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J J AL LE N P US QI T
~1~KrNNhY amp ALLEN INOORPORATED
REL ESTATE LOANS AND INSURAcVCE
SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA
F N HlCS H S~~TAC4E1
Mr F H Johnson Executive Assistant The Milwaukee Road Chicago Illinois
Dear Mr JohnBon
Not only do I 1I1ah to acknowledge with thanks your letter of June 20 enclosing Trip Paes No n43671 in favor of Rev Bay M Johnson but to express my genuine sympathy to you and your associates over the recent and terrible train wreck in Montana After reading the account in the newspaper it eeemed entirely evident to me that you folks should be absolved altogether from any criticism whatsoever The exshypression flash floodw is a new one to me but easily undershystood r cannot see how any human means could have avoided the accident
In view of the foregoing I haVs middottaken occasibn deliberately to emphasize what I have just said in the preceding paragraph as various people have talked to me about the wreck
It just occurred to me this morning that lie continue to be consistent customers of the Milwaukee Saturday afternoon I) my Bon left on the Arrow for Chicago Monday evening my father went to Sioux City Wednesday morning my BOn will return on the Arrow from Chicago Thursday morning my father will return on the Arrow from Sioux City Friday morning Mr Burt our Sales Supervisor will return on the Arrow from New York and Chicago
Sincerely yours
Vice President
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June 27 1938
Mr W F Cody cO Chicago Mimiddotlwaukee amp St Paul Ry Co Mason City Iowa
Dear Mr Cody
Today we received the copy of the clipping from the Chicago Daily
Tribune sent out by your Chicago News Bureau We have been reading the
accounts of the tragic disasters that have happened to the Olympian
recenU) at Custer Creei and at Iqomar lIilnt We wish to extend our
8ympath) to the otficia1a and the men of the road for we know that you
must all feel very badly about it We wish to assure you that we believe
it was no fault of the road for we have always found the men on your
trains end in your service very careful and kind You heve ell been
very fine to us We thank you much for all tha t yQu have done for
our Community in giving us the annuel pass With deep sympathy
we remain
Sincetely your friends
THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS
By ~0rItjb144d~ dkf3
Kason City Iowa June a9~h 1938
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Mr F J Newell Ch1cago
I amattacbing you l et ter ro eir ed from Sister M Bonaventur~ of Sturg1s SD She 1s head of the Bened10tine Order in that t erritory
I tholtght it was very thoughtfuland very nic e of her
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Mr H A Soandrett Trustee C M St P amp P RR Chicago Ill
Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
_ kee St Paul and Pacific Rail road Company -~--- A SCANDRETT W A rTER J CUMM f N GS GEO RGE [ H A IGHT TRU STEE9
902 T raJic Department ~ Roya Bank Build ing
T elephone Elgin 9514
R S MOORE T V[L IHG FlI lil GHT 0 P S9 EN G E R AG~Nt
Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
bit ptollXod by ltOPFyrihl _- _ law (Tid W ttS od)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA
July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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(A Faith or CharityPP Institution)HOLINampSS Founded In JrHI
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Buford and McEwen end 1s retur~ed for your file
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
Wh(l(~ will you
TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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W W K SparrGllf B -f Rs-nolds H X Pierpont E Il Finegan
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
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Mr J T GilliCV
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
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I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
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OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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June 27 1938
Mr W F Cody cO Chicago Mimiddotlwaukee amp St Paul Ry Co Mason City Iowa
Dear Mr Cody
Today we received the copy of the clipping from the Chicago Daily
Tribune sent out by your Chicago News Bureau We have been reading the
accounts of the tragic disasters that have happened to the Olympian
recenU) at Custer Creei and at Iqomar lIilnt We wish to extend our
8ympath) to the otficia1a and the men of the road for we know that you
must all feel very badly about it We wish to assure you that we believe
it was no fault of the road for we have always found the men on your
trains end in your service very careful and kind You heve ell been
very fine to us We thank you much for all tha t yQu have done for
our Community in giving us the annuel pass With deep sympathy
we remain
Sincetely your friends
THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS
By ~0rItjb144d~ dkf3
Kason City Iowa June a9~h 1938
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Mr F J Newell Ch1cago
I amattacbing you l et ter ro eir ed from Sister M Bonaventur~ of Sturg1s SD She 1s head of the Bened10tine Order in that t erritory
I tholtght it was very thoughtfuland very nic e of her
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Mr H A Soandrett Trustee C M St P amp P RR Chicago Ill
Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
_ kee St Paul and Pacific Rail road Company -~--- A SCANDRETT W A rTER J CUMM f N GS GEO RGE [ H A IGHT TRU STEE9
902 T raJic Department ~ Roya Bank Build ing
T elephone Elgin 9514
R S MOORE T V[L IHG FlI lil GHT 0 P S9 EN G E R AG~Nt
Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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MEllI) mOM ro ~ 1100 middot A lIlnI1P -_ rm 1 lise
Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
Nothing is EOIina on the luesTille line eaat 0
lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
bit ptollXod by ltOPFyrihl _- _ law (Tid W ttS od)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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Mr W F Cody cO Chicago Mimiddotlwaukee amp St Paul Ry Co Mason City Iowa
Dear Mr Cody
Today we received the copy of the clipping from the Chicago Daily
Tribune sent out by your Chicago News Bureau We have been reading the
accounts of the tragic disasters that have happened to the Olympian
recenU) at Custer Creei and at Iqomar lIilnt We wish to extend our
8ympath) to the otficia1a and the men of the road for we know that you
must all feel very badly about it We wish to assure you that we believe
it was no fault of the road for we have always found the men on your
trains end in your service very careful and kind You heve ell been
very fine to us We thank you much for all tha t yQu have done for
our Community in giving us the annuel pass With deep sympathy
we remain
Sincetely your friends
THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS
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Kason City Iowa June a9~h 1938
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Mr F J Newell Ch1cago
I amattacbing you l et ter ro eir ed from Sister M Bonaventur~ of Sturg1s SD She 1s head of the Bened10tine Order in that t erritory
