In 1903, about north, a southbound passenger train struck a landslide, derailed, and rolled down an embankment. The fireman was badly scalded. By that year, flooding and the abysmal state of the roads and creek bridges had prompted most of the early farmers to abandon their Hall's Landing properties. In 1907, Violet Wagstaff was the inaugural teacher at the school. In 1912, having four children to bring up the numbers was a factor in Richard Girling securing the teaching position at the one room log building erected that year. In 1915, the building was upgraded or replaced.
