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Show Raplee- RD 485 Q That is, seventy- five miles below where you were? A Yes, below where I was. Q When this flood came down, the next day after you rode up the river bed, what happened to your water wheel? A It went down the river. Q Was that the same year that it washed your house down the river? A No; When it washed the house. that was in October, 1911, I think. Q Where was your house located? A It was located there at the Mexican Hat. Q How far from the river? A Well, it was back from the river about fifty feet, I guess, maybe sixty feet. Q Was it a substantial house A It was a rock house, and outfit that cost me seven thousand dollars: pretty substantial. Q And what did the rive do to that? A It tore it all to pieces, and taken it down the river. Q That was in 1911? A yes, that was in 1911. Q Now, as I understand it, you never took any machinery down the river? A No, nothing only the water wheel as I was telling you about. Q I am talking about in boats. Q Oh, in boats? Q Did you eve take any machinery down the river in boats? A No. Q Why not? A Well, it would make too big a load for anything that I had to 2451 |
