A HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE.
A COACH NEARLY HURLED FROM KINGSTON BRIDGE. 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, befell Mr Fisher’s Brown s Hiver 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, nearly capsized. The driver (Fisher) was hurled from his seat, and throwing a complete somersault, landed in the adjoining paddock without injury, Hying on the ground he, with commendable presence ol mind, still held on to his reins, while the only passenger occupying a box seat, Mr Elsasser, representative of the Warner’s Safe j4t Cure Co., pluckily stuck there, and placing his foot on the brake, pre* vented further mischief. Inside the coach were two old people and a young woman, who escaped with a shock.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2031, 10 April 1890, Page 2
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159A HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE. Temuka Leader, Issue 2031, 10 April 1890, Page 2
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