KNOCKED DOWN BY VAN

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 221, 15 June 1938, Page 12

KNOCKED DOWN BY VAN

, Mrs. E. C. Riddiford FATAL HEAD INJURIES RECEIVED Fatal head injuries were received by Mrs. Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, widow of Mr. Edward Joshua Riddiford, when she was knocked down by a van while crossing the road to her home at 74 Woburn Road, Lower Hutt, at about 5.40 last evening. Mrs. Riddiford, who was attended by Dr. W. J. Hutchison, Petone, was unconscious when picked up and died at her home two hours later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Riddiford, who was the daughter of an early Wellington pioneer, the late Mr. Henry Bunny, a former deputy superintendent of Wellington province, was born in 1861. She married in 1879, and, with tlie exception of a few years in England, lived all her life at Lower Hutt. A prominent worker in St. James’s Church, Lower Hutt, Mrs. Riddiford was well known for her acts of charity. During the war she did great service at Walton-on-Thames, Loudon. Mrs. Riddiford is survived by her brother, Mr. E. P. Bunny, Lower Hutt, and an adult family of five, Mrs. Lindsay. Scotland; Mrs. Daniel Riddiford. Featherston: Mr. Eric Riddiford, Orongorongo; Mrs. Liddiard, England; and Mrs. Dudley Kettle, Nitpier. Two sons. Mr. Vivian Riddiford, and Mr. Lionel Riddiford. predeceased her.