SOLDIERS BREAK GAOL
Four Recaptured MELBOURNE. July 23. Soldiers at the old Geelong Gaol scaled two stone walls to escape from detention. They had earlier cut the telephone wires between a sentry-box and the alarm system. Four of them, including the alleged ringleader, have been recaptured. Most of the others are believed to have reached Melbourne. As the wires were cut an armed guard on the catwalk at the gaol was unable to raise the alarm. He saw the escapees one after another, climb a 12-foot inner wall with the aid of tins, stacked on end, as steps. Grabbing several ladders thev scrambled over the 15-foot cuter wail and dropped into the street, where they split up into several parties. The military regulations prevented the guard from using his loaded rifle.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
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131SOLDIERS BREAK GAOL Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
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