From the Archives, 1961: Tear gas in police siege
Herald photographers captured dramatic images of police storming a house in Pitt Street, Redfern, where an armed man had barricaded himself inside.
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Herald photographers captured dramatic images of police storming a house in Pitt Street, Redfern, where an armed man had barricaded himself inside.
Herald photographers captured dramatic images of police storming a house in Pitt Street, Redfern, where an armed man had barricaded himself inside.
Breakfast. i went down. we were only paid $17 a month and i sent my mom 5. so i had $12. i had an early breakfast. coming out of the mess hall, a boom. i said what the hell is that? we were being attacked! they flew very low. they bombed. so i went to my quarters. i picked up my bag. we had a captain savage and we went down to the motor pool. we were a communications outfit. we got our equipment out of the motor pool. we passed the supply room. there was sergeant ross.