Gasconade Bridge train disaster
- Gasconade Bridge train disaster
The Gasconade Bridge train disaster was a rail accident at Gasconade, Missouri on November 1, 1855.
At the time of the disaster, the Pacific Railroad was being built west from St. Louis towards the Pacific Ocean, and had been completed to Jefferson City, 125 miles to the west.
On November 1, an inaugural train carrying some 600 invited visitors and dignitaries, set out from St. Louis.
On arriving at the Gasconade Bridge, a 760 foot wooden structure, the span between the bank and the first pier, which consisted of a temporary trestle work, collapsed, sending all but one of the 15 cars down onto the bank and into the river.
31 people were killed, and many injuried, making this the worst railroad disaster in Missouri history.
Many of the dead are buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery. [cite web|url=http://www.wikilou.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gasconade_Bridge_Train_Disaster|title=Gasconade Bridge Train Disaster|publisher=WikiLou website|accessdate=2008-08-22]
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