ACCIDENT TO A COACH.
CAPSIZED INTO A GULLY. SE7EKAL PASSENGERS INJURED. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. By Telegraph—Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, September 18. An accident occurred to the Herbertville coach to day, caused by the swingle-tree breaking. The coach completely capsized into a gully about twenty feet deep. One passenger, Mrs Watt, was internally injured. The driver, Saunders, was severely crushed by the front wheel. A Mrs Burling and child were slightly hurt, and several other passang ers were bruised and shaken. A man named Blair was pinned under the coach by the splashboard on the neck, and miraculously escaped with a few scratches.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2994, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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101ACCIDENT TO A COACH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2994, 19 September 1908, Page 5
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