New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-06

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BELL DIVING LAKE ERIE-It will be remembered that
Mr. Maillefort distinguished in marine ennery
has undertaken to raise the Express Companys safe in
the steamer Atlantic, sunk upwards Of hundred and
fifty feet below the surface at the bottom of Lake Erie
The first attempt unsuccessful from fault in
the diving apparatus The second attempt made and
the vessel reached but from other circumstances
nothing accomplished towards commencing operations
the wreck. The Buffalo Commercial has been fur
nished with the following account of this essay This
the deepest dive record and will be read with interest
Notwithstanding the somewhat unavorabe condition.
of the weather and the roughness of the WATER de
ermned to make attempt reach the wreck on sat
urday morning 18th September order to test the cara
Mr. Green therefore, arrayed himself in the rarino
arnor started on second trip to the bottom Of
Erie, Hedescended without any difficulty and landed
directly in the interior Of the steamers pine the
top which he felt with his feet and nd
then elevated again distance and aghted
the second time the braces following down uutiI he
got on to the cross braces He did however
in making firm footing deck owing the unstead
ness Of the small steamer used the OCCASION which
communicated too much molten to the hose ropes
There was much risk of the intrepid diver getting
tangled in the ropes and wood work be unable to
extrcate himself to tear the dress and being again
elevated he descended third time alongside and
the wreck He went down fourteen feet below tha
upper deck and with the guards his head being
hundred and thirty feet and his feet hundred
and foryour feet below the surface Of Lake Erie This
the deepest dive made, hundred and twenty
The new hose WAS found to be perfectly successful
DIVER felt Quite at and went down and up without
the shghLesc INJURY to dress, pipes,
The marine armor consists of perfectly airght India
rubber dress topped by copper helmet with thick
plate of glass in 'front.' The pipes which supply and ex
haust the air, lead from the top OF this helmet Tho
pumping requires much labor; four some times sir
men being employed it at the time and COM
PEELED to work hard at that great pressure Of air il
experienced by the diver upon his lungs equal to rs lbs
the inch and very few individuals could bear for
length of time.
When first going into the Dress sensation Of
sion very overcoming but passes away great
after entering the water. When depth ten feet Il
reached III the descent the dress becomes entirely epsed
OF air and collapsed to the body. causing pressure all
over the diver equal the heft ten pound ueisht
excepting to the head. which pr1tscted by the
helmet The difficulty in breathing nov becomes gret
painful sensation experienced by the diver the jaws be-
come dstendcd and the head seemingly splitting This
continues until after descending twelve
eet then the pain is relieved the diver feels ccnfrao
an0 experiences no rtherimcouvenience.
When about sixty feet below the surface hundreds OF
The legitimate inhabitants of the water surround the
ycf nibblin at their strange visitor as houSh ne Was
food for the fshesn reaching seyeny-nye teet
all is perfectly dark-a black, mpcnerabie darknsss
and electric flame plays around the inside o. the He
met, by the Friction OF the pump, a. apoys
hundred and sixty the water is very eeid neng II
he n-esent season within five degrees Of free
MIR Maiefort has returned in order 20 OBTAIN arssr
se,mer ard to for settled and calm weather before
naking another attempt He has not the sshtest doubt
thai te nextefort VIII be crowned with success. Mr.
Green the diver has proved himself capable Of doing the
work etectually and rank OF the rst and
most l1ssful underwater in the country Two
most excellent besides Mr. Green in company
with Mr. Maiefort We she'll look with much interest
for of the next trial but that it will be success
full we have no doubt.