I tholtght it was very thoughtfuland very nic e of her
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
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June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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June 27 1938
Mr W F Cody cO Chicago Mimiddotlwaukee amp St Paul Ry Co Mason City Iowa
Dear Mr Cody
Today we received the copy of the clipping from the Chicago Daily
Tribune sent out by your Chicago News Bureau We have been reading the
accounts of the tragic disasters that have happened to the Olympian
recenU) at Custer Creei and at Iqomar lIilnt We wish to extend our
8ympath) to the otficia1a and the men of the road for we know that you
must all feel very badly about it We wish to assure you that we believe
it was no fault of the road for we have always found the men on your
trains end in your service very careful and kind You heve ell been
very fine to us We thank you much for all tha t yQu have done for
our Community in giving us the annuel pass With deep sympathy
we remain
Sincetely your friends
THE BENEDICTINE SISTERS
By ~0rItjb144d~ dkf3
Kason City Iowa June a9~h 1938
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Mr F J Newell Ch1cago
I amattacbing you l et ter ro eir ed from Sister M Bonaventur~ of Sturg1s SD She 1s head of the Bened10tine Order in that t erritory
I tholtght it was very thoughtfuland very nic e of her
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Mr H A Soandrett Trustee C M St P amp P RR Chicago Ill
Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
_ kee St Paul and Pacific Rail road Company -~--- A SCANDRETT W A rTER J CUMM f N GS GEO RGE [ H A IGHT TRU STEE9
902 T raJic Department ~ Roya Bank Build ing
T elephone Elgin 9514
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
Nothing is EOIina on the luesTille line eaat 0
lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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(A Faith or CharityPP Institution)HOLINampSS Founded In JrHI
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
Wh(l(~ will you
TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
Kason City Iowa June a9~h 1938
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Mr F J Newell Ch1cago
I amattacbing you l et ter ro eir ed from Sister M Bonaventur~ of Sturg1s SD She 1s head of the Bened10tine Order in that t erritory
I tholtght it was very thoughtfuland very nic e of her
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
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Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
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June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
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It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
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Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
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OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
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Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
Superintendent of Transortation
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Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
_ kee St Paul and Pacific Rail road Company -~--- A SCANDRETT W A rTER J CUMM f N GS GEO RGE [ H A IGHT TRU STEE9
902 T raJic Department ~ Roya Bank Build ing
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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Dear Mr lloore
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MEllI) mOM ro ~ 1100 middot A lIlnI1P -_ rm 1 lise
Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
Nothing is EOIina on the luesTille line eaat 0
lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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(A Faith or CharityPP Institution)HOLINampSS Founded In JrHI
unto the Lord
A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
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Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
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Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
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unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
Irfr J L Chicago
I am IUl$ you will be interested in the att ached vrri te up from the Seattle Star of June JOth
AS may be expeoted this o~~iae was generally the clearing house ~or all information given newspapers and you can appreoiate they were always olamoring for some morsel of news
The Star reporter being at a disadvanta~e because of the ~I and Times having earried all of the feature story and ~igh lights of our unfortunate aooident begged fo~ soneshy
thing they could use that the other papers had not So I suggested to him that he could profitably write an article to calm down the hysteria of t he people and pointed out that while we would lose about t hirty-eight yet the spread over twenty years would bring the average very low and comparing this with 108 per day killed by autos it should suggest to the publio that the railroads were still a s~e vehicle o~ transportetion
He asked for some supporting date whioh he could use and I gathered some up ~or him While he was very appreoiative o~ our e~forts yet I am sura all of us will ~ael quite kindly to the Star for having enough courage to write an artiole of this kind on the front page instead of t he glaring and morbid details of a train accident
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Mr H A Soandrett Trustee C M St P amp P RR Chicago Ill
Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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NB This letter is not intended for publication
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I neg1ected to mention that the article I sent you from the first page of the Seattle star was written by Mr Clarke Squire
The papers have been ex~eptionally fair with us and apreciative of the cooperation we have given them and it goes without saying that I personally expflessed my appreciation and the t of the Milwliukee in the absence of ranking officers and Mr Fussells reply was to the effect that he felt that our fine oooperation in giving them all the inpoundormation they desired and generally accurate indicated to them quite conolusively that we were playing fair with thell1
The ~ic ~e8s Bureau with whom I Mve been in close contact also have been dOing a md~rful job in alsisting in the identifioation baaed on the lists b haye been ~ecelVing from time to time
I might also m~~i~ tha~bullbull)r Cahill Managing Editor of the Times expressed hie ppre1ation of our fine cooperation and indicated in giving them the inpoundormation as we received it bas permitted their giving out from the information desk inpoundormation on cal~they have been reoeiving from relatives and friends interested in those who were on the train or expeted to be coming to Seattle about that time
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Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
shere 4
Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
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Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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902 T raJic Department ~ Roya Bank Build ing
