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  • == Importance of Const Hugh Bracken (2228) == "12. That the Commission approve of the action taken by Constable Bracken when imprisoned by the '''KellyGang''' in Mrs Jones's hotel, at Glenrowan,
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  • Then Constable Bracken rushed up saying the Gang were in Mrs Jones and for God’s sake surround t
    6 KB (1,163 words) - 11:44, 15 November 2015
  • ...d beyond was a forest of stringy bark and other gum trees rising above the bracken and undergrowth, and shutting in the view of either side. The police tent w
    6 KB (933 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
  • ...gress through the scrub and forest, where huge fallen trees half hidden in bracken and undergrowth barred the way, was painful and difficult. Resting for a ti
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  • ...the door and broke it in. One of his party, Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], tried to go first in the rush into the dwelling, but Mr Nicolson, resent
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  • ...ke his (Curnow’s) brother in law, Dave Mortimer, to the barracks to call Bracken out, since the constable would know his voice and come unsuspectingly into ...in progress and everything appeared to be going merrily. During the dance Bracken, who had observed where the key of the door was placed on the mantelpiece,
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  • ...ce and moralising to some of the civilians, turned to [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] and began to address him on the wickedness and laziness of a constable’ ...saying, ‘The train is coming.’ Ned Kelly went out to join the others; Bracken seized the opportunity to escape, locking the door behind him when he went
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  • ...t Mr [[Hare|Hare]] to go quickly to the hotel. It was [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], who had just escaped, and he told of the presence of the outlaws, saying
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  • ...ted gave a warning to lie close upon the floor if firing came. Altogether, Bracken’s is the only name in the Victorian police force which derived any added
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  • ...eturn to his house. Up to this time, while Curnow and [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] had won credit for themselves, the police had done nothing in particular
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  • We met Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] on the way. He was galloping along the railway line. ...|Hare]], who got shot in the hand, is dead. Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], who so pluckily escaped from the Glenrowan Inn and told us what was doin
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  • ...on the ground and unarmed. And he said that Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] thereupon caught up his gun and declared that he would shoot any man who ...bravery all through the fight. When Ned Kelly was captured he appealed to Bracken to save him, saying, "I once saved you, you know."
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  • ...directions, all supposed to be by the gang, Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], who was in charge at Glenrowan, reported that the four men who had been
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  • == Constable Bracken Bailed Up == ...ho wanted him. The object in getting Reynolds to call [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], was to prevent the constable from recognizing the outlaw's voice, so the
    6 KB (1,035 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
  • ...ioned there, might see us, and would be able to give an alarm. I knew that Bracken had been stationed at Greta, and felt sure that he would recognize Ned Kell ...ing, Ned Kelly said that he would go down to the police barracks and bring Bracken, and Reynolds, the postmaster, up to Jones's. I laughed and said to him tha
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  • == Going for Bracken == ...and asked if he would allow me to take my party home when he went down for Bracken; and I assured him that he had no cause for fearing me, as I was with him h
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  • == Bracken Captured == ...ich he kept hold of, saying, 'I can't trust you with the bridle, Bracken.' Bracken said to Ned Kelly that had he not been ill in bed all day he (Kelly) would
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  • ...ard him calling out my name. I said, "Who is it?" He replied, “Bracken. Go quickly over to Mrs Jones's, the outlaws are all there, and if you don' ...nts. Two or three children were shot. There was a general cry to lie down, Bracken, with great forethought, before he left the house, having told them to do s
    9 KB (1,668 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
  • Just before Superintendent Hare was wounded, Constable [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]], the local policeman, who had been made prisoner in the hotel, courageous
    5 KB (878 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
  • ...d rode the ten miles in a surprisingly short space of time. The conduct of Bracken, and the promptitude of the Wangaratta police, is to be highly commended. J
    6 KB (1,135 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
  • ...ed [[McAuliffe|M'Auliffe]] came, Superintendent Sadleir directed Constable Bracken to arrest them as Kelly sympathizers. They were accordingly handcuffed, and
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