RIOT IN GAOL
PRISONERS ATTACK WARDERS TWO MEN BADLY INJURED (United Press Assn.—EJec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 25, 1 p.m.) HOBART, Sept. 25 Prisoners in Hobart gaol attacked warders and damaged prison property during a demonstration. A warder was taken to hospital with serious head Injuries. A prisoner was shot and wounded in the leg. The disturbance was quelled without outside help. Many of the gaol windows were broken.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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69RIOT IN GAOL Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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