The Sun.
London, England, 1815-07-18 00:00:00

SHOCKING CATAST.IIOI)IIn.
[FitOM A COI; R ESPONDF:NT.]

" FIANLEr, we're- very much
;hocked on the arrivil of two pa,sengers from
the Coventry coach to Bear, that in consequence
of the coachinan htivs ig loirered or. the rpad, be
was notch behind iris .and being- nincli
inebriated, he dot:twined to- take de,fg..rifte
push: to iccover the tinte he, had lost., .lie drove
five miles ill t,venty niinnttS, and, incredible AS it
may appeal., he drove, the last mile in the spaCe
of ON minuet, whcli , owifig to the coachlorocced-
ing with stleh lerrilk velocity, it- ran ag dust the
post of a turnpike-gate ; the shock was so violent
that all the passengers were' thrown ,out and off,
8114 the cvuach lVtiS completely shattered to pieces,
The coachman mid three others immediately-
breathed their last two, were taken into the
turnpike house in a dying state, it was not pos-
sible for either of them tti survive ninny hours;
three were sent on to Llinckley in a post-chaise,
one of them had his kg broken, -another, her col-
Lir. bone dislocated, and the third was terribly
hurt : the. two Gentlemen that escaped followed
us in a post-chaise with the report: Thin is a
correct statement from one of the passengers who
was in no way injured, except having hit leg
slightly bruised."

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

LEICCSTER, JULY 15.—Last night occurred one of those
dreadful catastrophes, the result of driving opposition
conches, the extent ut which has su stunned the conntey with
horror, that sinter people -for a time will not hazard their
lives in •those sellictes ut fury and Madness. Two coaclics
that run 1134 from litinckley to Leicester, hod set out altout
ti sloes: imtlie evening. The- *first hariur descended the bill
that leadi to Leicester, was obliged to stop to repair the hap-
ness. The other coachman from the'top of the hill saw the
accident, and seized the moment to give 'his antagonist the
Aro by, and immediately flogged his horses into 0 gallop down
the hill. The horses contrived to keep on their legs, but in
the midst of their speed tooli fright at something I,•ing on the
road, and became so inimanageable in the !lauds of a dt'unlicii
coachman, that,•in,t heir sweep to avoid the object of 'alarm,
the driver could not recover them sir as to dill. the post of
the turnpike-gate at the bottom of the hitltp gad the velo-
city was so great, that in en instant the-•coacti was split
into two, and by. the tremendous shock three perrons were
dashed to 'pieces and instantly expired, and two-other's ex-
pired a few hours after Wards in the ~-ri..-atest. agony; tour. were
conveyed away in chaises for surgical' aid with- fractit-tal
lioihs, and two thait were in the dicky behind were thrown
with that part of the eiraeli to a great cjistance, and not toilet]
hurt, fry falling in the hedge. 'The coachman fell a vi-ctiorto
his fury and madness ; but society has to laMent the death of
Miss Page, an-amiable yOlint; Quaker .arty arid her compa-
&oil, who were retiirning from a visit. in NVarwickshire;,the
other two trofortniudes are an Officer's servant, and a per •01
of liiackley. It is tionnthat the Magistrates should put
a stop to these outrageous proceediti, that !ave 'existed too
long in this part of the coontrr,, he'grtat alarm of the in-
habitants in the streets through which these smashes pass.