OPENING OF THE INQUEST,

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12156, 3 February 1908, Page 2

OPENING OF THE INQUEST,

FORMAL EVIDENCE TAKEN

An inquest was opened at the Courthouse yesterday morning by Mr H. Eyre Kenny, S.M. , District Coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr E. E. Trask was chosen as foreman, touching the death of Airs Lydia Tilbury, under circumstances detailed above.

Sergeant Dougan appeared for the police, and Mr T. Edwards, District Traffic Manager, represented the Kail wav Department. The Coroner stated that as some important witnesses would be unable to appear for some days, it was his intention to take only formal evidence of identification, and relieve the husband of deceased of further attendance. The inquiry would then be adjourned until a future date.

The jury then viewed the body, after which Sergeant Dougan called Albert John Tilbury, husband of deceased, who said be was a market gardener residng at Lower Hutt. He had seen the body in the Morgue, which was that of his wife. He had come to Nelson with her on January 28th, in company with Susan Walter his wife's sister, on a visit. On Friday they went to Mr Kingsland's, at Appleby. They were to return to Nelson on Saturday by the 1.10 p.m. train. Mr Kingsland and witness went that morning for a bicycle riae, and arrauged with deceased and her sister to take the coach to Richmond station, where witness and Mr Kingaland proposed joining them. When they got there witness heard of the accident. Kingsland's place was about two miles from the scene of the accident. Deceased's name Was Lydia Tilbury, and she was 25 years of age. They did not know that the railway timetable had been altered on Saturday. At this stage the inquest was"adjourned until February 13th, when the jury will visit the scene of the accident, and hear further evidence.