CYCLING FATALITY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 5

CYCLING FATALITY.

MOTOR-CYCLIST'S DEATH. J j By Tu'cgraph—Press Association. J i Christchurch, Saturday. Last night a motor-cyclist named ® Mark Ishenvood was found dead on tlie c road :il Darfiehl. There was no trace ] of an accident, nnd it is surmised his 1 death was due i<> a fit. 11 _ w THE IXQIT.ST. (f Christclumli, Last Night. 1' An inquest was opened to-day con- I corning tlie death of Mark Edward Isher- I wood, a motor-cyclist, who was found f 1 in a dying condition near Darfield on . 11 Friday night. Dr. Westenra, who con- * dueled (he post mortem examination, [ said that the. deceased had evidently ' been thrown violently on the handles J of the motor-cycle he was riding, cans- j ing injuries to his heart, which resulted in death. Another witness, named liarper. guv., evidence that from the exam- { ination he had made of the locality it would appear that the deceased was j riding his cyc'.e along the macadamised t part of the road, when he suddenly 11 swerved to the side, on to the grass '<] (rack. 'The motor became embedded in )a a rut, and in trying to extricate the i machine the rider would be thrown on ! I to tlie handle-burs. The inquest wa^'j t then adjourned till Tuesday at Dar- 1 field, to enable further evidence to be | o taken. i e