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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(A Faith or CharityPP Institution)HOLINampSS Founded In JrHI
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
Wh(l(~ will you
TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
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Mr H A Soandrett Trustee C M St P amp P RR Chicago Ill
Dear Mr Soandrett
Replying to your telegram dated June 20
We were shocked and saddened When reports of the disaster oame to us and I am sure that it will please you to know that our Eastern friends were very sympathet10 They have given us every assuranoe of loyalty and support and we will oontinue to Carryon to the utmost of our ab1lity
General Agent
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150 St Geotie StTeet REV E A BROIVNLEE BA IITH F HERBERT RHODES
TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
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Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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TORONT05CANADA Secreau-y-Treasunushy Prayer Union Uld Deputation
Seer_for Canada REV ROBERT HALL GLOVER MD F RCS
HOIne Director lor North AmertcaPhlladelpb1a Po
June 21 1938
Mr RSMoore Mi11ll9ukee Road 405 Royal Bank Building Toronto Ont
Dear Mr Moore I
I write just a line of sympathy with you and with the Milwaukee Road in the wreck of The Olympian in Montane last Sunday morning The sad news has r am sure shocked the continent Though we do not know any who were aboard the fated train our deepest sympathy goes out toward the bereaved who lost loved ones and toward the seriously injured in the i r distress and pain as well as toward all the officials of the Road in their deep anxiety and concern regarding the disaster May the gracious Lord comfortshyall who sorrow as only He is able to do Such an occurrence reminds us all afresh of the brevity of life the certainty of death and our individual need to walk humbly with God and peacably with our fellow men
I take the liberty of enclosing you herewi th a little booklet the reading of wnioh I trust you will enjoy
Believe me to be
Very truly yours EABW
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
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YctIrS veJly
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MEllI) mOM ro ~ 1100 middot A lIlnI1P -_ rm 1 lise
Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
Nothing is EOIina on the luesTille line eaat 0
lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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whlo11 I winh Oil would 18 414JlaJ8d 11S
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W W K SparrGllf B -f Rs-nolds H X Pierpont E Il Finegan
__ _ _____ _ 0-- _ _ _ _____ _____ 1~Ilrn~e~a~~_ E Boorgel I R Pent1e14 7 N Rioks R r _ 1I1ddle1on H SeDgBiaoken
C S JerterltOD r caldwell X A Mayer D C CUrlis J L Brown G R Halder
11 L hn1e John Diokie O If Barahd r W SeTers
)T A R7U I) -Z Rank W li Tyler C L IfhitUg ~ 7 H_ Johnson
7 R Allsrd R E Kennedy
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We are 1181t 1ng up a bureau ot lnforaat10n in )Ir
Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
that ottioe
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Mr J T GilliCV
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
shere 4
Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
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Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Toro nto Ontario June 23rd 1936
Mr H A SOall4rett lrea1dent - Union station C li I C AGO Illa
Dear Mr Scandrett
With this letter I am 8ll01osmg for your personal observance a letter which I received yesterday from a good friend and stBUllcb adherent of the Milwauke e Road Rev E A BrOViIlshy
lee 3eortary-Treasurer for Canada of the Ch10a Inland Mission with headquarters in Philadelphia Fa I may s~ that Rev ID BroEllse baa routed bis missionary traffio for a number of years over our line both to and frO Seattle and their General Travell1Dg Secretary Rev Isaao Page enjoys tba privilege of oar Annual Transportation under tbe Clergy rules
Raving today re4eived your inspirational message to eamprry on - it ocoured to me that the eno1osed oommunishycation ooming from one whoae OVll organization in war t orn China is 90180 d1saatrously affected - but who in his hour of trouble can still etend the hand of sympatby to a friend - should oome to your attenshytion and to those other emcrutive offioerlr of our Company whose dutshyies are very burdensome at this t1m6
------- - __ I bave acknowledged this letter to--L the Rev gentleman and thanked him sino er e1yI or JUSKlluUY--interest in aur behaU
YctIrS veJly
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Dear Mr lloore
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ORIGH-lA L SIGN ED
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MEllI) mOM ro ~ 1100 middot A lIlnI1P -_ rm 1 lise
Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
Nothing is EOIina on the luesTille line eaat 0
lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
bit ptollXod by ltOPFyrihl _- _ law (Tid W ttS od)
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Ii 18 llkel7 that the equ1~ of regular trains 15 aDd (I will be used wee of Aberdeen tar Bllell local errioe bIlt at 1hi _111 011 cle1a1la of wha1enr a11ana-D -7 till8117 be I119de hae 110 been worked out
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MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA
July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
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Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
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~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
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unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
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~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Seriou water trouble between Rondout and Libertyv and in the Tic1nity of Wil8Dn Road
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lrain erTic schedule between Deerfiald those of trains Orlg1natlnioiimiddot~e-~e8n-l1a--l__ are not running this morning are being maint
The meln line between 9lkee is open wUh s111amp1a track operation
No 11 for Msdhon is
No 20 out of Msdilon on aleo will detour Tia 1I11we11lebullbull
It is hoped the t the laoeaTi line will be I118d pUMb1e for evening traina but we do not yet just how extene1ve tbe damage 101 nor just when 1 t Will be repei
No 21 fro Jl1lweukee for eeport 18 detourlng Tia 1Ih1tenter and llUleaY1lle You will underts WB ana that the 11ne through DelaTall and lUkhorn h at pres t out of oolllR1aa10n
No 26 the South ted i8 detourlng v1a Whitewater
Serioua water trou le Oil KlUdron and Thunder Hawk and probably other points on ~e TM eich at 100 0 clock We IDOlIliq was said will ~e no or 11 a to repair
No 111 fro Chioago 2Q is DOW at UoIntoah 1h1lY will be brought back to Aberdeen all4 det4u~af is our line to lIdgeley IlIdland Cont1nanhl to lemestown am Nor~an tic to IIIln City
No 15 from Chicago laat night the ~th will be beld at lI1nneapolh unt11 it has been detendned wbethsr to detour thelll yi 111 Northern PacifiC fro there or let thea go on to Aberdeen for detour Tia MaGley IUld ll111H18town
