From South Australian Register, 24 December 1885: "Inquest at the Adelaide Hospital.— An enquiry was commenced at the Adelaide Hospital on Wednesday morning into the cause of death of Hermann Degenhardt, aged 59, who died in that institution on the previous day. The evidence taken showed that the deceased, who was a bailiff at Mannum, was admitted to the hospital on Monday last. He was then conscious, but in great pain and paralysed in the lower limbs. He said that he had fallen from a cart. He became delirious shortly after admission, and died the following day from hemorrhage in the spinal canal, -which the doctor considered would be the result of a fall The inquest was adjourned till next morning.