A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.
A coach accident, fortunately unattended by serious results, a broken pole and other injuries to the vehicle excepted (says the Hobart “ Mercury ” of the 15th instant), befel Mr Fisher’s Brown’s River coach on Thursday afternoon. Crossing Kingston Bridge, the horses were startled by some heaps of sand piled on the roadside, and the coach being thrown with great force against the siding, pearly capsized. The driver (Fisher) was hurled from his seat, and throwing a complete somersault, landed in the adjoining paddock without injury.. Lying on the ground be, with commendable presence of ipind, stiil held on to his reins, while the only passenger occupying a box seat, Mr JSlsasser, reprer sentative of the VVarner’s Safe Cure Co., pluckily stjuek there, and placing his foot lon thp brake, prevented further mischief. Inside the coach were two old people and a young woman, who escaped with a shock.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 4
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150A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 4
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