Dear Reader,

Just after 3.00pm on the afternoon of 18 December 1867, the Lake Shore Express was crossing a high bridge by the village of Angola.

Either side of the tracks was a 50-foot drop into a gorge filled with icy water.

And that was when the last two carriages jumped the tracks.

Both carriages plummeted.

Only three people survived the fall.

The wreck went down in history as one of the US’ worst ever rail disasters.

But that’s not the story I want to tell you.

See, one of the most important men in history — the world’s first oil baron, John D Rockefeller — should have been on that train.

In fact, his baggage made it aboard the carriages that crashed...but he didn’t.

And that twist of fate changed not just Rockefeller’s life...but the fate of millions of people all over the US, and around the world.

Strange as it sounds, I believe understanding this little-known episode in Rockefeller’s life could help you build wealth today, a century-and-a-half later.

I explain why here.

Best,

Murray Dawes,
Investment Director, Australian Small-Cap Investigator