A EIRE IN A PRISON.
■•- . TERRIFIED COiNVICTS. United Press Association— By Elecrtxi* Telagrapih.— Copyright. * . (Received June 23, 8.44 a.m.) BUCHAREST, June 2& ■;_". A fire destroyed a prison at Bucharest* Six hundred prisoners threw themselves at i the iron doors, screeching for mercy, and. cursing their gaolers, who were afraid io , unlock the doors in the absence of soldiers. : On troops arriving, ithe doors were unlocked. The prisoners tried to escape, tut were driven back *by >the bayonets of the military. . " . ■■ \ ■: . ' : ' ;'\ /.-^
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7435, 23 June 1902, Page 2
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80A EIRE IN A PRISON. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7435, 23 June 1902, Page 2
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