MUTINY OF CONVICTS.
IX BATH UK ST GAO I
Sydney, May 18
Following on a conflict between I lie chief warder and a refractory prisoner at Bathurst gaol, the prisoners gathered together and sent an ullimaluin to (lit* governor of the gaol demanding the warden’s suspension.
When this wa- refused the prisoners, many of whom were serving life sentences, assumed a belligerent altitude, booting and hissing the warders.
Alter much effort order .was restored the governor meantime sending to Sydney for reinforcements of warders and police. An inquiry 'was theip held by a .Magistrate concerning the trouble and while this was in progress pris-, oners lo the number of a hundred' refused to go hack to their cells. A serious'situation was developing when the reinforcements from Sydney, who had been kept in the background, rallied to the assistance of the warders.
Bedlam then ensued, the convicts making a determined attack on the I 'dice who replied with bayonets and batons, ami soon dispersed the mutineers alter several of the latter had been wounded.
During the outbreak the noise was deafening, ami the howls ami curses of the prisoners were heard half a mile away.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2735, 20 May 1924, Page 2
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194MUTINY OF CONVICTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2735, 20 May 1924, Page 2
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