Springville Herald | 1937-07-29 | Page 1 | 12 Convicts Die in Mutiny |

Type	issue
Date	1937-07-29
Paper	Springville Herald
Language	eng
City	Springville
County	Utah
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	12 Convicts Die in Mutiny
Type	death
Date	1937-07-29
Paper	Springville Herald
Language	eng
City	Springville
County	Utah
Page	1
OCR Text	Show 12 CONVICTS DIE IN MUTINY LONDON, July 27 (U.R) Twelve convicts were killed today when 300 convicted murders mutinied in a 3,800-f,.ot deep prison salt mine at Targul-Ocna, Roumania, an exchange ex-change telegraph dispatch from Bucharest reported. The convicts attacked guards in the depths ofthe mine with picks, hammers and shovels. Four guards were injured seriously and several were hurt slightly as they fired on the rioters. Aa soon as they became aware of the outbreak, prison authorities on the surface cut off the mine's electric light and water supplies. 1 Thirst became unbearable in the salt diggings and the mutineers ' won commandeered elevators and came to the surface.
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