Salisbury And Winchester Journal, Monday 8th February 1836:
“The fall of snow was so great on Tuesday in the neighbourhood of Amesbury, that the roads became completely impassable, the snow lying in some places upwards of ten feet in depth. The Telegraph coach, on its way to Exeter, after dining its passengers at the Deptford Inn, had not proceeded far before it became embedded in the snow, and all attempts to extricate it proved utterly unavailing.”
“The coach proceeding to London on that road experienced a similar obstruction, and the passengers in both, among which were, Lord Exmouth, Mr Manderville, and several other gentlemen, were compelled to postpone their journey until the following day.”
“We cannot omit mentioning, that the coachmen and guards used every possible exertion to proceed, and that the landlord of the Inn, assisted by Mr Wm. Lush, of Deptford Farm, who kindly volunteered the use of his horses and men, were the happy means, after great exertion, of extricating the ladies from their dangerous situation in the vehicles. Had it not been for their endeavours, from the situation in which the downward coach was found they would in all probability have perished in the snow.â€