A DESPERATE FIGHT.
PEISGNEBS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. TWENTY WOUNDED. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received August 1, 10 a tn. LISBON, Ju'y 32. A hundred prisoners, mostly brigands and smugglers, attempted to escape from the Fuenli Santa Piison r Portugal. Comrades bribed the gaolers to Introduce revolvers, fiief, and djnamite cartridges into the prison. The explosions that took place brought the Civil Guard to the scene. There was a stubborn fight, in which twenty prisoners were wounded. Nine escaped, but the rest were rei captured after fire hote bad been J brought into use.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10056, 2 August 1910, Page 5
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95A DESPERATE FIGHT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10056, 2 August 1910, Page 5
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