AUSTRALIAN NEWS
ESCAPEE CAPTURED,
(Australian Press Association) (United Service).
MELBOURNE, Nov. 20,
Four shots were fired at a prisoner, J. Brailey, when attempting to escape from Pentridge gaol. He was captured after an exciting chase. Tho prisoner cut through the bars of his window with a hack saw which was secreted in the cell. AA T arders heard a noise and the alarm was raised.
Another prisoner, Leonard Cowley tried to climb a wall and was nearing the top when he fell and broke a bone in his foot.
DROWNING FEARED,
MELBOURNE, Nov. 20
Four men, Thurley, A. Thompson, W. Richards, and R. AVaddleton who left Rosebud in a fishing boat on Sunday morning have not been since seen. It is feared they are drowned. Three aeroplanes left Point Cook to search for the boat without success.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1928, Page 5
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