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Died In His Car!
SKEGNESS GREENGROCER WHO RECENTLY RE-MARRIED

TRAGIC INCIDENT IN LUMLEY ROAD

There was a tragic happening in Lumley Road about 11 a.m. 3rd May 1949, when Mr. Alfred Drury, aged 55 years, a greengrocer of 9 Westfield Drive, Skegness, was taken suddenly ill as he was getting into his car outside the School of Cookery, and died even as help arrived.
He was observed to start the vehicle up, and was about to drive off in the centre of the road when the car stopped suddenly. The “revving” up of the engine caused attention to be centred on the vehicle, and a number of people rushed up only to find Mr. Drury slumped over the wheel.
Dr. Brownlie was called, but Mr. Drury expired as the police were removing him to the ambulance.
The Skegness Coroner, Mr. W. C. Howard, has been informed, but as death was from natural causes, no inquest will be necessary.
A sad feature of the occurrence is that deceased, who was a widower, was married for the second time only a fortnight previously, his bride being Mrs. May Medley, daughter of a former Skegness lifeboatman and a niece of the late Coun Samuel Moody, J.P., a former Chairman of the Skegness Council.
The utmost sympathy was extended to the widow in this tragic occurrence.

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