Bruce Marshall, 1913-2/7/1939.

ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS

SHOCKING INJURIES. 

A Gore Association telegram reads: Striking a car driven by Herbert William Fraser, of Invercargill, with terrific force in a head-on collision on the outskirts of Mataura Borough at 11 o’clock last evening, a motor cyclist, Bruce Marshall (25), single, of Edendale, was killed instantaneously. Shocking injuries included a broken neck and fractured legs. The car driver was uninjured.  -Evening Star, 3/7/1939.

MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED

HEAD-ON-COLLISION WITH CAR ACCIDENT AT MATAURA 

A head-on collision between a motor cycle and a motor car on the Main South road at Mataura at a late hour on Sunday night resulted in Bruce Marshall, a farm labourer, aged 26 years, of Edendale, being killed instantaneously. The car, driven by Herbert William Fraser, of Invercargill, and carrying as passengers N. J. Dorman and W. Jolly, also of Invercargill, was travelling south from Dunedin, and Marshall was proceeding north on a motor cycle. 

A wet bitumen surface and driving rain restricted visibility at the time of the accident, 11.30 p.m. The car and motor cycle met in violent collision near the Dacre street crossing, and Marshall was flung from his machine to the roadside, the cycle being carried in front of the car for some 30 yards before it was dropped. Marshall, who suffered severe head injuries, was picked up immediately, but it was found that life was extinct. The motor cycle was extensively damaged, and the front wheels, axle, steering gear, lamps, and mudguards of the car were badly buckled. 

An inquest was opened at Gore yesterday, but after evidence of identification was taken was adjourned.  -Otago Daily Times, 4/7/1939.

Edendale Cemetery.