Elks/Alberta Joyce

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Last name
Elks
First name
Elma
  • aged 24
  • also known as Elma
  • threw herself off bridge and died several hours later from shock and immersion
  • she told police she was depressed and tired of life
  • she left a husband and two children, a baby eight weeks, and the other four years
  • Husband gave evidence at inquest that she had previously attempt to commit suicide.
  • Five days before her death she had returned from an institution where she had been treated
  • City Coroner found that the woman had committed suicide while temporarily insane
  • third fatal jump from the bridge
Date of attempt
Newspaper
Queensland Times, 25 June 1932, p. 8
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 2 July 1932, p. 8
Gender
Female
status
Died