MYSTERY AT SEA.
PASSENGER DISAPPEARS.
NO INDICATION OF SUICIDE. A. and N.Z. PERTH, Feb. 13.
The steamer Narkunda, from London, reports the mysterious disapparance of a passenger, Sir Hylton Ralph Brisco, just before the ship reached Colombo, where ho said he had arranged to go ashore. Sir Hylton was ill for a couplo of days, but the day before his disappearance he was apparently in his usual health and spirits. Next morning it was discovered that he had not occupied his bunk, and no trace of him could bo found. There were no indications of suicide.
i Sir Hylton Ralph Brisco, who was 51 years of age, was the fifth holder of a baronetcv created in 1782. He owned about 4000 acres. He was divorced by his wife in 1915.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18015, 14 February 1922, Page 7
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