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... Dartmoor Prison blaze A HOME Office spokesman said that fire in the mailbag shop in Dartmoor Prison today caused severe damage to part of roof. No one was injured. “The workshop was empty at the time. The fire was brought under control in about 45 minutes ...
... CONVICT AND WARDER, SCENE AT DARTMOOR PRISON. In the preseice of one hundred and seventy conwicts, paraded for chapel service at Princetown Prison, Dartmoor, yesterday afterncon, one who bhad been repdimanded by sn aesistant warder for talking, st-uck ...
... > ® 1806 The foundation stone of ~ TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS o Dartmoor prison in Devon was laid. Mar ] @ Dame Vera Lynn, singer, /eft, 83 n ® 1815 After his banishment to Elba, 20 \ . :v.‘:‘l: Mor':on, N Napoleon returned to take regain power L @ William Hurt ...
... = .| ® 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to f| TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS U hous_e French prisoners. of war - from Wed , i @ Patti Laßelle, singer, /cft, 56 | &‘i | 1850 it was used for convicts. 24 S @ Liz McColgan, athlete, 36 Sl @ Priscilla Presley, actress ...
... HOT STU E AS REFEREES! i SEVENTEEN out of 18 ! men in Dartmoor : Prison passed an examina- 3 tion for certificates as foot- 3 ball referees. Four ob-: tained 100 per cent. and two 99 per cent. The one : who failed had 72 per cent, —three marks below the ...
... PRISONERS at Dartmoor prison started a stink when they asked for cans of spray to make their cells smell sweeter . . . until warders realised they wanted them to cover up the smell of them smoking ...
... > @ 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to e TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS S house French prisoners of war. May @ Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter, /eft 58 n : : 2 4 e @ Eric Cantona, actor/footballer, 33 @ 18.19 Queen Victoria was born at WP @ Patti Laßelle, singer, 55 ...
... I.\'QUIRIFB were continuing today into the incident at Dartmoor Prison vesterday when a prisoner was Kkilled. The prisoner, Harold Dennis Thirkettle, 37, f Emily’s Terrace, Hull Yorks.), died after a knife fight in the prison during a {iim show, . A ...
... ® 1686 Birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer. ® 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war. From 1850 it was used for convicts. ® 1895 The first stage knighthood was conferred, ...
... officer jailed JAMES Edward Adkins, 32- year-old former Dartmoor Prison officer, was sent to prison for four months by Tavistock Magistrates today. He pleaded guilty to conveying a letter from Dartmoor Prison, taking whisky and tobacco to a prisoner, and stealing ...
... D CONVICT RECAPTURED. The convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison, Dartmoor, early yesterday morning, was nc& tured soon after midnight near Belliver Tor an t road to Morton Hampstead, and about four miles from the prison ...
... Prison assaults: urge ‘get tough’ A PETITION from Dartmoor Prison officers’ wives complaining of “feeble action” by the Home Secretary (Mr. Henry Brooke) over assaults by prisoners was received at the Home Office today. During the last six months, 10 ...