Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-08-06

safe Of he steamer Atlantic. sunk m 1852
This morning We were favored with an In
terviev with T. u. Harrington. OF W est
field. " T., the successful reseuerof The
safe. and give the items ofthe occurrence
which II Il be devoid Of wonderful meet
invs with beautiful ladies'" and .chil
dren." Is. nevertheless, very interesting
and TIE. Mr. Harrington has had tire,
years experience rs n diver. and durinl
the past winter has been engaged on III,
Mississippi in his business. Associated
with him in this undertaking were Mar
tin Quigley and Charles y. Gardner. o.
Chsssuqnt. y Y. and VIM. Newton. o
Detroit. They proceeded in the schooner
Fletcher to the locality Of the steamer A.
lantic, which lies about three miles from
the extreme point Of Long Point. They
arrived there on the isih Of June. and
tha! day was used in PREPARATIONS. On
the 10Th Mr. Harrington. ercased in Wells
* Gowea's submarine armo-. made his
first descent. This armor - made OF two
LAYERS OF canvass and one Of India rubber.
the rubber occupying the middle. IL is
loose and flexible. and Of course resIsts no
pressure. From in front Of the mouth.
proceeds tube composed OF nine alter.
nate layers Of canvass and rubber. with
COPPER wire coiled inside 10 prevent coll
lapse. This Is flexible TOO. and being as
long as the depth 10 which the diver goes
and the upper end being in the open air
secures proper respiration. The aper-
ture j. three Fights Of an inch IN diane
ter. A wreck-ine had previously been
dropped and rested against the side OF
The steamer.
Dressed as above described, with lead
en- shoes. and with lead weights attached
10 his BODY amounting 10 all 10 248 lbs.
with a rope around his waist. BY which he
could be raised TO the surface. aud check
or signal in his hand. the adventurous d.
yer commenced ms frst descent lie was
..v.A by tie wreck line. and struck
the promenau.e deck about forty feet All
The s,,,eroom W. IRE lhe Express Com.
panv's safe was. whic.tH vas IN The third
slaleroom AZ the wheelhoh.se u Tue ,"'.
board side. lie remained on de~A our
one minute. After descending so %
20 feet. depending upon the clearness OF
.
and he - governed entirely By feeling. -
The romantic sights recorded by the Ad |
vertiser arc. therefore. without foundation.
fhe greatest caution as to entanglin lines /
must therefore be used. and Mr.. llarrine.
ton went each time outside OF the starch
ions. moving, as be advanced. bis wreck
line. 50 that with each dive be advanced
nearer the stateroom. The second dive !
lie was three minutes upon deck; the /
third four, the fourth seven. On the tween
tieth he made four dives. and the time on
deck was respectively, four minutes, rev.
en- do. three do, and the next or eighth,
six. ~ which time he reached he state.
room. Previous To this he had all The /
time been cropping about. and twice VAS
on the hurricane deck. and once near the 1
main deck. The twenty first he made
seven descents. times respectively. 4. & |
s.. 3. 6 and minutes, and during !
which he was busy IN breaking in the /
room window. and breaking down the
wood work on the side and below it, and
succeeded AZ last in getting line fast TO
the ring in the iii Of the safe. but ending
the aperture he had made too small to al
low the passage OF the safe. assembled 20
wait tili the coming day. On the sd. |
the sixteenth dive. being the first thar
day, he was on deck seven minutes. dur. |
ing which time he sawed through the cas-
ing and panel work. and tried 10 break II
OF with his hand. but could not. The
seventeenth he was on deck nine minutes.
in which be fastened a line to the wood
work. and BY 1.-THE men above pulled il
oil. The eighteenth and last descent. he
was on deck eleven minutes, and during
II he succeeded in fastening a line 10 the
end ring Of the safe. and helping ii out OF
the aperture. It Vas raised 10 The deck Of
the schooner. The periious work was
done, and the adventurous men upon O.
pening the safe. or rather iron chest. TWEEN
weight by eighteen. BY sixteen inches In
size. found themselves the possessors OF
abou, $4,000 in gold, aud 81 900 in bills.
small portion Of which were useless.
from the action CT water and Insolvency
OF banks. and six watches. twoof which
were valuable gold ones. The chest con-
tanned papers for which the American kx.
press Company paid handsome salvage.
The Atlantic lies earecned. her larbosrd
side being one hundred and seventy 1--WE
feet. and the water on her starboard one
hundred and sixty feet deep. The safe
was about one hundred aad ffty-seven
feet from the surface. Upon her deck Mr. .
found 4 light sediment Of three or four
inches depth. lie could, As We have
said above. see nothing. aud encounter
ed nothing on, the wood work. chains,
glass and the chest. The water was very
chilly, aud Mr.. lis hands were 50 much
that be could not by mere feeling. dlsiin.
guish glass from wood II Was only BY
ibe formers breaking that be knew lis
material. lie thinks his strength when
below not more than one-;enth that IL was
whep III the open air. lie suffered but
little from pressure except two or three
times. when such was the rush Of blood
10 the head. that as he SAYS. he saw
.brigh, flashes in bis helmet, Ike electric
sparks"
We have been thus accurate. from JUS
sice to Mr.. II. who has thus Accomplished
feat. never before. We believe. success
ful. lie is candid. fair spoken man. and
isnos little mortified that any one should
have SO misreprssenicd the matter 10 The
editors ofthe Detroit Advertiser. lie is