Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-02
Fssm the Cleveland Herald, JuIys-'
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Harrington, Of Westfeld, New York
the successful rescuer Of the safe and
give the items Of the occurrence, which,
II Il be devoid Of wonderful meetings
with @beartifd ladies' and children
Is nevertheless, very Interesting and
~ Mr. Harrington has had three
yearS experiences a diver, and dHrIng
the past winter has been engaged on
the Missssippi IN his bu5uess. As
socfated With him IN this undertaking.
we're Martin QaigIey and Charles Q.
Gardner. Of ChataaqGe, New York
and Va. Newton Of Detroit They
proceeded Ia the schooner Fletcher to
The locality Of the steamer Atlantic,
which lies aboes three niles from the
extreme point Of Long Point. They.
arrived there on the 1Ssh6f June, and
that day was used IN preparations On
the 18th, Mr.. Harrington, incssed IN
Wells 4 GoWen's submarine ar1nor,
made his FIRST descent. This agmoT Is.
made Of tw0IayeTs Of canvass aBdone
Of In5la-ubber, the rubber Oeeapying
. fe middler Tt IS loose and flexible,
.andof course Tesistsn0pTessUre From
d. IN front Of TIE mouth proceeds a tube
composed Of nine alternate layers Of.
canvass and rubber, with q copper wire
cDhed inside to prevent collapse. This
is flexible, too, and being as long a.
the depth 10 which the diver goes, and
the upper end being IN the open air,
secures proper respiration. The speT-
tuTe is thTee-eighths Of an inch IN
diameteE a wreck-Iine hadpreviOus-
ly been dropped and restedsgainst the
eide Of the steamer.
Dressed as above described, with
Ieaden shoes and with lead weights
attached to his body, amounting IN al
to twohundred an~dforty-eight pounds,
with a rope around his waist, BY which
he could be raised TO the surface, and
check OF signal line in his hand, the
...adEsnturOus diver commenced his first
descent He was governed by the
EreckIine, and struck the promenade
1. deck about forty-feet aft the state room
where the Express COmpany's safe
was, which was IN the third state-roOm
aft the wheel-hOuse on the larboard
side. lie remained on deck but one
. minute After descending from fifty
;. "a seventy-fve, depending upon the
" clesrness Of the air above, all Is dark
. 10 the diver, andheis governed entirely
j.. By feeling. The romantic sights re.
corded by the Advertiser, are, there
fore, without foundation. The creates
caution as 70 entangling lines must
therefore, be used, and Mr.. Harrington
D.. went each time outside Of the stan.
:chions, moving, as he advanced, his
wEeck-line, so that with each dive ht
advanced nearer the state-room. The
:. second dive he was three minutes upor
: deck; the third -four; the fourth, seven
On the 10Th he made four dives, and
The time on deck was respectively foul
minutes, seven ditto, three ditto, anC
the next, or eighth, six, at which time
o he reached the state-roOm. Previou,
70 this he had AL the time been gTopin,
about, and twice was On the hurrican,
deck, and once near the m,an deck
The 21sthemade seven dcscents, time
respectively, -four, six, FIVE, three, five
-: six3 and eight minutes, and durinI
which. he was busy breaking in tn
room. widow, and breaking down tn
wood work on the side and below il
and succeeded at last in getting a lin
fast to the ring in the lid Of the safe
but finding the aperture he had mad
= Zoo small TO allow the passage Of tn
safe, assembled to wait till the comm
day.
On the tWenty-second, the sixteent
. dive, being the first that day, he wa
on deck seven minutes, during whic
time be sawed through the casing an
panelwork, and tried to break it 0
with his hand, but could not. I'll
d. seventeenth he was on deck min
minutes, in which he fastened a line
thewood-WOrk, and by it the men abo1
pulled It of. The eighteenth and la
descent he was ondeck eleven minute
and during it he succeeded in fasteni1
q line to the end ring Of the safe, ar
helping it out Of the aperture, it vi
raised to the deck of the schoone
. The perilous work was done, and Il
D.. a~dyenturoHs me upon opening the sal
or rather iron chest, twenty-eight |
eighteen by sixteen inches in size, foul
themselves the possessors Of abo
$1,000 in gold, and $4,000 in bills.
small portion of which were usele
from the action Of the water and j
~solyency Of banks, and six watcht
TIVE Of which were valuable gold on,
The chest contained papers for viii
the American Express Company pa
a~handsome salvage. The Atlantic i
careened, her larbored side being o
hundred and seyenty-fve feet, and {
water on her starboard one hundr
and sixty feet deep. The safe v
about one hundred and f~fty-sevcnf
from the surface. Upon her deck !
III. found a light sediment Of three
four inches depth. He could, as
have said above, see nothing, and
countered nothing but the wood-wo