COACHING MISHAP
NARROW ESCAPE. OHJMSaXMTJiRDH, Last Nigh*. One of tHie West Coast coaches today nearly met with a serious acoi-i dealt at Paddy's Bend, where a serious accident (occurred a few weeks ago. The coach was descending a sfteep hill, when the brake failed to work, and Hhe horses galloped on. :i The • swayed ;hea>ilyU .and -the; driver r B. Gboctger:,; was. : : pff.;■ ■ : .BJlaiJßi£p3t&, until -oner ielt; a^' ; br©k£its ! and that acted as a cheek,* and ithe coach ftnaJly pilled lip.. Most: of the passengers had dropped.ojfvhe-" fee the driver fellv but. none . were serdoTisH* The- driver- was rather hadly cut about the head, arid was brought to the Christchurch Hospital.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10535, 23 January 1912, Page 5
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111COACHING MISHAP Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10535, 23 January 1912, Page 5
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