RUSSIAN UNREST.
A -VOLCANIC" FLEET. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MUTINY. Received November 6, 9 a.m. Nov. 5. The cdfmtion of the Sevastopol fleet is described as "volcanic." Elaborate precautions taken to prevent an outbreak have been redoubled since the Vladivostock mutiny. Ten destroyers have been ordered at the Nikolauff dockyards, at a cost of £2,800,000. They are to be completed in three years. DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY. CHAINED CONVICTS FIGHT THEIR GUARD. TWENTY-TWO KILLED, ELEVEN ESCAPE. Received November 6, 9.36 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 6. A band of 33 prisoners, marching unJer escort of 18 soldiers from Tumen to Tobolsk, attempted to escape from their night quarters, though they had chains on their feet. Seizin* some carbines and cartridges they fought desperately in the darkness. Twenty-two were killed, and the rest escaped. " Three were subsequently recapture;!.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8874, 7 November 1907, Page 5
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134RUSSIAN UNREST. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8874, 7 November 1907, Page 5
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