No 16 from Saattle lune 2 now just about arriving Mile8 Cit and probably will be detoured tran there Tis lIP to lametown ~enca Jl1dland Continentsl and our line Tis Edgeley and Aberdeen
All trying to t1 nd out 1II1sther s local train will be run trom Aberda to lIbbridge or UoIntoeh and trltal MgtIntoah or Mgtbridge to Aberd in oonnection wi~ the dellouring 111 8Ild 1611 until through operation h reSUlDlld t9tic~ This iiioioriai wa)
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
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Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
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cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
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July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
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cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
Wh(l(~ will you
TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
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OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
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The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
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AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA
July 1 1938 11111pound or
THE PAE810ENT
Mr H A Scandrect 840 Union StationChicago Ill
Dear Sir
Your statement of June 21 regard i n[ the Custer
wreck has bee~ re~d with interest I assure you ~
that my eincerest sytlfllthies are extended to the bullbullI~ow how ernestly you have tr ied
lfilwaukee Road to keep up the maintenance and satisfactorily serve
the public under a tremendous handic~p I am lad
for YdegLlr sttement regarding this lffair a d hope
that it may be ~iven the c i rc~lation th~t it needs
particularly by the lribune bull
Ie hsve appr eciated very Iluch every favor
cour t esy a n~ service extended 0 us by t he Company
Y Sincerely
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(A Faith or CharityPP Institution)HOLINampSS Founded In JrHI
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A Clean School Strictly Fundamental-Non-Sectarian rather than Treating Other Denominationa With Charity and CoDBidera-tion
A BIG School Supported EDt~11 ThlOagb Free-WDJ Olrerlnga
Offiee of the Superintendent-ConBtnt PraetleaJ Splrltual Work
Tuition Bord and Room Free Telephone 71 L2
Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
In the Masters Servioe Yours respeotf~llD ~ _
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Seattle February 28 1939
Mr F H J ohnson
Attached has lieen noted by 1elsrs Earling
Buford and McEwen end 1s retur~ed for your file
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
Wh(l(~ will you
TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
it1i R(V lhilip Geitcr Bvangeli st Reading Fa
An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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W W K SparrGllf B -f Rs-nolds H X Pierpont E Il Finegan
__ _ _____ _ 0-- _ _ _ _____ _____ 1~Ilrn~e~a~~_ E Boorgel I R Pent1e14 7 N Rioks R r _ 1I1ddle1on H SeDgBiaoken
C S JerterltOD r caldwell X A Mayer D C CUrlis J L Brown G R Halder
11 L hn1e John Diokie O If Barahd r W SeTers
)T A R7U I) -Z Rank W li Tyler C L IfhitUg ~ 7 H_ Johnson
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
that ottioe
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
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~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
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MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
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Freeman South DakotaEonF RJohnson June281938Execut ive Assistant ChioagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Pacific Railroad Co 516 WJackson Blvd Chicago Ill
MY Dear Mr JohnsonshyIt was With keenest interest but deepest of
regrets that we have been oompelled to witness as it were through r~diQ and the daily paper suoh tragedy as has ooourred a little over a week ago near Miles Cty Montana over yOl1r linea
WRAT S R ALL W E SAY - We oeJtainly oan not blame the ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul amp Paoifio Linse - Let ~me tell you Mr Johnson what we have been impressed to think
I llst wonder whether we Christians - especially we ministers of the Gospel - have interceded auffi ciently in our daily prayers for _ our great railroad systems and their many passengers who are constantly speeding over these many steel rails day ~nd nieht rain or shinefloods or blizzards - yes through every noVlll anr unrealize ilt~~~C hazzard
Yes we believe in prayer and answers to prayer but f llil so often to apply what we know May middotGod fOrgive us and help lEj t ots1lelltber our fellow-men and brethren who 11ktl- we in the midst tof It-e ~ oeDipt- middot ly wurrounded by death
Assuring you Mr Johnson and through you all the offioials of your Company and bereaved employees and their loved ones our deepest sympathy with renewed prayers that the luardian Angel of the Lord mayhenceforth hover over every train of your wonaerful railroad system I ~m
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Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
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Singers and Musici ans
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Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
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The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Havley Bible Church etclIIity JrRIIH 1U((1 to SIYC you Gct right with God
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Seattle February 28 1939
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
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Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
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~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
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The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
AnnoUllcing Our
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
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Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
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were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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Dear MrJohnson
The headlines in this m9rninga paper
Igreatly shocked and deeply grieved me~hd knowing how you mus t feel over this terrible tragepyseeing the Olimpien was one of your croisest raaI ~ writing these few lines to express to you eartfelt concern and genuine simpathy
Sincerely Yours
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
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-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
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l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
AnnoUllcing Our
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TENT MEETINGS Niglltlr at HOO 1 jL JUNE 15 llCgJl1111Ilg- on
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An eVlngelist of years of experience and fruitful ministry
- and shyMiss llernice Sellner and Miss Dagmar Nelson
Singers and Musici ans
You ll never forgive yourself if you miss hearing these All three come highly recommended
