INQUEST
DEATH JN HOSPITAL. The coroner (Mr J. R. Bartholomew, 8.M.) held an inquest on Thursday afternoon into the circumstances under which the death took place of Bamuel Clarkson. 60 years of age, who died in the Dunedin Hospital on Wednesday. On August 20, 1921. the deceased was riding a horse which bolted, and the rider, having lost his seat, was clvagged 50 yards. He was uncoilsicous when picked up. anil was conveyed to ihe Dunsfan Hospital. He remained there for five months and a-half. where h" was operated upon. Mr J. 8. Sinclair represented the relatives of the deceased. The Coroner, after hearing medical evidence, etc., said hi* verdict was that death had been caused by heart failure, due to tetanus, following on a necessary operation for an injury to the right pelvis bone, the injury being caused by deceased being dragged from a horse he was riding at Laud'riane, near Becks, on August 21.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3566, 18 July 1922, Page 5
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156INQUEST Otago Witness, Issue 3566, 18 July 1922, Page 5
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