ACCIDENT.
A* accident of a serious nature occurred <» S"}™!^ afternoon to Mr Lundon's Panjnura and H°«* omnibus It appears that lately an opposition bus has bWf started by Mr and about 4 0 clack the day before yesterday the t^o rival conveyances pulled np together at the Harp of Erin Hotel mftot outward tri P . Mr Wog s taffe' 8 vehicle resumad its journey first: and had parsed the Ellerslie-Hotel when the rumble of wheels "told the coming of the foe Abont a quarter of a mile beyond the hotel the road U very narrow, and isboundad on eithw_side .by_ uglylooking witerholes. The driver of Mr I?"»don * bus here tried to pans the other, and mfoalonUtinß the the width of the road, one of the wheels went off the - metal, and the next moment bus, horses, driver, and pasiengers wme Precipitated over into the pond. Wagstaffe lm™. ed™: tely pulled up ...big horses, and both; lie and his pisjengers rendered what twistance they ootl' d "* extracting the living freight from t^eir uncomfortable position. A young lady by name Miss Gill jo*!*""* of being B everely bruised on the hip, but with one
hv ufi o imy*%? fonnd to have been sustained hnUi? P. 88"11'"8 The poll of the bus was broken, but the hordes were not hurt. The pas-encera were teken on by Mr WP R9 teffe, BD d afte? beta*pitched The j^'f "Wplemnmed its interupted journey nottni f ?v . tmblic vehicles cannot be too careful w?a the safrfl 1 dff- °f ontßWPPk* • rival interfere wim me safety of their rassengerd.
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Auckland Star, Volume VII, Issue 2032, 14 August 1876, Page 3
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