HOBART GAOL RIOT
ATTACK ON WARDERS
TWO MEN INJURED
(Reed. Sept. 26. 9 a.m.) HOBART. Sept. 25,
Prisoners in the I-lobart gaol attacked the warders and damaged the .prison property during a demonstration.
A warder was taken to hospital suffering from serious head injuries, and a prisoner was shot and wounded in the leg.
The disturbance was quelled without outside help. Many of the gaol windows were broken.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20052, 26 September 1939, Page 14
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68HOBART GAOL RIOT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20052, 26 September 1939, Page 14
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