Mountaineer Sam Tompkins smiles at his wife from a bed, after he injured climbing Mt. Jefferson in the Oregon Cascades. Tompkins, Ben Oman, and Robert Lee were taken to a guide station cabin in Breitenbush. William Morley Jr. was killed that same day when he fell of a precipice on Mt. Jefferson. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 8, 1954 (negative 4 of 14).

Two unidentified climbers recover from an accident while Mt. Jefferson in the Oregon Cascades. They lay on a bed in a guard station cabin in Breitenbush, as another man leans over, holding the leg of one climber. William Morley Jr. was killed that same day when he fell of a precipice on Mt. Jefferson. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 8, 1954 (negative 5 of 14).