By September 15 , federal emergency Emergency declarations Expressing_publicly covered Filling those 14 counties as well as Clear Creek County .

The tour Traveling was promoted Cause_to_make_progress by Concerts West , marking Recording the first time Spears did not tour Traveling with Clear Channel Entertainment .

A contributory factor was the use Using of two-position block instruments , which did not have distinct `` Line Blocked '' and `` Line Clear '' indications .

If a three-position instrument had been used Using , Hutchings would not have offered Giving the passenger train forward ( and Quick would not have accepted it ) while the instrument was still showing Presence `` Line Clear '' for the coal train .

On February 3 , 1959 , American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and `` The Big Bopper '' J. P. Richardson were killed Killing in a plane crash Catastrophe near Clear Lake , Iowa , together with pilot Roger Peterson .

After stopping Process_end at Clear Lake to perform Hold , and frustrated by such conditions , Holly chose Choosing to charter Renting a plane to reach Arriving their next venue in Moorhead , Minnesota .

A number of monuments have been erected Building at the crash site and in Clear Lake , where an annual memorial concert is also held at the Surf Ballroom , the venue that hosted Come_together the artists ' last performance .