RIOT IN PRISON
(Press. Assn.-
MILITARY CALLED OUT TO QUELL TROUBLE AT KINGSTON
-By Telegraph — Co wright).
Rec. Oct. 18, 7.55 p.m. Kingston, Ontario, Oct. 17. The military were called out to aid the guard in quelling more than 800 convicts in the most serious riots in the history of the Portsmouth penitentiary here to-day. Twelve convicts were injured. The military were withdrawn after two hours. A demand for cigarette papers and longer hours of recreation precipitated the outbreak.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 357, 19 October 1932, Page 5
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79RIOT IN PRISON Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 357, 19 October 1932, Page 5
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