PRISONERS ESCAPE
DESPERATE BID FOR FREEDOM. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received August 18, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, August 17. Eleven life sentence prisoners recently escaped from the French penal settlement on Devil’s Island. They managed to obtain a sailing boat at the outset, and made a desperate bid for freedom. They sailed safely for six days, then a storm capsized the boat. Two of the men were immediately dragged down, and killed by sharks. The others righted the boat and scrambled back. They have just reached Trinidad, but will not be safe unless the French authorities refrain from extradition proceedings for three months.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18649, 19 August 1930, Page 9
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103PRISONERS ESCAPE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18649, 19 August 1930, Page 9
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