SEVERE INJURIES
MOTOR CYCLIST’S DEATH. Dominion Special. Dunedin, November IS. An inquest into the circumstances of the death of Harold Vincent Harrison, the motor-cyclist who was picked up in an unconscious condition near Otokia on Tuesday afternoon, was opened to-day by Mr. J. R. Bartholomew. S.M., at the hoepital. Dr. H. W. Fitzgerald stated that deceased was admitted at 7.30 p.m on Tuesday suffering severely from ehock. There were abrasions above both eyes, a cut in tho centre of the forehead, an extensive bruise above the left eye. and a large abrasion above the left knee. Deceased was unconscious. He rallied slightly, but did not regain conaoiousness. and died nt 9.55 a.m. yesterday, the cause of death being fracture of the base of the sku.ll, with haemorrhage in and around the brain. The inquiry was then adjourned.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 13
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137SEVERE INJURIES Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 13
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