COACHING ACCIDENT.
CROSSING FLOODED RIVER.
TWO PASSENGERS DROWNED,
(Per Press Association), TIMARU, last night.
A drowning fatality occurred near Geraldine yesterday morning. The Geraldine-Orari coach capsized in the Waihi river, at the crossing known as Mackenzie’s. Mrs Scott, of Woodbury, was drowned, also a child about IS Months’ old, named Pizzey, whose parents reside at Lyttelton. The other passengers were saved, though several narrowly escaped with their lives. Every precaution was taken by Geo. Scott, driver of the coach, who first crossed over himself, then came hack and took the lady passengers and one man. The river was flooded. The mishap was caused through a horse stumbling and falling down in the river. The body of Mrs Scott has been recovered, but the child’s body has not yet been found.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 360, 10 March 1902, Page 2
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130COACHING ACCIDENT. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 360, 10 March 1902, Page 2
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