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Show 1092 on the bank. " One of the other engines, I think Mr. Jones', had gone completely, leaving us only two that we were working, the one that Tom Wimmer had, and the one that his son was handling. " In order to get a working arrangement, the two boats were lashed together. My boat was lashed ahead to Mr. Tom Wimmer's boat, that of Jones ahead of the others; The disabled Evinrude was taken along to furnish spare parts for the two remaining ones. " We operated at a thirty- six foot unit, with Mr. Wimmer steering his boat, with Bill Jones helping with the oars, and with me in the Evinrude boat rowing; the other unit was operated by Andy Wimmer. That had happened previously to where we came to this rougher water which might be described as a rapid." R. 2583- 2584. Sand bars were less trouble on the up stream trip than on the down, when the river was low. " We were more troubled by the current, too much current against the banks; occasionally get out and lift the boat off of sand bars if we were stuck." R. 2584. " Q On the trip upstream did you at times get out and push the boat off? " A A great many times. " Q Which boats went on the sandbars? " A We were two units; the two boats had been made into two. I should say both boats were on the sandbars a great many times, or hampered by other obstructions or where the current was too swift to handle then." R. 2584 |