Trove Tuesday: Suicide in Hospital

I came across this article when researching my Donnelly connections.

Source: SUICIDE IN HOSPITAL. (1926, October 19). Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93571226

Transcript:

SUICIDE IN HOSPITAL

Sydney, Monday.

The city coroner to-day inquired into the death of Thomas McWilliams, at Broughton Hall Mental Hospital, Leichhardt, on October 4. A written statement by Frederick Joseph Donnelly, another patient, was produced. Donnelly described how he saw the man cut his throat. He struggled with him and forced the knife out of his hand. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide.

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942 about Thomas Mcwilliams

Name: Thomas Mcwilliams

Inquest Date: 18 Oct 1926

Inquest Location: City Coroner's Court

Death Place: Boaghton Hall Monbal Hospital Leichhardt

Age: 56

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870

Birth Place: Maffra, Victoria

Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

Note: Death place should read Broughton Hall Mental Hospital Leichhardt.

NSW BDM Death Index

18859/1926 MCWILLIAM THOMAS SAMUEL MARTHA PETERSHAM

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Thomas McWilliam

Name: Thomas McWilliam

Father's Name: Samuel McWilliam

Mother's Name: Martha Steel

Birth Place: Sale, Victoria

Registration Year: 1870

Registration Place: Victoria

Registration number: 11278

Source:Ancestry.com. Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

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