Train Wreck Traditional Cache

The Frisco train wreck of Sept. 15, 1914, was noted as one of the most tragic accidents ever in Laclede County. Twenty-seven passengers were drowned, 93 were injured, and a number narrowly escaped injury or death. This "natural disaster'' occurred west of Brush Creek on the old Humbert farm. It was reported that the day the westbound train left the Lebanon station was dark, gloomy, rainy and foreboding. The No. 5 train due at the Lebanon depot at 1:37 a.m. was nearly an hour late, and the wreck occurred about 2:30 a.m. A cloudburst brought a 7-inch rain within a few minutes. Heavy rain had fallen the day before. The unusual amount of rainfall made a raging 100-yard-wide stream of a dry creek. The small creek became a rushing river, and the torrent washed out 250 feet of the Frisco roadbed. A Frisco train engine, two mail cars, smoker and part of another car plunged into the swirling water. Two Pullman cars remained on the track. The engineer was one of the victims. When the water receded, his body was recovered from a wire fence where it was lodged. Full Story

You can park within 60 yards of the cache.The cache is placed along the creek that the train plunged into. The train wreck site is just slightly up the creek.

Thanks to the property owner for granting permission to place this cache