COACHING 



and some contusions on the head.' (BelVs LifCj 15th 

 December 1882). 



It would be easy to compile a list of accidents due 

 to causes unforseen, each one, illustrating a different 

 danger of the road. Here are a few : — 



* Tuesday afternoon, as one of the Brighton stages 

 was leaving London at a rapid pace, the pole broke 

 in Lambeth, and the coach was upset. Several 

 passengers had limbs broken and others were 

 injured.' (BeWs Life, 25th August 1822). 



*A fatal accident befel the Woolwich Tally Ho 

 opposition stage on Tuesday. Coming down the 

 hill from the Green Man the horses became restive, 

 the coachman lost his command, and immediately 

 the whole set off at full speed. In turning a corner 

 the coach upset, being heavily laden outside. Out 

 of sixteen persons only one escaped without a leg 

 or arm broken, and four are not expected to survive. 

 The coach was literally dashed to pieces. The inside 

 passengers were more lacerated than those out- 

 side, owing to the coach being shattered to pieces 

 and their being dragged along the road for fifty 

 yards. But little hopes are entertained of a Major 

 M'Leod — a very fine young man ; not a vestige of 



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