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Martinez, California Jan. 1, 1894 - Mr Frank Sellers, Happy New Year my boy A good luck good time be yours in 94 many
other years to come. I got home safely comfortably after you had given me so handsome a sendoff, though well shakin up scared
in a collision while passing through Arizona. The two engines four of the cars were smashed--a few were hurt; but nobody killed
while I was not injured in the least. Found everybody well excepting my motherinlaw Mrs. Strentzel who is now getting better--I
had a good deal of work