The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-28

and Mexico and In South America have made
MIN perfect, however. and he buckles on tho
marlne suit WITH as much ease as though 1t
Were buckskln. lie disappears below the bub-
ping waves. and in fifteen minutes the tighten
Ing OF the falls md Jerk on the life line tell
thnJ announcer halo rs hooked"
On deck. the wool IL subjected to.a thor
ough examination. Notwithstanding its eight
,nonths toloprn under water, the glistoning
l9"ce is found 70 he as fnr IA soft. and rs nex-
ible a. ever. This ia due to the thick. oily
lrslduum, which permcates tho unwashcd
Wool AMI forms IN eifectual protector ngninst
the salt water Had the cargo been washed
before shipping. 1t would now have but little
49,. What Is tho chief drawback Of a divers
lneY WAS asked Of Coolnn. as the latter rested
on the deck after his lubors.
Well, should call it tho uncertainty For
instance you 80 down into ninety or one hun
drcd feet of water with nothing between you
and The surface except TINT little air pipe. II it
should break or Leak or get cut II IN all up with
YOU. As long rs that whizzing noise al the back
1fthe helmet keeps up, you nre all right; but
let i dwindle or stop and there's only one thing
To do, To make tracks ont ~ there"
Have YOU ever had 1t break with you ?"
! have had the noise stop IA quick ms you'd
can bet. | was down In nifty feet Of water and
i took tho llvclicst sind Of scramhing TO get up
in time The pipe had broken at the top but
one Of the tenders. put hia hand oycr The break.
and they managed tOscnd me- down II little more
ar as was comire, W The air Inside Of the
TO the ton WAS gasping likes fish out OF water
Next 10 the air pipe, the diver look. most card
tuly Hltei me llUlc pane oil glass which covers
his fnce. The iron rods two verti cal aud two
horizontal which protect II, are made and fitted
with especial care, 81 ~ 10 afford the greatest
amount OF protection consistent with clenr
view. The breaking " tbs glnss is generally
equivalent to immediate death, the rush oi the
water within being nut to choke the victim in
stnnily. Peterson ;ells OF u case on the Atlantic
const in which n diver was drowned by tho
breaking II this glass. The man Was exceed
iugly nervous aud apt 10 lose his head when he
got into difficulty Especially ha drrullod tho
breaking Of his face ghse. AMI Tor H. is reas1 N
nhu ~ Inans unusually stout one day, VIM"
"orN.ng IN Tue holi OF q ship loaded with rail-
road II IN. he lnmmcd his helmet against tho
tim bottom edge ~ "A rail Tic glass WIS shat
tered; Tho green water rushed In with tra-
meplous force. and strangled him before he
could mako an effort 60 get. out. Peterson.
Iied upon the body " his unfortunate mate.
doubled NJ around stanchion.
ln diving Tor tho Submarine Company OF
ST. Louis IN 1871. Peterson himself met with al
accident that well nigh proved fatal He was
employed ut Port LeaNenworth In the Nilsson i
River I'm over fifty foot of water. While at tn,
bottom Of the river the bell in which ho was nj
work was overturned the bell boots which -
wore being torn completely N him by tho vio
lcncc Of the shock. The current was running
az the rate 81 seven miles an hour. He retained
rr'sgn'r Of mind enough 70 grasp life line
which happened to De- within reach. whereupon
the current bore him 20 the surface
.Coolan was one of tho divers who nshcd the
six hundred lOdies out OF the WRECK Of the
White star steamer Atlantic in 1873. The
corpscs of the dead were found damned against
the furniture. crammod through glass sky
lights, hidden away behind stater0om doors
and always in the most frigltiully contorted
attitudes. To Crupe into cabin in the dark
and come suddenly upon tho bodies OF an on
tire iamlly-iaiher. mother. and childrcn-in-
t"itwlned in ono lgst embrace. was not uncom-
mon. The most hdeous casees and most, trying
e. mo nerves were the single corpsfs. hil he
hind doors which tumbled into the divers en-
lrury on his opening them.
Which ID the easies sort Of cargo o. move >"
easiest 10 handle Assorted carr1os' grain in
lulN. and miscellaneous goods are the worst.