CANTERBURY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 848, 9 September 1864, Page 6

CANTERBURY.

Accident with Loss of Life.—A man named Frank met with his <?eath yesterday ■afternoon in !'ort Levy bydrownis g. It appears that the deceased wits at the time cf the accident in a state of intoxication, and the boaW>y getting broadside jn to a very heavy swell that was running, became unmanageable, and was dashed aeainst Port levy rocks and smashed to pieces. There was another man in the boat, who succeeded in gaining the shore by swimming.— Press, 6th Sept. - Coaoh Accident —On Saturday last Cobb and Co 's four-horse mid-day coaoh to Kaiapoi met with an accident, winch, though happily uu attended with any serious consequences, appeared ar, the moment to be of a serious nature. The coach left the office with a fair load of passengers, including five ladies who travelled inside. About half a mile beyond Papanui, at Mr Thomson's cross road, Mr Treleaven's light dray with a load of flour, having met with an acaident, was unloaded and undergoing repair, the flour being stowed on theriad. The coach horses shied at" the flour bags, at the same time running down the deep siding on the near sirie of the road, by which of course the coach was at once C3psised. .No one was at all injured, and the front of the carriage immediately disconnecting, the horses had no chance of dragging the passengers. All American coaches «ie built ou the disconnecting: system, being provided *<ith_a loose ring-bolt which, i» case of a capsize, invariably comes out, so thab in the event of the horses bolting they can injure nothing but the wheels and pole. In this case the team bolted, but, by breaking their bars, the leaders soon provf d themselves to be members of the service unattached, while the wheelers were safely secured close to the Peven mile Peg, The driver, Mr High, one of C;>bb's most experienced men in Victoria and Otago, is exonerated from blame, as he did all in his power to prevent the accident. Word was forwarded to town, and another coach was at once despatched, which took oh the travellers to their destination,, and it may not be deemed unworthy of notice to mention that, in spite of tha unavoidable delay, the mails from the North were delivered at Christehurch within five or ten minutes of the regular time. — Lyttelton Times, Sept. 6.