CLASH AT A MINE.
CONVICTS ATTACK GUARDS. TWELVE OF THEM SHOT DEAD PROTEST AGAINST FOOD SUPPLY. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 28, ii a.m.) BUCHAREST, July 27. Protesting against the food supply at the Targuocha salt mine 300 convicts attacked the guards 2800 feet underground with picks and shovels. Twelve convicts were shot dead and four guards were seriously injured. The authorities cat off the water and light, and the thirst-maddened convicts commandeered the lifts and came to tile surface, where they were taken prisoners.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 7
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87CLASH AT A MINE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20257, 28 July 1937, Page 7
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