Baby Coozie was adopted from "Mama Coozie's Adoption Agency"
(GCYYEJ) and has now decided to run away and join the circus.
Parking available across the street, use caution with traffic
flow.
This article was written by Suzanne Sickler Ohl, an early member
of the Tyrone Area Historical Society. It was originally published
in April 1993.
Early in the morning of May 30, 1893 an event occurred at
McCann’s Crossing, four miles northwest of Tyrone,
Pennsylvania, which has remained an important part of
Tyrone’s history. On that site a train containing the Walter
L. Main Circus was derailed and piled in a confused mass. Five men
were killed and seven were seriously injured. Fifty-three horses
plus other animals were killed. A few animals escaped to the woods,
later to be recaptured. The escaped snakes never were found.
Fourteen railroad cars and twenty-five circus wagons were
destroyed. As had been demonstrated on many other occasions the
people of Tyrone demonstrated they had a heart when they came to
the aid of those frightened circus people. They provided rooms and
hospitality to Mr. Walter Main and his people during the several
months that went by before it was possible to assemble a new outfit
and continue the tour. However during the following week the big
circus tents were erected in Conrad’s Park on E. 12th Street
with the horses and other large animals being housed in the
150-horse Sheridan Armory adjacent to the Park. Many of the
performers were guests at the nearby Empire House. During that
weekend the military circus band played a concert at St.
Matthew’s Catholic School hall and between innings at the
baseball game at the Athletic Field. A real spirit of comradeship
existed between Tyrone and the circus people. The two circus
employees who were killed were buried in Grandview Cemetery in
Tyrone. Each succeeding year whenever a circus would pass through
or appear in Tyrone, the circus troupe would hold a memorial
service at the grave site. On June 23, 1975 a memorial plaque was
dedicated at the McCann’s Crossing wreck site to commemorate
one of the greatest circus wrecks in world history. About one
hundred Tyrone area people gathered for the occasion. On the
monument plaque was inscribed a brief description of the circus
wreck and the names of the people involved in the memorial
project.
Please take the time to visit the monument, sit on one of the
benches and reflect what the scene would have been there as the
train crashed, the animals ran, and circus folks scrambled to save
what they could.
Landowner permission has been granted for this cache
Minimal bushwacking is necessary.
For now, please search during daylight hours only.
*USE CAUTION near GZ because "small vehicles".
The cache is large enough for small swag trade items, TB's,
Geocoins, etc.
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with our first hide.
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