Meetings will be held in the new tent located on the Church grounds
Miss Dagmar Nelson-Every Night except Monday at 8 oclockshySUNDAYS 11 A M and 8 P M Miss Berniee SeUner
Remember now thy Creator in Every year your hope grows the dayS of thy youth or ever fainter and your case more desshythe evil days come and the perate It Is a solemn thing to say years draw nigh when thou To-morrow when God says T o shyshalt say I have no pleasure day for a mans To-morrow and in them (Eccleii 121) Gods To-day may never meet
E Three hundred comfortable plank seats every evening
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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BROTHERS OF THB
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
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~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
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The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
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Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
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Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
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were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
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gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Meossrs I H A Soan4reti L r Beuson I
W W K SparrGllf B -f Rs-nolds H X Pierpont E Il Finegan
__ _ _____ _ 0-- _ _ _ _____ _____ 1~Ilrn~e~a~~_ E Boorgel I R Pent1e14 7 N Rioks R r _ 1I1ddle1on H SeDgBiaoken
C S JerterltOD r caldwell X A Mayer D C CUrlis J L Brown G R Halder
11 L hn1e John Diokie O If Barahd r W SeTers
)T A R7U I) -Z Rank W li Tyler C L IfhitUg ~ 7 H_ Johnson
7 R Allsrd R E Kennedy
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We are 1181t 1ng up a bureau ot lnforaat10n in )Ir
Brown Ii oft ice tbat OEln rurnleh more detaUs to people making
inquiries tllaB oould ~e had 1n EIIlY othor Dellner In cse you degt
not know ot tJuo Du18al1 I wggest that all inqu1rle be dlre~tad to
that ottioe
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Mr J T GilliCV
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the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
shere 4
Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
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i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
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BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
1938
Mr J T GilliCV
11 Iv
Attacbad cl1pping frC1hf
the Pittsburg Post-Gaztte on Friday July ~ is the first that I have seen in print aooh the ftmd being collected for the hero Of ~he Custer Creek diashyaampter Too bad Publisbar P~ Block didnt read your piece in the current ~sue of the employes magazine before he starte~ the collection or pershyhaps you and I might have been included for B
shere 4
Just the othe~ day I had a phone call from the local office ot Life Magazine to any thnt the pu l1shers had recei ved a letter to the effect that illiams w~a improperly deSignated as the hero that i was another porter who was entitled to The caller asked that we indicate just ic 1IOrk 17lll1aD1B did so that they could int that following the printing of the letter that we got our information from the same source that Life did that is from the newspapers that reported what an eye-wi tnBes had told a newspaper reporter end that we hPd no other record Also I told him of the tenor of your piece in the magazine and concluded by saying that Life had made so many inaccuracies in ~~ July 4th issue whi eh carried the account of the occident that to be consistent they should be 11ttle concerned about the comment made by the letter writer
hank J Newell~
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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Traffic Department 217 Patterson Building
H L tlOL~lES -smM939 GENERA AGENT rzrww PRIIGHT AND AGENTING PASSItNGIR Denver Colo H L HOLMES TRAV El- FRIIGHT AND PAS81NGEII AGINT
H E RIDENOUR CITY
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Notki T~lb u~vr ltJ rWi
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daugbte_~- Shirley all Iowa P
Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
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occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
-Memorandum Chicago June 26 1938
No 15s accident at Saugus Mont June 19 1938
Talked with Mr Buford Sunday morning says their pile - - _ - _ - lgtrQg~ has been thoroughly tested out Shows movenent and will
carry the traffic satisfactorily He and Mr irnIredia tely prepare for new bridge in order o withstand another storm Pile penetration indicates the ori nal pier construction was dom on hard pan -vhich they were not able o get piling through
He is conVinced the center pier was not damaged until Sleeper Choteau changed the current and undermin the pier turning it around sufficient to force the girder with the emaining tourist car off the south side of the pier and into the wet probably as IlDlch as twenty minutes after the accident The gi s about 60 to 70 ft from the pie r upri gh t and apparently is amaged
The west pier had apparently undermined and as the train was passing over the west girder it ped to the north and is upside dawn in the river-bed approx tely 70 ft from the track and maybe twisted
Mr Middletons investigation of the waterfall found one rancher in Custer Creek Valley about twenty miles north who says thare was a seven inch rainfall He also found ranchers who had reservoirs in the Valley tbat ware wasbed out with this wall of water illustrating that the volume that struck the bridge was as previously indicated an unprecedented wall of water that did undermine the west pier
They are cut ting up the equipment loading it in cars at the bridge
They have all of the informtion they can possibly get or will be required for the hearing on Tuesday
J T Gillick cc Mr H A Scandrett
Mr W H Penfield Mr VI 11 K SparrON
Mr H E pierpont Mr O 1- Dynes
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Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
0 demonstrators~j~~~~~~~~~l ~~i simultaneousin a
l~~~dr~~M
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llES MoiDSa Iowa
your 8el1~oriampl in ~ Ret1shr tor JIiDII llet bGada~ llote on a ReU Trampp41 hsa Jus reacheli 1111 delik or I WOIild II bullbull earlier IIObodedgenwDt
we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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djocll4 tho toimo on ~Mz-fbull rw ~AOi at
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
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-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
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The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
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JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
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two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
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CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
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rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Traffic Department 217 Patterson Building
