PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
GOVERNOR OF THE GAOL WOUNDED. A NOTORIOUS BRIGAND SHOT. Received May 6j 11 a.m. SHANGHAI, May 5. Fifty long sentence prisoners at the Municipal Gaol, at Shanghai, armed with tools and swords, attempted to escape. ' They wounded Blenuersasset, the Governor of the gaol, and two Indian warders. The Governor shot a noted brigand, named Vayaomao, dead. Another Chinaman was killed, and several wounded. , The trouble has been quelled.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8133, 7 May 1906, Page 5
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