Use of grease and matches to effect prison break

The Great Greasy Escape – 30 September, 1865

ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF TOOWOOMBA GAOL.- On Monday night last, George Johnson, who was confined on suspicion of stealing watches, managed, with grease he had saved during the previous few days, and some matches, to set fire to the cell in which he was confined. He placed the grease in the cavity in whichContinue reading “The Great Greasy Escape – 30 September, 1865”