INJURIES PROVE FATAL
WOMAN STRUCK BY CAR. (By Telegraph—Tress Association.) INVERCARGILL, March 3. Injuries which later proved fatal were received this morning by Miss Delia Daley, aged 67, when she was struck by a motor-car driven by Michael Joseph Gilfeder, taxi driver, at the intersection of Eyre and Nith Streets about 8.10 o’clock. Mr Gilfeder was travelling south along Nith Street, and when crossing over the railway line noticed 1 the woman standing in the centre of the road at the intersection. He sounded his horn twice, and Miss Daley, who it is reported, was hard of hearing, seemed to take fright, for she darted back and then forward again and' was struck with the left-hand mudguard. She was taken to the Southland Hospital suffering from head injuries and a broken right leg, and died about 11.30 a.m.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 4 March 1935, Page 4
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