VERDICT OF SUICIDE.
AGED MAN'S BODY FOUND. A retired railway servant, Alfred Derbidge, aged 72 years, was missing from his homo at Port Levy on Sunday morning. In the afternoon a search party found his body on the hillside about a mile from his home. Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., conducted an inquest at Port Levy on Monday. Evidence was given that deceased, who was 72. years of age, had been worried and acting peculiarly since the death of his wife-in January. A verdict was returned that deceased committed suicide whilst of unround mind.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19887, 26 March 1930, Page 16
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