P.-c. C. S. Marlowe, who helped to recover the body, said that WilsKer was "very excited" all the time, ahd pleaded to be allowed to look for. his wife.
Having lost her balance, Mrs. Wilsher would be handicapped by her mackintosh, which was buttoned up to the neck.
Police-sergt. Churchill stated that the footbridge was 16 feet long and was unprotected by a handrail for 9 feet. The bridge was not dangerous, in his opinion.
After the verdict had been recorded, Mr. Whyley said that many of the plank bridges over the river were in a rotten condition, and when he visited the scene he nearly fell in himself.
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