the escape all the police Stations in the State were warned. The men were later recaptured at jGosford,. nearly 100 miles away, their •boots-almost tarn to pieces. They said {they had reemved occasional lifts. : ! 'Their -feet were blistei-ed, and they f . dflered little resistance when discovered.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17869, 31 January 1928, Page 9
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