Ethelbert Cyril Rich, c.1932
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Ethelbert Cyril Rich (1905-1933).
- Notes
- Ethelbert Cyril Rich was born at Penge, near London, England in 1905 and came to Whitby with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ethelbert Rich in 1920. In 1923, he was hired as an attendant at the Ontario Hospital Whitby. Late on the night of March 12, 1933 while he was alone on duty in Cottage 14 he was attacked in the bathroom by a patient and strangled to death with his necktie. The patient was suffering delusions that people were trying to poison his coffee.
Cyril Rich is buried with his parents in Groveside Cemetery. He was the only known staff member at the Ontario Hospital Whitby to be killed by a patient. - Date of Original
- c.1932
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 8 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 8cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 13-001-177
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.853888 Longitude: -78.936111
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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