CHAMPION ATHLETE
MISS LUMLEY KILLED TWIN SISTER INJURED (Per Proas Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The New Zealand champion woman athlete was fatally hurt, her twin sister very seriously injured and two companions suffered less serious injuries as a result of a collision between a cream lorry and a small car at Mount Wellington. The victims were:— Killed Miss Doreen Lumley, aged 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lumley, Grey Lynn. Injured Miss Bernice Lumley, twin sister of Miss Doreen Lumley, suffered a fractured skull; condition is very serious. Albert Francis Stanley, accountant, aged 19, of Epsom, injury to right leg; condition not serious. Peter Sharp, aged 19, motor engineering apprentice, of Green Lane; discharged from hospital after treatment for minor injuries.
The victims of the accident were occupants of a small car driven by Mr. Sharp
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20057, 2 October 1939, Page 9
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137CHAMPION ATHLETE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20057, 2 October 1939, Page 9
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