OPUNAKE.
November 16
The heavy rain has caused a fresh in the river. Yesterday, while the Parihaka coach was crossing the Oaonui river, torrents of water came down, suddenly sweeping the coach, horses, and driver away. The driver went along with the current until be managed to get on one of the banks, and tbus escaped. The horses were found dead on the beach a couple of miles from the scene of the accident, and the front of the coach has been seen. The English mails were on board, and a search party has been out, and it is expected that the mails will be recovered to-day.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3543, 16 November 1882, Page 3
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