The Foxton Coach.
■ : ; %■ '211122 ■:■'<■■>. .: -:tii The passengers' by'tf6H6h ->?fi;a*__'Wellington to Foxton oh Weari&s<_._i^ laid, had some'very-unplea l sanfr' i expOTen : <s_.s of the risks that' are run o6ca-sionß.i^ on this line of road. M essrs SherwflH OhriuTilon and Good behero were amoitg^h. passengers ; there were also sdme'-Vbme4 and children. It appears thatthedr- yer took the Waikawa Creek, a small strain about two miles south'of-Ocpl'j., without having considered whether it" was 1 ".lire *td 7 do so or not. As soon "as the cbacK'Va. near midstream a - seh. broke. sJatJ) the creek which threw the leaders back on to the wheelers and' canted over the coach, wetting the passengers and crea^iAg^ieffectly warrantable alarm. in their, minds,. The driver behaved in . a renjarlpbjLy/pfucky manner, and proved .that if _tis ; '{!puld get into a mess, yet he could '^"63_ji*<Jf one also. It will be a .autibri to him not to attempt to cross a creek again 'with the tide making and a heavy sek*'On,Jwi.hout casting an eye seaward to lobkidnt for the rollers coming in. Beyqrid a s^yere wetting and a fright the passenger^, escaped i unharmed. ■' ---■—-> .
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 15, 14 July 1883, Page 2
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184The Foxton Coach. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 15, 14 July 1883, Page 2
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