H L tlOL~lES -smM939 GENERA AGENT rzrww PRIIGHT AND AGENTING PASSItNGIR Denver Colo H L HOLMES TRAV El- FRIIGHT AND PAS81NGEII AGINT
H E RIDENOUR CITY
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1M m Rodbull ~- il4C _bullbull -0010 shy
Notki T~lb u~vr ltJ rWi
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daugbte_~- Shirley all Iowa P
Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
0 demonstrators~j~~~~~~~~~l ~~i simultaneousin a
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your 8el1~oriampl in ~ Ret1shr tor JIiDII llet bGada~ llote on a ReU Trampp41 hsa Jus reacheli 1111 delik or I WOIild II bullbull earlier IIObodedgenwDt
we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
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Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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daugbte_~- Shirley all Iowa P
Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
0 demonstrators~j~~~~~~~~~l ~~i simultaneousin a
l~~~dr~~M
lulJ ll a~8
1Ir 1iane1 lJIIIl- Zi411DJgt - ------- - The Oe 1101 bullbull lWgieter
llES MoiDSa Iowa
your 8el1~oriampl in ~ Ret1shr tor JIiDII llet bGada~ llote on a ReU Trampp41 hsa Jus reacheli 1111 delik or I WOIild II bullbull earlier IIObodedgenwDt
we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR JYN lii l ~sect~
~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
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train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
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Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
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ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
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-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
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tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
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Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
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Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
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acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
daugbte_~- Shirley all Iowa P
Grace Hatch McLaughlin -S ~ Ralph Yonh Butte middot4ont C June 19 shy However reports filed with the
Police Interstate Commerce Commission Henry ShJpley Mile City yenont and the Bureau of Railroad EC6shybattled 1000 norrucs show only 10 fare-~aYing~~~Mh~~i$~~iJ~~---Ltor two passengers killed in ratlroad ~-
streets and ddenfs in the last three years The major wre tks cities near Edgar Peoples ChIcago enO]oo
were injured where they occurred ltlnd the num- Claquorl 13ocfield Condon Ore in hand-to-hand lighting and an bel of pcrsons killed follow Warren PeabodY~kalaaMon t estimated $200000 damage was I 1876 H E Bernadick~ ~lwmiddotaukee inflicted aD b uildi-ngs including Dec 29-Ashtahula O hio 60 employe 5- the postoHice and city art gallery [1887 bull Mrs Harry ~odkyafleY forge Th~ demonstrators who lla ve Aug lO---Chatsworth Ill 81 Wash __
been camped in the p03iotfice and 1904 WL BlackrPlinmiddot ~sd~le ru 1art gallery l or more than a month Aug 7-Eden Colo 96 Mls W~ L Bla(tmElnmiddot Jiinsd~
demandjg ~provlncial reliet pro- 1906 IlL ~ I -~
gram poundte ro~te-d by tear gas March 16-F16rence Colo 35 Dr~middot T M- Leotlatd SIibRane bombs at~ ~eslstlng evichon or- I Dec 30-Washington D C 53 I Wash - ders - i 1907 E elyn Janson FreepO~ middot -Il1 Fixtures bull W~dows Smashed Jao 2-Volland Kan 33 Kermit Xo19~th AbeV1eenS D
The red- coated m ounties r eill- - Jan 19-Fowler Ind 29 ~Rar-ry Butkley middot-Cilicaro ~m- forced by lo~al police telled many Feb 16-New York City 22 plo-ye __X ~ t~~ - demonstratpnJ will ~ billy clubs Marcil 23-Coltoc Calif 26 Battling aa they reTreated through July 2t-Salem Mich 33 the pqstotfice nearly BOO men Sept 6--Norris Iowa 12 smasb~d ~~fi)Ctures hurled stones Sept 15--Cannan Vt 24 and 1oq~ l~xjiure3 (rom the walls 1908
gave ~ighting a~ they retreated the Sept 25-Park City Mont 17 sure demon$ators were forced out ot Nov ll-Little Woods La 11
thetw~ )l)~n doors ot the post- Ull offlee 01)h to renew the batte on Aug2amp-Canandalgua N Y 27 _ the streefs~ They s pread through 1912 the citlir smashiog shop windows J I 4-Co g N Y 40and sbQu t~l1g threats uy mm J
The mahI body of the combat- 119lJ ants moh-d to the art gallery 1 Sept 2- Wallingford Co~ 21
200- demonstrators were Oct 19-Buckatunne MISS 23
l~~~~~~~ their month-long sit- 1914_ - Aug 5-Tlpton Ford Mot40
1916-jj~~~i~ bullnl~m I1 March 29-AmhurstOhIo bull 28 I oi-
I Feb 27-Penn Pa) 20 Dec 20-Louisville Ky 4119 Jami ~Ivan~oe Ind 68
JU)y 9-Nashville~Tenn bull )H
i8~ -~(bH~itl~~~l m en were taken to Jao 12--South BYrQn N ~ 2~ middotI~ hfdin-tJlll1921
two main hospitals -tor Feb 27-Porter Ind 37 prob-r~rn J eclornl yen~~~ri]~ for 10 juri e s Steve~-- ~ - leader of the contingent 1922
occupied the postofCice was Aug 6-Sulphur SpringsMo40 must be faced ye -Ihey ~o injured seriously He was clubbed 1923 know that it IS theji- fathe-t severa l times Sept 27-Casper Wyo 37 who -pro~ide- (hej~ ho~~ and
Severa l other injured men wele will -give them their -chancemiddot rna t private homes
~onltlee loLQmiddot PlJtice ~ lind they 10_ middotmiddotTtfr~ -city policenll~n were in~
-One Iutmiddotieied Concussion tillUer sutlered a broken leg~ n~~nJ~~~ famed Canadian1 group joined with
0 demonstrators~j~~~~~~~~~l ~~i simultaneousin a
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we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
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I
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
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Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
lulJ ll a~8
1Ir 1iane1 lJIIIl- Zi411DJgt - ------- - The Oe 1101 bullbull lWgieter
llES MoiDSa Iowa
your 8el1~oriampl in ~ Ret1shr tor JIiDII llet bGada~ llote on a ReU Trampp41 hsa Jus reacheli 1111 delik or I WOIild II bullbull earlier IIObodedgenwDt
we preClia ta 701U reterenee to he much greater DOI3ber or tahllUe to tranleu Via OMr ~D01ee but of oour our in objeotin b 0 elln1nate j)aBBellg1tr fataliUe aHoampher allIl ilia CUllter ()reak disaster has 4eeplJ 41114 UI e8 h 4 11181nt1n14 leur hY lIlc0r4 tor mrs haa go Y8arbullbull
Ie find __ oORtort 11 the teot that M br1dffl tlQ1el1 lIJ U flood _68 a etrClllC CODeN te aad teal etruoture alii tha it had be8n regularly iaapeUed aD4 properly aalJltaiD8d
Thie leher 18 Dltn- riUen tor pl1bl1o 10D but to let 70U know tlld we are g raetlll tar 1CColr oons144 a1raquo editorial
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
-
djocll4 tho toimo on ~Mz-fbull rw ~AOi at
atbull iPt e _
route iI
~IW A middotLTE R ~H bull bullbull0- M A H 0 040 D
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR JYN lii l ~sect~
~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
b j
June 23 1938 ~0 I K
J
0
gtII~t -fEiitT)ltS OflWi I ~
11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
- - bull -- ~
Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
~rmiddot
-~
I I - -
i ~
-
~
-
t
shy
------------
- ~
st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
La Sallt Jnstitutt-
BROTHERS OF THB
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GLENCOE MO
June 50 1958
