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Show 5392 Yokey- D 3403 A Only ones. Q Was that on the down or the up trip? A That was on the down trip, a couple miles above Horseshoe canyon, comes call it Barrier creek. Q On either of these trips did you carry any passengers or freight? A We carried no freight. Couple of guests, and Jack Lumaden, who was the owner. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q I didn't catch your answer, Mr. Witness. What did you say was the reason for the accident at the Slide on the way up to Moab? A High water, flood stage. Q And the swift current caught you between the rock? A Thereis a slide in there, two- thirds of the way across. That was about seventy- five feet, I should judge. At low water, medium stage of water, no trouble to go through there. But in high stage, going over the Slide, I don't think a craft can go through there. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Where is Fort Bottom with reference to Wimmer's ranch? A Fort Bottom was figured about eighty miles below |
