ii6 STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE 



meeting some donkey-cai'ts on the road, ran into 

 them, injuring some okl Avomen driving from 

 market. One of them subsequently died from her 

 hurts. 



March 2'lnd. — The NorAvich Day Coach upset 

 at Erentwood. The coachman, James Draing, 

 who Avas also proprietor, Avas killed. 



Ajxril 21st. — The Southampton and Exeter 

 Mail ujisct in the NeAV Eorest, tAvo miles from 

 Stony Cross, hy the horses, frightened at an over- 

 turned Avaggon, running the coach up a hank. 

 Cheny, the coachman, met a dreadful death, 

 his head being literally split in tAVo. A sub- 

 scription of £350 Avas raised for his AvidoAV and 

 six children. 



Mai/ 1st. — The " Red R-over," Ironbridge and 

 Wolverhampton coach, upset half a mile from 

 Madeley. One passenger, name unknoAvn, killed. 

 He Avas described as "a very stout gentleman, 

 apparently about sixty years of age, dressed in 

 an iuA'isible green coat and great-coat of the same 

 colour." 



Jime 2Gt/i. — AVilliam Cooke, guard of the 

 Worcester coach, fell off his seat and Avas killed. 



September IQth. — The LudloAv and BcAvdley 

 " E-ed Rover " overturned by the Ijreaking of the 

 front axle. The coach Avas f^oinc; sIoavIv doAvn-hill 

 at the time, and the Avheel had the slipjier on. It 

 Avas a heavily-loaded coach, and all the outsides 

 were violently throAvn. A Mr. Thomas, a native 

 of Ludlow, fifty-seven years of age, retired from 

 business, Avas so sci'iously injured that he died 



