Fatal Coach Accident
«. _ I PEB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Hokitika, April 26. A disastrous coach accident occurred between this place and Kumara about mid-day on Thursday. As Cameron's mail-coach was nearing Kumara and going down Sandy's Hill, the break would not work, and the coach gained great impetus, making the horses gallop. Near the bottom of the hill the coach capsized, and the horses galloped into Kumara with the fore carriage. Sixteen passengers were more or less injured. A young man named W. White had his leg broken in three places, and an arm fractured, as well as internal injuries. He died this afternoon in great pain. Constable Bennett was injured in the legs and body. A Miss Benyou had a rib broken. Galbraith, jockey, had a small bone in his wrist broken. Taylor, the driver, had his chest strained, and is injured internally. Tully a runner of the West Coast Times, was on the top seat of the coach with two little girls, who he threw into some bushes as the coach was going down the hill ; they escaped uninjured. He had just time to save himself, but was much bruised.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 125, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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191Fatal Coach Accident Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 125, 27 April 1889, Page 2
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