PREACHED WITH BROKEN NECK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1926, Page 25

PREACHED WITH BROKEN NECK.

DEATH FOUR DAIS LATER. The funeral took place at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, of the Rev. Alfred Ernest Taylor, aged 65, of Weston-super-Mare, who, although he sustained a broken neck In a motoring accident, afterwards travelled 140 miles by train, conducted or took part In, four services at Beckenham, Kent, and died four days later. At the inquest at Beckenham the coroner found that death was due to hemorrhage caused by dislocation of the neck, and recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. It was stated that Mr. Taylor was riding hts bicycle in Cross Street, Weston-super-Mare, when he came into collision with a motor car and was thrown violently into the road. To the surprise of the onlookers he got up and appeared to have escaped with slight bruises and abrasions ot the head, and shock. Mr. Taylor preached his last sermon on the "Gift of Life." Mr. Taylor spoke with enthusiasm of the hopefulness of the future. Not once in the course of his sermon did he hint at the difficulties under which he spoke. When he arrived his head was bandaged, but on Sunday morning he discarded the bandages for plaster dressings. During the service he asked the congregation to join with him in a prayer of thanksgiving for his escape. After the evening service he complained of pains In the head. He went to bed about 9.30 p.m., and when a servant ~went to his room at 6.30 the next morning he was unconscious.