FATAL FALL.
LORD WESTBURY’S TRAGIC DEATH. v United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, February 21. Lord Westbury, clad in pyjamas, fell 70ft from the seventh floor of his flat at St. James’s Court at 7.30 this morning, crashed through a glass canopy, and knocked down a charwoman. Lord Westbury, who has been in illhealth, requiring alleviation by drugs, was attended by day and night nurses. He sent one from his room just before the tragedy. He had been worried about the recent death of his heir, Richard Bethell, who was associated with Mr Howard Carter in the excavations at Tutankhamen’s tomb, from which the discussion arose regarding the curse of the tombs of the Pharaohs. At the inquest the coroner returned a verdict that Lord Westbury committed suicide while of unsound mind. He read letters stating: “I really cannot stand any more horrors.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18501, 24 February 1930, Page 2
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