THIRD VICTIM CLAIMED.
TRAGIC MOTOR ACCIDENT
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night.
Mr. Lawrence Alfred Dalley, aged 3S, a carrier, of Oxford, the third victim of the fatal motor collision at Swannanoa on Sunday morning, died from injuries in the public hospital this morning. The other victims, who were passengers in Dalley's car, w r ere Mr. William Holder, aged 51, musterer, of Oxford, and his daughter, Miss Rita Holder, aged 20. The other vehicle concerned in the collision w r as a threeseater car driven by Leslie McDonald, of Swannanoa, who the sole occupant.
A tragic feature of the accident is that the Holders were travelling to Christchurch to visit a relative in hospital who has since died. She was Mrs. Eileen Margaret Allen, aged 24, daughter of Mr. William Holder and sister of Miss Rita Holder. Her death occurred early this morning. She has been seriously ill for some weeks ajnd her death was not hastened by the shock of the accident, the news of which was withheld from her.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 May 1939, Page 5
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