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Show 3990 Kane- D 2010 them out over the rock, so when we pulled on it it had a lifting tendency, lift up, and had quite a purchase on that; but we couldn't do anything with it. We worked there for two or three days; it was quite a job to get back and forth to this wreck; the men had to come in, and Mac and I and Jacobs were the only ones that went over; Jacobs and I was long and tall, long arms, we could pull on this rope, but our weight would put us below the water between shore and the wreck; the weight and the swiftness of the water against your body would pull us down; then Mac would come down; he was shorter and lighter; we could help him up; this rock was about four feet from the water up; we went over there every day for several days, a number 66 days; we tried to saw the boat in two; we had a saw and axes -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: Isn't this sufficient along this line? MR. BLACKMAR: I think so. Did you get the boat out? A No. After several days Mr. Hyslop made a trip to Dandy crossing overland and got powder, dynamite, mining powder to blow it out; we couldn't out it, we couldn't saw it; we wanted the stuff in it; there was two hundred or three hundred dollars in money, watches and clothing in it, and provisions we needed. |