The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-09-30

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Thy griefs and thy hopes to me,
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-7ranslated for THE JOURNAL BY c. s.
DEVOURED BY A CUTTIE-FISH.
Terrible Discovery On the Bottom Of tho
Sea-A Victim of the Schiller Disas-
ter Found In the Clutches of q Sub
marine Monster-A Brother In Search
Of = sister-Heart-Rendin Rcone IN
der tho Ocean. s. b.
From the Ne,o York Mereurv.
A Plymouth {Eng.) correspondent
writes: A most remarkable occur
renee conpect@ With bthe wreck Of the
steamship Schiller has just come to
light Itis remarkable not only for
the manner in which i became known.
but also because it leads to the strange
alseoyesyso 4! : = g aacerzHlingths q ng existence Of
carnivorous monsters inhabiting the
bottom Of the sea. q Naturalists must
read thus account upon its publication
intha) Meraa.rywith interest; I; ;in,asmuch ina d
as it will explain why 50 few of the
bddies>of human beings drowned in
foundered ships ever come to the sur
face. While portions of wrecked ves-
sells are of ten found floating even in.
mid J ocean, l1ot one in tbousand Of
persons lost is ever discovered; yet
natural causes such as the develop
ment Of gases by internal decomposi-
ton; should bring the:corpses to the
surface in a floating condition. If
the world il to believe what two of
the divers who went down to the bot:
tom last week to examine the wreck
of the Schiller on the Reterrier Led
ges, tell of what they saw. and which
experience third young man, who
was with them, confirmed with his
life, the explanation is now made that
there are monsters of the deep who
live on human flesh. The story is 9
brief one. Mr.. Franz Hauser, whose
body was buried few days ago at
Penzance, near Lands End, was .
native of Luxemburg. His mother
and two sisters were on the Schiller,
intending visit to their old home,
while he remained in Iowa. Upon
the news Of the wreck of the vessel he
became so deeply affected that he fell
into raging fever. When he be-
came convalescent he made inquiries
whether the bodies of his relations had
been found. He obtained no satis-
factory information in the States, and
at last resolved to make q personal
effort on the spot. He came across ::
the ocean, and at once went to Pen
zance, where at last he gained the
certainty that neither of the three
corpses had been recovered. There
upon he employed two experienced
divers, purchased a complete diving
armor, and submitted to a course of
training under the instructions of the
two men he had employed. As soon
as able to move about under the water
and accustomed to the heavy suit he
determined to descend into the sea
where the Schiller had gone down
and search for his mother and sisters.
Several descents were without success,
though the remains of the vessel were
seen, yet no body could be observed.
But one day as the three men were
silently moving about among sharp
pointed crags and reefs, and being a
considerable distance away from the
wreck ITSELF Franz Hauser was start.
led by the sight of what appeared as
the head of a female form. It seemed
to hang from the top Of reef some
ten feet high. He directed the atten-
ton of the others by pointing towards
it. Slowly the three stepped forward
in the direction of the reef Nearing
the spot a pitifal and heart-rending
scene presented itself: What was
supposed to bea female head was such
in reality, yet little of the body to
which it belonged could be seen. The
corpse was firmly held in the clutches
ofa gigantic cuttle6sh, which, with its
enormous arms and extended suckers,
clung to it and to the sides of the
rock like a wild beast feasting on its
prey. The sight, say the two sur
viving divers, was shocking, yet awe
inspiring. They describe the cuttle-
fish as having a circular central body
that could not be less than four feet
in diameter of greenish black hue,
with alternating bright and dark
spots and a shiny surface. It was
rounded like dome, and it seemed
as ifa portion Of the human body had
been absorbed into it by the tremend-
GUS power of suction this monster is
believed to possess. Its arms-the
divers counted eight-were apparent
ly of immense strength, being over
twelve feet, long, and Judged to be
not less than foot in diameter
where they joined the body. Some
Of these arms clung to the unfortun.
ate victim, others held fast to the pro.
tuberances of the rock, and several
we're swinging through the water like
1.-THE trunk of an elephant, but twice
it's size,