ELTHAM TRAGEDY.
THE INQUEST ON MRS. OWEN. ONLY FORMAL EVIDENCE. The inquest concerning the death of Mrs. W. P. Owen, a victim of the terrible double tragedy which occurred at Eltham on Friday morning, was opened before the coroner (Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M.) on Saturday. Mrs. Owen died on Friday evening, her husband having been found dead that morning. After formal evidence of identificati<> D had been given by George Washington (Tayler, father of the deceased, the inquest was adjourned sine die. At a meeting of the executive committee of the combined bands* queen carnival at Eltham on Friday night, it wa<4; decided, in view of the tragedy in the morning, to suspend all operation* until Monday. A vote of sympathy with the bereaved families was passed in silence. The funeral of the victims of the Fraser Road tragedy took place at Eltham yesterday, large numbers attending. Owen was 27 years of age, and wiitv
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19220109.2.34
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1922, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
156ELTHAM TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1922, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in