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back part of the coach, and gave the reins to 

 a boy who sat on the box. 



While he was dehvering the parcel to a per- 

 son who stood near the after wheel of the coach 

 the boy cracked the whip, and the horses set 

 ofl* at full speed. Several attempts were made 

 to stop them, but in vain; they passed Ewell 

 church, and tore away about twelve yards of 

 strong paling, when, the wheels mounting a 

 small eminence, the coach was overturned, and 

 the whole of the passengers were thrown from 

 the roof. Some of them w^ere in a state of 

 insensibility, showing no sjnnptoms of life. 

 One female, who was thrown upon some 

 spikes, which entered her breast and neck, 

 was dreadfully mutilated, none of her features 

 being distinguishable ; she lingered until the 

 following day, when she expired in the greatest 

 agony. 



While the "True Blue" coach, which ran 

 daily between Leeds and Wakefield, was de- 

 scending Belle-hill (the precaution of locking 

 the wheel not having been observed) the 

 horses got into a gallop, and at the bottom, 

 the coach being on the wrong side of the 

 road, came in contact with a coal-cart with 

 such violence as to break the shaft of the 



