THREE CYCLISTS HURT.
FALL ON CONCRETE TRACK, MISHAPS IN EIGHT-HOURS RACE* [Br 'TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHEISTCHURCH, Saturday. Three cyclists were injured this after* noon at the English Park Stadium during the eight-hours cycle race. The injured men are W. T. Weir, right hip badly injured, bruises and concussion; J. Scruise (Australia), abrasions and bruises; W. J. Holland, injuries to, head and face, bruises on the body and concussion. Holland was the most seriously injured and was unconscious fo? half an hour. All the men J rv® oeen admitted to the Christchurch Hospital* Scruise fell twice, but the first *ime he was not hurt and remounted his machine. There were three falls altogether. The men fell on the hard concrete, and ths speed at which they were travelling added to their injuries. A section of the crowd made a demon- y stration against alleged delay in removing Holland, who had to wait in a semiconscious condition for about 'JO owing to lack of ambulance facilities.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19503, 6 December 1926, Page 10
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