Mr Frank Newell The Milwaukee Road News Bureau Chicago I11inoi~ i
bull 1 i Dear Mr Newell ~i~
rn the name of the Christian Brothers I take this occasion to extend to you and your associates our sympathy in the anguish that you have suifered because of the Olympian disaster
Knowing your deep interest in your organization we wish to let you know that we grieve with you in that which has added so materially to your already heavy b~dens
Your intimate friends wish you to know that their expression of sympathy in the present instance is a slight token of their keen interest in your personal welfare and that of the Milwaukee Road
With an expression of our sinshycere esteem and with kindest personal regards I remain
Sincerely and gratefully yours
~~jJ~ Provincial
-
djocll4 tho toimo on ~Mz-fbull rw ~AOi at
atbull iPt e _
route iI
~IW A middotLTE R ~H bull bullbull0- M A H 0 040 D
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR JYN lii l ~sect~
~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
b j
June 23 1938 ~0 I K
J
0
gtII~t -fEiitT)ltS OflWi I ~
11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
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saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
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bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
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Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
-
djocll4 tho toimo on ~Mz-fbull rw ~AOi at
atbull iPt e _
route iI
~IW A middotLTE R ~H bull bullbull0- M A H 0 040 D
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR JYN lii l ~sect~
~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
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June 23 1938 ~0 I K
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gtII~t -fEiitT)ltS OflWi I ~
11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
- - bull -- ~
Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
~rmiddot
-~
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-
~
-
t
shy
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
route iI
~IW A middotLTE R ~H bull bullbull0- M A H 0 040 D
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR JYN lii l ~sect~
~ILTHROPIC JN8TITUTIONS amp~~y1 $ 00-69 W MAD ON S~n 1~ ~ shy _ ~ - CHICAGO IL-LI OS
b j
June 23 1938 ~0 I K
J
0
gtII~t -fEiitT)ltS OflWi I ~
11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
- - bull -- ~
Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
~rmiddot
-~
I I - -
i ~
-
~
-
t
shy
------------
- ~
st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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11 St ~ k ~I a t co i UII~ ltL ) (Mr F H Johnson
The Milwaukee Road 11vi 111Chicago Illinois ft I t
IMy dear Friend
The catastroph)O has grieved me beyond my ability to express it to you While in New York Ci ty reading
the New York Times I ran unto this edttoUal I have~~ always considered the New York Times the leading news-~ paper in America I admire its fairness and its con- ~
-1~structive policy It is a very great source of satisshy
faction to me that this editorial appeared as is indicated tl(Al~~ Extending to you my great sympathy in this very
trying Situation I am
Yours most I
WASEB ~
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
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( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
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-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
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tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
GENERiAL
OF THE FREE METHODrB~ OHUROH OFICEAS COMMl681 C N tt ~HJaJO
OF NOlnH AMEliIOA M O OWTONo~ N n OIUoIISTON HARRY F J O H N S O N~OIl T C AIt R fl T BU lu mshy
HAfUY F J OHNa OIl REV H A R R Y F JOHNSON G EN ERAL SECRE T A R Y E L middotHo aula~IlA I S(C IIIlT A
W INONA lAKE INOIANA A C EN DIIII JN_f( L BA K e R A J HlLL1 0 tlCA IIT June 24 1938 J B CUItltI N C) HAIo B t1 G AD OJS T u 11I W O W OReova
JOH N J O H Na O NM I bullbull M AII III W C O OK O C l cllJT T E O B ARN ES
The Chicago M11llBllkee St Paul amp Pacific Bailroad C~ -------- shy840 Union Station Chicago Illinois
Dear Sirs
~ excerpt flOlll the CHICAGO DAILY TRImm of June 22 1938 relative to the Ouster Creek Wreck is received
~ I reply by saying that the article in the TRIBUNE on June 21 on Disasterlat Ouster Creek saying that it was due to -inadequate inspection and me1ntenance of the bridge-I is very far from the truth to s8JT the least The Uilwaukee has a long record of safety and courtesy and I am sure the Public is more apt to discredit hat the TRIUlIIE B8JT8 than hat the )lUWmlkae actual~ doee for its passsugen rbls is onlJ a om to tell you that as tar as possible on evslY occasion we shall strongly defend the OM St P amp Paa CompaIIY
1Ie beg to remain
~
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
- - bull -- ~
Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
~rmiddot
-~
I I - -
i ~
-
~
-
t
shy
------------
- ~
st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
re f the areident and tlt~ iIlal ~isis~r we cannot help wonderiIPISSl~
~ or
- t -Ii
(
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
- - bull -- ~
Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
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~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
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gt
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ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
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moment A track walker
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T OPE K A KANSA5
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
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~
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
~j
-- bull gt-t
( AAi I
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
_ 1
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Aturdav at 1
qpoundJDGY QI1rristiau (lI4elt lJrograms lU tlj-t ir
~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
z Ii F 1H
-~
~
v bullv
lt ~-
~rmiddot
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-
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-
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shy
------------
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
train tb 10 otmgtYJ diatiact
orate araDreil ~ 1t vas near
Sunday wheZL train hUltled
ger to ~~llJL1 ah
Tho 101 I nowheT~ ampI
wilJ~d that the jQaCb~ 15hould tan into ~WMk -a sm~ abeam o f wa ttl ~iltcapt rl1Ongo~ by Ii cloudburst In 1830AW~ rollway operatedi~pVtr ~tampt 01 ~ore
- than mlJpQOQO + ~ loti p enror ftall~y _tdof 17 nat ill L cltlterigtAt ntety ot rtiraadI tra~t~bull wor~d wbere clUlJ~~ ent~ ~very buman Undertaking the recshy
ord ot the 1I1tmiddot~i~ltgt1
tlie one inDlarka~l~e~~~~~~~~ii- - shy
~f
gt
ian
ilietable there middot ~~~=Creek lletw middotthe iJ walkerwho found the brid~ ltJt thecreek praetcally dry and the fatedtrain 8 cloudburst Bent down thedry bed and against the briidg bullbull +kering it that It CltlUld not Plungedinto the water a6 and injur-Ing Dl9re than ~bullbull lJlan
_ _ a ~__ - -r - I
bull
I middot -t ( -
I
J~
-~~- shyl~~lt
-
- ~-~
i ~
$
f_
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
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~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
