George Henry Armitage (1898-1936) was a passenger in a car that collided with a tram in May 1935. One of the other passengers (Florence E Beale, aged 36), died in the accident. The following item was published in the Reynold's Newspaper (5 May 1935) :
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This incident must have been upsetting for all those involved in it. Perhaps it was one of the factors that resulted in George's suicide "while of unsound mind" some 15 months later in August 1936.
