, 1875-04-11


mora Severely 50 that the next morning could uos
| walk at a! my limbs would aouele up under ms
resolved to abandon the wreck. and return hosna
Of the wreck 50 feet uder water wanted to recover
it. So managed with tho aid Of tha tendets to css
dressed & Parity q y'1Y N ao9n, md parity Y hola,1z
not gone % feet betore Uncovered NJ
On reaching tho plaza vhern tbs lns malo fast
moved about IN ths foretop With sase, aud felt "a
hsss Il
li1nbs-feetiu9 wall thought best not to diatu<o
| the hawser. came up, and upon taking OF tne g
NOR the pain -cturnod. but not one half % aersr<.
seeing me much improved, aLr. Brcnnocf und@-
took 60 down, got enanRed with tho gearing Abont
10 feet under water which connected with Tho IRE
| fhs Idea, The numbness Eemaiued with hlaa fer
several week. repeated my fist days. experiment.
irInr little deeper each day, aud staying half e1i
honr It one Hne. fnay raised The wreck. doiag al
| the underwater work myself, And torel
aaro aro. ressnI ras bought In the foI1ovtn.
snrino nv M Charles Depuehy, Of tha city and II
tsrwards stranded and lost with oal Of grain ~ The
yed down to the depth OF 145 fee. OF the eoaat nf
afaine. and rematned twenty minutes without expe
encine any ineonyenieuee 18th the exception Of =
siiaht headache.
n 1sS7 undertook tha work of leyelinx the fous-
IL bridge Pig. q .hs Chicago saFnges
water vs. IS feet. We only su6sred Nth cold whea
ths work happsned to be- light and returned to Chiea
| ga in Mnrch 1s68
~ ira nroneiIer ratv 1T Boston coIl;dcd with d.
propeller Milvaukos near skillxga1re Light, Laka
Michigan in 90 feet Of water contracted for har
coyery aud searched tor and found her In tho foes
fiour md tnirty-dyo barrels Of PORK. Tha bottc,s
Of ths vser during sotherly gaies caused tho vreck
to rocf end so worked through tho loosa substancs
! W.
would !, an houc under water, cons up to rest, ~
down anl make out one more hour and 20 .sASs
uqnrnt enouah to etsy thirtT aud somesines 1srsy
minute after Being notified that the hour vas up
It. we were punished IN the following nna1nr-.
Nicholson STAYED under water tha last dip aue ho1e
md forty minutes, cans up and after undressing
taken with pain in his arms thighs, and chest, and
Knered greatly from stoppago Of urine lasting until
morning. adyised him to 60 down again, xhicn ho
aid aboIt f,rtyeieht hours After beng hurt HID h.
gone down sooner Is my opinion be Would h.y. boeo
erad sooner It. however wore away slowly and b, the
time W. leit in tha fz he to all appearances we'll
W. rased the vreck but the caaks beinR old AID dry
rotten sagera, Of then, bursed in the act of raiau5
which caused failure this season Tbs next
vent to Tosh a S noton ,s 9s IN .at
10l feet making deep g-oore she went. We fas-
tsned casks as befors Both Nicholson and myseK got
roravzed M before and used the same remedy, Wo
p;sG tha gTacx Anr g. 1870 toyeI her into Beaver
Harbor ~ Nicholson did not seesn to b 70 thorough
| ~ rnred AZ myseIf 1t every change OF weatlcf
| ~ ~ trnnhed Nth rain tn The a1acted parta
10 HaI ~, - ~ 5r,nI 10 fraely of ouor This HI
.icle should De used very spazingy when diving in
having boen under water little spirits may not harm,
hut DO not know that it viii do any good william
Tssf IA oTe md sseasd to be well IN ths
fau
In 1871 wen. to raising tho propeller Oliver czorn-
years, ths aams dlveEe being with NE still
They wsre both sg5esabls l. md russ"ehT me asn
| far
man tosa:har. our expariancs IN former times con.
WINGED that we had traed With u s. . snd ~ W. osas
r.ts ooiy .ssoqns tor !. = u. " .n.. .s
an eong ap cut o. brniss not fslt Eeen
in deep vaser as On land, in natural atmosphere.
We zads practies Of staying forty minutes At tine
tho tho ya.r betore. Tbs government building us
on Spectacle Reef at the time and wanted diver.
.ds bar9aiu to furnish one, and full rot Of amor.
NcSeaen Sess and aa not lst hin dive Il dep ratsr
raised ths Oliver Cromwell before he returned FROM
the reef We towed the wreck into harbor, and got
the oas has rsaed At he time Of the great conagra-
ton in Chicago. Nicholson Was taken sick about the
10Th Of December, vent to tbs sssers' Hospital died
thera on Cristpnaa Day, and buried at Milwaukee,
seed about IS years Tho Doctor stated that hs died
fforn tho eaecte Of deep-w ditine.
sunk 1t South Manitou Island n 60 feet of vateF. W.
dove herr four hours and found no inconysnsnee We
also raised, the GANG year. tho schooner E II Porch
| Of water We dove four hours, and no ons
wa hurt. 1 mention these two vasssh on
to sow that there is limit 70 depth af water for DIV
ing, and time to stay Disregard these wo
fscts and the Divers health sna even hie an
search Of the schoonor Mtnos AtchenI~ young % al "
BY the u3ra Of Frank Hill supplied taa pioae o.
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