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  • ...found one revolver on him, and a bag of ammunition. We divested him of his armour. I was strained after the scuffle which ensued." ..., in which he still held his revolver. He fired it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was sear
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  • ...I have no hesitation in saying that had they been without [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] when we first attacked them at the hotel, and could have taken proper aim ...l the banks, and probably secured £4000 or £5000. If they had worn their armour with overcoats they might have been shot at fifty times without being injur
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  • '''THE ARMOUR AND AMMUNITION''' The Kellys decided to get some kind of [[Kelly's Armour|covering]] that would resist a bullet at the close range of ten yards.  Th
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  • ...eet, Melbourne, and it was arranged that the cousin who helped to make the armour should go with Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Skillion]] and a friend from Glenrow ...r.  The outlaws were now fully equipped with arms and ammunition and with armour; but they were in no hurry yet awhile to levy tribute on the banks.
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  • ...ritt’s house; they also had a pack horse carrying their [[Kelly's Armour|armour]].  As they issued forth they came across a German named Anton [[Anton Wee
    7 KB (1,316 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...think Kelly might: he looked very stout.  He had nothing on his head (no armour).  I could see his face.  I did not see them try to set the house on fire
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  • ...ot be in close touch with their guns and ammunition.  The four outlaws in armour could, if resisted, rake the train from end to end.  It the train refused ...ses in the train; that it was no use fighting, as the Kellys were in steel armour and could rake the train from end to end, and everything in it; that the be
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  • ...la on the main Melbourne to Sydney road.  Ned and Joe rode and wore their armour; Reynolds, the postmaster, and Gribbens, who was staying at Reynolds’, wa ...t their armour.  They now entered this room and hurried to dress in their armour.  The prisoners could hear the rattle of steel.  Mrs Jones’ interruptio
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  • ...and watching for his opportunity, while the Kellys were getting into their armour, opened the door and escaped from the hotel.  The other prisoners feared b ...is horse to take charge of the train.  In doing so he broke a bolt in his armour and had some delay in repairing it.  By this time the police had rushed ov
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  • ...of the back rooms, dressing themselves in their armour.  I could hear the armour rattling.  We could have got clear away if we had been allowed to go when ...ken saw where they planted the key, and at the time they went to put their armour on he went and took the key.  He put the key in his trousers pocket and ca
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  • ...e armour several times.  Their lives were saved for the time being by the armour.  They fired many shots before that in the early part, but I believe from ...llenge him, and if he does not answer you, shoot him.” Ned Kelly, who in armour and helmet looked like a blackfellow, pulled out a revolver and fired at Co
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  • ...Cherry, a wounded civilian, to pieces.  The police now had Ned Kelly’s armour and helmet, and could have used it on a constable to enter the house.  But
    6 KB (1,114 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...got a small gun with us; it would made them give in pretty quick, as their armour would be no protection to them, and the chimney would be knocked about thei
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  • ...still in official custody, and is in Melbourne.  [[Kelly's Armour|Ned’s armour]], with a bogus helmet, is said to have been simply given away to [[Ruperts
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  • ...e the youngest, and they were both cowed and frightened, and both in their armour. ...they, “Why do not they rush the hotel?” “Why do not they put on the armour?” and so on.
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  • ...at full stretch side by side, and bags rolled up under their heads, '''the armour on one side of them off. ''' I concluded they lay in that position to let
    7 KB (1,354 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...want of generalship, bearing in mind that the outlaws were in impenetrable armour, and the difficulty of knowing in what part of the building they were hidin
    7 KB (1,360 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...oad daylight, overcome the fifty armed policemen, and then, carrying heavy armour, escape on horseback.
    8 KB (1,422 words) - 15:46, 20 November 2015
  • ...the extremities, was enabled to hold his ground, encumbered, too, by iron armour, until seven o’clock, when, in the effort to rejoin his companions, he fe
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  • | The Armour and ammunition
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