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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Westminster Gazette, 13 Feb 1924

IN search of the Dinosaur

Expedition to leave for Africa

Important discoveries are anticipated from an African Expedition which will leave the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, shortly, in search of the fossil remains of the dinosaur, a giant prehistoric animal, and human fossils, which may possibly be from half a million to a million years old.

The expedition will be led by Mr WE Cutler, of the University of Manitoba, who arrived in London yesterday.

In conversation with the Westminster Gazette yesterday, Mr Cutler explained that the dinosaur relics were unearthed by the Germans in what was then German East Africa, at a spot in Tendagaru, Taganyika Territory.

“The skeletons are of enormous size,” he said. “These reptiles were about 22 ft high and from 60 to 80 feet long, and it has been stated that the African specimens were even larger. They flourished from eight to ten million years ago.”

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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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Prof WE Cutler dies in Africa, 1925

Edmonton Journal, 2 Sep 1925

Prof WE Cutler Dies in Africa

Manitoba Geological Expert Stricken while Hunting Huge Dinosaur Relic

Winnipeg, Sept 2 – Stricken with malaria fever, Professor WE Cutler of the University of Manitoba, who was leading a scientific exploration party in Africa in search of the bones of a huge dinosaurian reptile, died today, according to advices received here today.

Professor Cutler, assistant in the department of geology of the University of Manitoba, left Winnipeg January 30, 1924, to head the British Museum’s party of explorers to Africa.

The primary object of the project was to obtain the bones of a dinosaurian reptile of stupendous size, which was discovered by German scientists a few years before the war. When Professor Cutler arrived in Tanganyika, he found the skeleton to [illegible] of colossal dimensions, the largest ever discovered in the history of modern science.

In a report which he sent to the Museum authorities he estimated it would be twice the length of the doplodocus now in the reptile room of the historic British institution.

Professor Cutler was considered one of the best authorities on western Canadian geological history. Under the auspices of the University of Manitoba he had made extensive surveys of the formation of solid rock in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan .

He had discovered many relics of the day before the first white man set foot in the prairie country, and it had been his intention to compile a history of the natural formations of the country.

Professor Cutler was born in London, England, 42 years ago, He was unmarried.

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