, 1869-09-05
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
Beneath the Rolling Wavcs-Lltc
Under XTnIcr-TFagcukcx ON tue
I.ottonl OF the Sen-1loSv thc Eiahcs
Look nt u Dlycf-Thc Story OF n
Detroit Diver. Il
From hs Detrett AdrertaAer ani TFiours.


From Ia Detrei. Adrer:aaer ami 7'noun.
It = s1san4e business. taIs diving. The dan- |
ger fssctnates some, hut the peril IS never tor
mon ent lost slsat o. nat on The helmet Tor ths
rcsuEe II without feeling that my be the laas
tine Rhall ever 60 down. OF course one has
thing tn being shut up in an aruor. weighed down
With hundred pounds. and kno~ o~tuR fhAs a little
leak In Joo lfe pipe Is your death. tast no dlseE
snoulu to taolsh the feeling. for the stghs Of
the clear blue SKY. the genial sun, and the face OF
aiel!oN at'er long no11' nsa aaonS e as nc
IraWu away from the GrssT Of death- hare had
sou.e na1Eow escapea while passusog NJ strange
profession: every tlEet has, OF has been aansu-
flnpf the most dangerous place ever got Into
WIS going down 10 examine the propeller Comet,
sunk o1 Toledo. 10 working neoas her bottom, |
got my aIF pipe c0!led orer large Bvtf from the
ksoven hole. and could not reach II With ny hants,
Ever5 time sprang up to remove tes nose, M
sh1s letting mo iall hack aGaio- lie dill not IN
dc.stand his duties, and did rot know what my
ss1a% % 81 1s @ss Tstac seFo
moment that Was not locking 70 sco the hose
cut W the ragged Eood. Its astfsngs feeling
you have down there. tou 50 waxing oEes =
there, and the feeling taat you are alooe makea
JoU!nG1sous and uncasI.
s,nnds up Oh the bottom a. tim and ~ nest as II
she rode on tic surface. Then you can 70 down
Into the cahtn, TIP The sarouds, walk all oscr her
Jus, cas5 "a sailor could II she we1e still dash.
lDg awa1 bcIorp the breeze Only 1t Eeens 60
ton5-like: there are no wases down thefe-oniy "a
sRayinE bacf sna forth Of the waters, and q see
EnwInK OF tue ship. You hear nothing from above.
The RTcaa nshea viii CONC swimming ahous, rub
Ling their noses Against your glass. and staring
stine 81 ecmellncs gives llfe a chill lou hear
juBt Euoautng sound. Ike the last notes OF An Or
gan, and you cannot help but lhlnk Of dcod men
1,scn dGWn rsner,n,ty tn rrse,,c the badtes
OF tnose drowned About four seass ago the pep-
pcey l.uekc.r, belonging 70 tho Northern Trans.
tawrcncc, IN seventy eight feet Of water aud II
VAS know . TINT mother and child were asleep Ia
| their stateroom ut the time Of her sinking. The
father begged Of NC md offered mo gooi deal
ol money 70 lake ou, the corpscs, hnd, though |
DREADED tho worE, Ut last co0henteal hal been
a.. over The n'esE I've Or thfee sSs 60, anu kaeT
! licked, aud vailed O good Willis brfoFo bursting
| It nrcn.
Gycn IN brua4l day, on shore, and with pc"pIs
| around you. ,lony YOU know that lhc sight aud
| Pr,tcl.cc OF q dead person brings up Halcu'n
th"nsh.. az 1 nrsvou" eeSnSr n!,a ssc~ ,noT noT
tnc room and /: HE rsshsr huin't oeoa look,aR
10 ~rctch4i atxve, tacfn Vas r.. uu,>a-y to ,""'-'
me N n,n. snFrc. g;, I'M: n sofa o vbar tr
1"n, nto, "' rutng ct ,hink. pare t1t
, e,ne rlsSlns Dr.: .as ,cssal ~: then Iarshet
o,rr .ors:d my ride, nnl out theJ ca.n", the
woman prsi, hrf eJca who open add hrr hall
.1nud 1t thr. ch.tA I knsr how tnry wou.t look
lut Bcrrn,ned out ahd }unpe.l nack. tl"r facl
wAs ftaI.s .sallt cstortr', showing how hari ttnatF
had been ana .s Sa, eys' ,has Sf n.,n ,,ogS w mn IN
eirsn Te cailt H II na; d. ra1'tJ. rs title white
iacc giving or. no stgu ef tcrn- ,n,, IN, lin, Fl
II Was good Wills before lasc =. ~ f"is 7 7
them Gnd grave tha af2nn to flanl ~. r. tTsf.
uEra,y thnt HnH not Ions In folo1,t.1. ,,,n M
ono Of the drawbacks to MY ling o. eus,o."y , II
dser might othcrTisd haTe. Iue,r ,ns,no IT, If r.
llad nan noatlne about there. Wheu. ino o.
I,ellc sunk on ST Clair F1ap, tho cngtHre,
caught IN the ru.hi1K waterz, and no trsoc -,
hearing that was to 70 down 10 the wreck, and
htAed me to md the bos1y II poAslble- Ev1nem
oercd this when went down. anu went cropping
Ion of encounter,na the poy. oaied 70 'ea lou y
started Tor tho ladder 70 20 ur. when fell soa1e
thing htrtEe my helClCl and E1tp WAY, mud 4 chill
went dancing over nle aa thought the dead body
Nas Al hand But, on reaching up, fonnd that
had rln a2atasL the nr1>nosc, the end oi which
stu hidden beyond my sight
oliver doss not Ike 10 20 down tnore thaa q
ture IL raInfnl aud there is danger Of Internal Ia
| jIrJ. cau ttat down for I've or Elk houra at
time At 4 hundred and nt1ecu or twenty feet mi
90 q evol deal Of hnrl worE. In the waters o.
Lake lturon the dtycf can sce thirty or lor1y fcc
Away. but the other lakeh viii dcseen vesseI mol
/ ten feet TTo1 you
rp here you seldom think Of Incident or death
a'nt husdre4l teet OF water washing orer Joni
brad would set Jou TO thinking. A listto stoppage
| of the air pump, leak IN ,u1r hare, careIesl
notion on the Part Of your tender, and tho weight
/ OF mountain would preas The ife ous Of you be-
fore ynu cuntd u:ake more. And you may
| "!oul your piPa or Ilue yourself, and Ia youi
1 haste hr1pE on Hhnt you .lreu,i ! dfteu get ny
| hose atouul . stair or rail. and shougn ! an M,
called cowar1ily, md generally releate II withou
| tuuch trouble, the bare ijca or what 4 Rlendel
thing holds back the clutch OF death ~ my throat
makes cold eHeat sta1t from every pore.