WAR WORKER'S DEATH
MRS RIODIFORD KILLED IN STREET - ACCIDENT
WELLINGTON. June 14,
: 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 fhe road to her home at Lower, Hutt about 5.40 this evening., Mh Riddiford 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, Mr Henry Bunny, a former deputy superintendent of the- Wellington province, was born in 1861. She married in 1879, and, with the exception of a few years spent in England, lived all her life at Lower Hutt. She was well known for her acts of charity. During the war she did great service at Walton-on-Thames, London. Mrs Riddiford is survived by a brother,'Mr E. P. Bunny, of Lower Hutt, and an adult family Of five.
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Evening Star, Issue 22984, 15 June 1938, Page 6
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154WAR WORKER'S DEATH Evening Star, Issue 22984, 15 June 1938, Page 6
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