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~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
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bull
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saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
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bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
shy~lt
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Aturdav at 1
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~ralMualJ ijtmJ1lc (
Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
been made by uansportationroads n ctnrV improved engines
in making modern inventions ofhelvier middotralls rail transportation onesafety devlr bull middotbull qf the jtmiddot moClel 1But rlt~~fr Rzelth was combination of natural nTlTmiddotpnt1v human mind could of unusual projlorshy
moment A track walker
r~~r~g~B~rf~ middot- 1TLinutes earlier reported ~t bed The trainmen sa crishy
j
~
shy-~
~
1
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
bull
tpe ea~est bYany ltatistic8 ~e(~n- ~r~QRen- but h~ long
Iif~~lJipl remaiJsgtaA htbe sitest
bull
bull
I~~ bull bulllt
~
l
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
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Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
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~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
1 Relt tH 1W8BAADSpC1 POJ~IIY
-Department at PublIC I 13tiOtlS Sa nta Fe System l J
T OPE K A KANSA5
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juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
l
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Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
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tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
sigh t Wed nesdq or ursd87 bull
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
saata h gt jStlllI
TOPE~ I~ b~Asect
I shy
bull
Ilcciient iJI that miLy ~t fnbissued in lleu
w1lf be
tn -toclal~ants yean J eourl ~Y put cla1m-~lot accident vi tiD-S well to tpietront far ~~ -9l bcnlt1hplde __ ~ d lIke crecutorsOften fnjury~ clampJtn are c~e at current e)6- c-t lt shyperuJe8 w91cl me~ that the l ~urt will pe~ the company -to~middotpa them At Pnce Second ~competent au~~~ aays eQfrrl awardf tor fiishy 4
juries or deaths on r41lroads rete been gro~more Uberampl ~ re~t yea-Ill ~~slng themiddot ~ea ~Ie~tle ~ore otten~ wtthout coUf1it t1gbts - I
D~ tor employ ffiUred or kUled Iithl ~ck ~mn~t by lBwJe pearly but the~ is nothing in the Jaw 1$ prev flL cot+lt hol~up P~~1l~O~g~ro until th~ reorgruzao shy18 compl6temiddot _ tll tnJght be iearc r-
Tliet inte 1$ eommerJ eomrnilCion nevil lthaa co1npelle~ rampbroads to ~arry tnSUlMCe ~their P888eDge~~ The hay~ e~OU8nproperty aj (I rule to payment
~ different tuling bue lines The (I C C requtreA bUM to carry lnsmmiddotmiddot ampnee tor each pmiddot~ger top ot amp cQnsldermiddotable sum on buslIee SOIne bUB eornpanlu are to tilemiddot a s~rely bond to g1nt~
AtIlines Uke theto carry insurance on bera ot thetl1 doto make asatisfactory to
All three trJllportatl
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Aturdav at 1
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Rev Cad A Hognander pastor 2 119 D u punt A ve n ue N orth lt dMlNNEAPO U S
~U cent [r r
July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
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Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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July 21 1938 v Mr F H Johnson Exeoutive Aest Chicago MiltaUkee Rallroad Chioa go Illgt
My Dear Slr
Ever slnoe I got your letter and the annual pass I have thoUght of sandlng you a line to expre s s my gratitude to you agaln for that favor It has been used right alODgthis year and wlth great oare so as to use It only for the beet and the beneflt of the WOlk
I have also been on my ga~d looking for oppertunitles to send pa s sengers our way Permit 1Il9 to say our way beoause the MilwaUkee r a od has beoome a something that I almost fe el I hlve a part In sinoe you have favored me with thie pass~ While in BUlite Montana some time ago I happened to vi si t Anaconda and at a business mens luncheon meet two men Who were glling to Detroit and on asking them how they Were going to get thera they said they would take the tra1 n in Butte for Chlcago On the question What roadthey 1II8nshytioned the othar road but befora I got throUgh I had them promIse to travel with me on the MilwaUkee whioh they did I have had the pleasure of turning over to the road a great many passengers already this pa st year and Will be glad t 0 continue~
I felt bad when the road had the mlsfortUD8 of some eerlDil 1lt accidents but of oourse suoh things oaDllot be helped being ~~i are not in our power to prevent I am only hoping that the oOm pany Wll oompletely reouperate from that misfortune and I am sure the publio Will have oomvlete oonfidenoe in the road Its one of those thinge that can t be helped
These few lines although vary late nevertheless they express my gratitide for the pass that I ha ve been uaeing noW thIs Y8a~ Thank and greet Ings to yorr
Very truly
bull
1 teet
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
bull
1 teet
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Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
J 1
Anderson aftiaa when the damaged equipment trom the 3augua
acoident would arrha as he wished to take pic t ures far a story
I fotllld thai Mr Gruber crt JIr bull Alld areen s office was the man
the reper ter talked wi th and I phoDild Gruber thai it lIOuld be wrJ
unfattunata if aq paper obiained or printed pictures o~ this equipment
AIJ the englDII and SQD8 ot r equipmeut 18 nOlI in Chioago and III8Y fP
io Milaukee tanorrow or huraday I told Jar Gruber thai it the
pape r kepi 8~r information he cauld say the e ~ uipment was
e~eeted ~id~ 110 uld give I(Uellka e time 110 ge t 11 out of
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Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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st Francis 9~ ~]31convent~Council Bluffs low euro~~ ~~ June 28 1938 r~-
Mr H A Scandrett Trustee JUN 291938 Chicago Milwaukee st Paul amp P RR Chicago Illinois
Dear Sir shy
Your communication of June 22nd explaining the Custer Creek wreck addressed to me is at hand and I wish to extend to you and your organization our sincere sympathy in the unfortunate accident that has taken its toll of human lives
We realize that this accident is indeed a heavy blow on the Milwaukee operating organization but no human being can control Divine Providence nor the operation of the elements by the Great Master who is above us all and as it ie He who sends the rain-shywe must accept it as it comes
However our sympathy goes out to you and your co-officials to the loved ones of the railroad men who sacrificed their lives in the discharge of their duty as likewise to the families of all the bereaved concerned
Such a terrible disaster is to be deplored but such an accident could happen without blame being attached to anyone concerned
Respectfully yours fl szI~~middot~
Sisters of Charity BVM 5th Ave--7th Street
NB This letter is not intended for publication
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