ROAD TRAGEDY
THIRD VICTIM OF ACCIDENT DIES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. May 9. Mr Lawrence Alfred Dailey, aged 38, carrier. Oxford, the third victim of a fatal motor collision at Swannanoa on Sunday morning, died from injuries in the public hospital this.morning. The other victims, who were passengers in Mr Dailey’s car. were: Mr William Holder, aged 51. musterer, Oxford, and his daughter. Miss Rita Holder, aged 20. The other vehicle in the collision was a three-seater car, driven by Mr Leslie McDonald. Swannanoa, who was 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 had been seriously ill for some weeks, and her death was not hastened by the shock of the accident, news of which was withheld from her.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19390510.2.25
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1939, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
165ROAD TRAGEDY Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1939, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in