11 Dec 1914
Page 1
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Newspaper
Wodonga And Towong Sentinel
Location
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
1
Fragmented OCR recounts a military prison breakout with a tunnel dug to the river. About 168 prisoners escaped, 65 reached safety, 48 were recaptured, and two drowned. Names and orders are partially legible among references to Jesuit convents and Mercy.
A Cermen trader arrives at Capetown with bags of lingpaerneusen and a cache of globular quartz. An unnamed buyer requests stones direct from the trader, while others debate their value and origin amid a tense scene at the frontier.
Incoherent OCR fragment mentions young deer and a herd, with stray phrases about weather, temperature, and a death in an old rural setting. Many garbled words obscure specifics but imply a brief observational note on wildlife and environment.
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