OUTBREAK OK PRISONERS.
At the gaol at(jloo.luifga, a town ; j Tnrliti. in N z mi's dominions, acr ( lld mile fro i Hyderabad oa 2 tli June, itbei.igu leave clay tor all ha dia the Nizam’s dominions, the ) visoners in the (Joolburga gaol, nuinln i ing 575, thought it a very good op) on tnnity to make an attempt to oscap and at 4 p.m. a gang consisting o seventy men attacked the guard at tin back gate, killing one and wounding two of the sepoys. Before assistance could be obtained (says the Bomb y fitiz-cte) fifty-foar of the prisoner! had managed to escape, and befon leaving the gaol tliey T entered tin guard-room and toot with them all available'imns. The report of ihei escape soon spread through the station, and by half past 4 p.m tire Is Lancers (stationed here), togeth a with the mounted police, were o their track, accompanied by Sudde Tu'cokdar(commissioner). Anns wen feelv used by the prisoners, and tin soldiers and police had to clefem themselves by firing and cutting them down. By G p.m. the whole of ill prisoners were rec pinred —m ist o them severely wounded. One police officer was killed.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1020, 4 November 1881, Page 3
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198OUTBREAK OK PRISONERS. Dunstan Times, Issue 1020, 4 November 1881, Page 3
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