An inquest on the death of Mrs Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, aged 74, the widow of Mr Edward Joshua Riddiford, was held at Lower Hutt. The District Coroner (Mr E. Gilbertson) returned a verdict that Mrs Riddiford died at her residence, 74 Woburn road, Lower Hutt, from injuries received through being knocked down in Woburn road by a motor-van driven by Robert Richmond Southorn, a butcher, residing at 5 Alice street, Lower Hutt. Dr W. J. Hutchinson said Mrs Riddiford received a fractured skull and died without regaining consciousness—Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 23538, 18 June 1938, Page 8
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