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Workshop Blaze at Dartmoor F IRE broke out in a workshop at Dartmoor Prison today and firemen from Ply mouth

... Workshop Blaze at Dartmoor F IRE broke out in a workshop at Dartmoor Prison today and firemen from Ply mouth Clty. Telverton and Princeton were sent. The fire broke out In a large first-fi•or workshop and was confined to a Illy of coir matting material ...

Published: Saturday 12 May 1962
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
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Dartmoor 'not to stay open indefinitely' DARTMOOR PRISON la not to stay open indefinitely, Mr. Hoy Jenkins, ..

... Dartmoor 'not to stay open indefinitely' DARTMOOR PRISON la not to stay open indefinitely, Mr. Hoy Jenkins, Home Secretary, said when he visited the prison today. We will give the obligatory three years' notice but we don't know yet what wiU be done ...

Published: Saturday 14 May 1966
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 241 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

he recehed for Saturday's Cup semi-final Albion and Birmingham City. Company director just glides into Dartmoor ..

... Birmingham City. Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison Mr. Frank Pozerskis, a 41-year-old company director, of Kettering Road, Isham, Northants, crash-landed a glider inside the walls of Dartmoor Prison. This was the latest mishap in his attempt to ...

Published: Thursday 25 April 1968
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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Three Dartmoor Warders Injured Dartmoor Prison officers were attacked yesterday by a prisoner being taken to ..

... Three Dartmoor Warders Injured Dartmoor Prison officers were attacked yesterday by a prisoner being taken to the punishment block, a Home Office spokesman said today. All the officers had face bruises and have gone off duty. The man has been remanded ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1963
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 49 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

the organ. “Convict I,ife In Dartmoor Prison” proved an attractive topic for a lecture, and Monday night large ..

... the organ. “Convict I,ife In Dartmoor Prison” proved an attractive topic for a lecture, and Monday night large congregation gathered to bear Mr. Mr. J. 11. Harper presided, and after devotional exercises led by the Rev. J. H. Holman, the chairman, not ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1911
Newspaper: Alcester Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1381 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR GAOL HORRIBLE PLACE SHOULD BE SHUT” PRISON OFFICER’S VIEW Dartmoor Prison is not fit for prisoners or ..

... DARTMOOR GAOL HORRIBLE PLACE SHOULD BE SHUT” PRISON OFFICER’S VIEW Dartmoor Prison is not fit for prisoners or staff, and the Home Secretary .who closes it will have rendered a service to civilisation, declared Mr. Tom Callan, the chairman, at the conference ...

Published: Wednesday 17 May 1944
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 265 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Big Search Continues on Moor .OAD ....ere mill Inopera- H on on all roads fro Dartmoor Prison today as m

... Big Search Continues on Moor .OAD .ere mill Inopera- H on on all roads fro Dartmoor Prison today as m police with for Scarf ace Brett tracker dogs kept up their search for Henry Arthur rticarface - i Brett 1321. who escaped from woring part, outside ...

Published: Thursday 13 February 1964
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 199 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR PRISON escapes Three Convicts Still at Large The three escaped Dartmoor prisoners who were missed ..

... DARTMOOR PRISON escapes Three Convicts Still at Large The three escaped Dartmoor prisoners who were missed after a meeting in the chapel on Wednesday night, are still at large. Intense search of the icy moors by the police has met with no result. The ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 112 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MORE TROUBLE AT DARTMOOR. Warders Recalled from Week-End Leave. So tense was the atmosphere at Dartmoor Prison ..

... MORE TROUBLE AT DARTMOOR. Warders Recalled from Week-End Leave. So tense was the atmosphere at Dartmoor Prison on Saturday night that every available warder was requisitioned for duty yesterday, and in some cases men who had gone on week-end leave were ...

Published: Monday 04 April 1932
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 153 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Home Office petitioned by Dartmoor wives A petition . from Dartmoor_ prison officers' wives complaining of ..

... Home Office petitioned by Dartmoor wives A petition . from Dartmoor_ prison officers' wives complaining of feeble action by the Home Secretary i Mr. Henry Brooke) over assaults by prisoners was received at the Home Office yesterday and will be considered ...

Published: Tuesday 26 March 1963
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 408 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

Three Dartmoor Warders Injured filH F. F: Dartmoor Prison •Ricers were attacked yester day by a prisoner being ..

... Three Dartmoor Warders Injured filH F. F: Dartmoor Prison •Ricers were attacked yester day by a prisoner being taken to the punishment block, a Home Office spokesman said to- All the °Hirers had fare bruises and have gone oil duty . The man has been remanded ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1963
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 53 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR FUGITIVE'S BODY IN LAKE The body of William Joseph Day, who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on January 5 with

... DARTMOOR FUGITIVE'S BODY IN LAKE The body of William Joseph Day, who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on January 5 with Dennis Stafford, was found in Burrator Reservoir on Dartmoor yesterday. The body, in prison clothing, was found by Mr. Cyril Willcocks ...

Published: Tuesday 17 February 1959
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 430 | Page: 30 | Tags: none