ROAD ACCIDENT
WELL-KNOWN WELLINGTONIAN KILLED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 14. Fatal head Injuries were received oy Mrs Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, widow of Edward Joshua Riddiford, when she was knocked down by a van while crossing the road to her home at Lower Hutt about 5.40 this evening. Mis Riddiford was unconscious when picked up and died at her home two hours later without regaining consciousness. Mrs Riddiford, who was a daughter of a Wellington pioneer, Mr Henry Bunny, a former deputy superintendent of Wellington Province, was born in 1861. She married in 1879 and with the exception of a few years in England lived all her life at Lower Hutt. Mrs F ddiford was well known for her acts of charity. During the war she did great service at Walton-on-Thames, T ondon. Mrs Riddiford is survived by a brother, Mr E. P. Bunny, of Lower Hutt, and an adult family of five —Mrs Lindsay (Scotland), Mr Daniel Riddiford (Featherston), Mr Eric Riddiford (Orongo Orongo), Mrs Liddiard (England), Mrs Dudley Kettle (Napier). Two sons. Mr Vivian Riddiford and Mr Lionel Riddiford, predeceased her.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21063, 15 June 1938, Page 6
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183ROAD ACCIDENT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21063, 15 June 1938, Page 6
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