HOSPITAL TRAGEDY

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 123, 19 May 1932, Page 3

HOSPITAL TRAGEDY

Man Kills His Wife AFTER A HAPPY REUNION THEN ATTEMPTS OWN LIFE By Telegraph —Copyright —Press Assn, LONDON. May 17. A poignant tragedy occurred at a London Hospital. Elizabeth Lloyd, aged 36, wife of a South Wales miner, suffered from a disfiguring facial disease and as a last resource was sent to Sir Harold Gillies, who worked for six months to restore her features. He was surprisingly successful. When the bandages were removed medical students flocked to the ward to admire the operation. When a mirror was handed to Mrs Lloyd she said: “What a surprise for my husband when ho comes to sec me on Whit Monday. Tho husband duly arrived and stayed at the Hammersmith Hospital for ten hours, chatting continuously and giving news of their ten-year-old boy. They were apparently very happy. The nurse left the room for a few minutes and then heard a piercing scream. She dashed back to find Lloyd lying across his wife’s bed with his throat cut. His wife, who was similarly injured, died in a few hours. The husband may recover. There is not a hint in regard to tho cause of the tragedy.

Neighbours of Lloyd at Aberdare says that he was depressed and unstrung following weeks of anxiety.