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CONVICTS’ SONG.OF THE DAWN

... CONVICTS’ SONG.OF THE DAWN. 70 in Solitary Confinement. (From Our Correspondent.) PRINCETOWN, Sunday. On inquiry at Dartmoor prison to-day, 11 The Leeds Mercury was informed that there is no truth in the statement that a party of convicts from Dartmoor ...

Published: Monday 22 February 1932
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 164 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

LEWIS CARROLL CENTENARY: LINKS WITH YORKSHIRE

... LEWIS CARROLL CENTENARY: LINKS WITH YORKSHIRE Moo DURING MUTINY. A view from the air of Dartmoor Prison during the mutiny of v,ct s. The centre block is seen blazing, while prisoners under guard are shown in one of the yards. PRISON HRE. Another picture ...

What I did it for

... What I did it for. PRISON AIDS FUND At Dartmoor Prison a e”llecttee for the Lynmouth ReLet 15s. ...

Published: Saturday 13 September 1952
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 18 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SURROUND PRISON

... SURROUND PRISON |';A One of the warders who was injured in the Dartmoor prison riot, with his head swathed in bandages. ...

Published: Tuesday 26 January 1932
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 21 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SAI.TATTO'N' FOB

... SAI.TATTO'N' FOB General Booth will address the convicts at Dartmoor Prison on August 30th, by special permission of the authorities. ...

Published: Thursday 16 August 1906
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 20 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE LONGEST RUN FOR FREEDOM

... LONGEST RUN FOR FREEDOM. Frederick Utley was the convict who. with John Michael Gasken, another convict, escaped from Dartmoor Prison an Nov. 16 during a fog, and eluded recapture until a week later. The two convicts had made history U the previous Dartmoor ...

Published: Saturday 03 December 1932
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SESSIONS

... informed that in 1954, when Dartmoor Prison, Earp had his sentence remitted for saving the life of an officer during the mutiny. Dr B. G. Derry (Durham Gaol) said he had no word Karp’s statement in reference to the Dartmoor Prison trouble, which occurred ...

Published: Friday 07 July 1939
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 305 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

INDISCIPLINE AMONG CONVICTS AT DARTMOOR ALLEGED

... officials are to visit Dartmoor Prison to investigate complaints by members of the association of indisepline among the convicts. Mr. H. Cronin, secretary to the association, told a reporter yesterday that recently a Dartmoor Prison warder, transferred there ...

Published: Monday 06 January 1941
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LONG UNREST

... LONG UNREST First Man Released After Mutiny A West Riding man, who Mas the only man to be released from Dartmoor Prison yesterday, when lie had served three years, told remarkable story to a representative of “The Yorkshire Post,” when lie arrived in ...

DARTMOOR ESCAPE

... ESCAPE Ralph Mason. who is serving a sentence of five yers imprisonment escaped to-day from an outside working party near Dartmoor Prison. ...

Published: Friday 06 June 1958
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 23 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

PRISONERS OF WAR

... PRISONERS OF WAR The Story of Dartmoor Prison,” Basil Thomson. (London: Win. - Heinemann.) (Price 3«. 6d.) When England was war with France,_ early in the nineteenth century, the number of prisoners taken far exceeded the accommodation available for them ...

Published: Wednesday 18 December 1907
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 192 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Dartmoor Escaper Caught 80 Miles Away

... sevenyear sentenos following a general court martial, escaped from Dartmoor Prison this morning, but was recaptured later near Barnstaple. Barnstaple is about 80 miles from Dartmoor Prison. This is the greatest distance known In the history of the prison ...

Published: Monday 04 August 1947
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 4 | Tags: none