Date: 1897
On the 27th of December last, eleven and a half inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours.  As the train was craAvling up towards Bandera- Avela, the engine-driver saw that beyond a certain tunnel the line was washed away ; he, therefore, stopped the train.  The passengers got out to see what it was best to do, when one of them noticed some stones rolling down the mountain side above them.