WE Cutler delayed in trip to East Africa, 1924

Montreal Gazette, 27 February 1924 page 1

WE Cutler delayed

Will join East African Expedition later

By John MacCormac, special cable from the Gazette’s resident staff correspondent

London, February 26 – The British Museum expedition to German East Africa, which was to have sailed from London under the leadership of WE Cutler, of Manitoba University, has sailed without him. The dock strike was the cause and Cutler will instead sail from Marseilles on Thursday. The expedition will explore the fossil remains which were found by Germans in East Africa before the war and which include the largest dinosaur specimens yet unearthed. Cutler has had the unrivaled experience of collecting for the British Museum and other museums large dinosaurian and similar fossils in North America.

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London Natural History Museum assembles dinosaur, 1927

New York Times, 13 Jan 1927

Gets Biggest Dinosaur

London Natural History Museum Assembles Tanganyika Specimen

London, Jan 12- What is expected to prove the largest dinosaur ever discovered is being assembled in the Natural History Museum here. The various remains of a mammoth specimen of this terror of the prehistoric world, found in the Tanganyika territory in Africa by the Cutler Expedition now there, were forwarded to the Museum and are being reconstructed by experts.

The plaster reproduction of the quadruped dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic stratum of Wyoming now on exhibition in the museum is 84 feet 9 inches long, and stands 12 feet 9 ½ inches high at the shoulder, but the African specimen promises to be larger.

“These finds will probably give us the largest specimen in the world, for there is every indication of a real giant.” Said a museum official.

It is expected it will prove more than 90 feet long and 20 feet high at the high legs.

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Expedition after death of WE Cutler, 1925

Sheilds Daily News, 24 Sep 1925

The appointment of Mr. Frederick WE Nigoed as Leader of the British Museum East African Expedition in succession to the late Mr. WE Cutler, has been made just in time to give him a chance to save the valuable specimens, already found, from being irreparably damaged by the oncoming tropical rains (says the “Morning Post”)

The situation created by Mr. Cutler’s death from fever in the Tanganyika district a few weeks ago, caused grave anxiety to the British Museum officials, for the maze of material which he had succeeded in excavating and bringing together was know to be still unpacked. The rainy season is approaching, and if the fossil dinosaur remains, which comprise a large part of the collection, had been exposed to the rains very serious damage would have inevitably resulted.

It is devoutly hoped that Mr. Migeod will sail for Africa on the 8^th of next month, will be able to pack and despatch to England the entire collection just before the wet period sets in.

Mr. Migeod has lived many years in Africa, and possesses an extensive knowledge of the inhabitants.

The purpose of the expedition, it may be remembered, is to excavate the fossil remains of prehistoric animals in the strata of the Tanganyika district, which are peculiarly rich in this respect. Some work was carried out years ago by the Germans, but since the war the British Museum has taken over the task of excavation.

In an interview with Sir Sidney Harmer, Director of the British Natural History Museum, a “Morning Post” representative was informed that to perform the work adequately and to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion it was necessary for the expedition to be out there for a number of years. Money, however, was the trouble.

The funds were sufficient to continue the work for a certain time, but unless subscriptions were received towards the heavy expenses of such research it would be necessary after that time to close what might be rightly described as one of the most promising fields of investigation ever discovered.

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WE Cutler off to Africa, 1924

The Gazette, 5 February 1924

Canadian Scientist to Search for 8,000,000 Year Old Fossil

New York – February 4 – The steamship Cameronia departed yesterday, bearing WE Cutler of the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, who goes to East Africa in search of fossil, known to scientists as the Gigantisaurus Africanus. The specimen is said to be at least eight million years old. The scientist will take with him into the jungle more than 100 native carriers. The heat in the section of the fossil bed ranges from 130 to 140 degrees.

Unearthed Dinosaur Skeleton

Calgary – February 4- Prof WE Cutler, who sailed Sunday from New York to East Africa on a scientific expedition, worked in the fossil beds of the Alberta badlands for the University of Alberta and for a Calgary syndicate, while a resident of Calgary. He unearthed one of the finest specimens of dinosaur skeletons ever brought to light, his discovery being housed later in the British Museum. This brought Professor Cutler international recognition.

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Relics Reveal History – WE Cutler, 1924

Winnipeg Tribune, 17 Jan 1924

Fossil Relics Reveal History

Western Canada Enjoyed Balmy Climate 12,000 Years Ago, Says Geologist

Perfect forms of fossil [illegible] relics of ages long past, when Western Canada knew a climate much warmer than the vigorous one of today were exhibited to members of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association at their weekly luncheon today.

They were part of a collection accumulated by WE Cutler, member of the staff of the University of Manitoba, and Fellow of the London Geological Society. He was the speaker at the luncheon and his talk attracted intense interest. The fossil figs were found by him in the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan.

There is no doubt, according to Mr Cutler, that from 12000 to 20000 years ago the Cypress Hills and also Alberta, were fruit bearing territory. Not only figs grew there then, but also the accompanying plants.

During his researches in Saskatchewan and Alberta Mr Cutler unearthed large collections of dinosaur teeth and skulls of prehistoric animals, which he sent to the British museum. These relics, he said, date back to the Old Oligocene age.

The Cypress Hills are a remnant of beds that covered the whole west before they were swept away. He was not prepared to say in just what manner these beds were swept away but, in all probability, it was done by water.

“Until the later discoveries in Mongolia, Alberta it is said, was one of the richest fields in the world for searching for the remains of these ancient animals,” the speaker stated.

Mr Cutler will leave Canada shortly for England to take charge of an expedition which is being sent by the British Museum to recover dinosaurs, larger than any others unearthed in South Africa. He has not yet received definite word from England and could not give the exact date upon which he would sail.

Mr Cutler declared that Greenland once had a much warmer climate. It was never tropical, no more than the climate of Western Canada, but it was very warm. The coal beds there and also in the Red Deer district of Alberta, he said, were evidence of this. He explained that the currents of ocean govern the climate entirely. The currents pushing north made this country cold.

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