'The two remaining convicts scaled fences into adjoining houses and commandeered a cat; but, before they had started it, the owner rush-fed them and was' grappling with tone of them while the other was sent into retreat by police shots. The convicts then rushed a lorry in the street evicting one occupant and struggling with the driver as the lorry swayed along, the road. The driver was eventually east upon the roadway and one man, Harrison, took the Wheel while the other, Newehareh Kept up a running fire with the pursuing police from the rear of the vehicle. It was a to the death between the tw escapees and twenty police. The odds were too heavy. A. bullet. through the head killed Harrison, Instantly while Newehurch survived him only by minutes having re eral bullet wound. In this mee three constables were wounded, John Robertson by pellets from a off shot gun entering his ai lip; Ruwaldt by pellets in the left arm, and William Menadue by the ating of a revolver bullet along his cheek and chin. Two captive and two dead prisoners were conveyed 10 Adelaide by ambulances. The injured police constables were also conveyed to Adelaide and entered hospital for treatment. Thus ended the affray to the disaster of the escapees Hayes the remaining man was quietly arrested in the evening while trying to escape detection disguised as a woman. Dawson and Hayes were under eight years sentence for robbery under arms, while the dead men were shorter sentence men, Newchurch, three years for burglary and Harrison two years for receiving and six months for attempted escape.
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