The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-12
TALK WITH A DIVER
Singular Experiences ina No..
-a OHs Life. att

Can Can you see under va,.,..
very seldom. 1 remember a.eli'
ago going down. to have a 5ea5
the wreck of the Forfsshiro lug st
vessel Grace Darling and her fo,tLts
pdlled to, not from the assCaet
OF the Island, as the story savs " s
rom tbs lee side, where the c, egt
lay ready, and where the water a
smooth. l dived just out of rnH
Ity, and saw the old hooker nitN
enough. Of that came coast TIsa
been down in water so bright I've
I've stood among weeds as taH rqa
this room, and beautiful ga,dsa
them, and watching 'em With y
light, almost forgetting tho ioS T.
was down there for, and | saw ~ y
kinds of fish swimming about al "
appearing quite close through q tSi
glass in my helmit, though if nrs
out my hands to them 1 found tb nSs
to be fathoms away" But 50
rule you can't see ?" f.No mors t ~
If [ was looking through a Lond"uu
LOg' Ana 'hen taRe snip. SBD-
pose You were 10 coma in this rNoT7
at night without light-you cSpi can't
not see. So il is wita q ships hoij
and cabin under water. IT'S pircS
Ozark. a N N can only grope." OF
must be dangerous moving sbont
among cargo under such clrcums
stances" "Why, not when ron s1e
used to it. A bit Of. sea on above !,
often inconvenient, by making tbs
vessel on the sufiaca roll and tautep
the tackle for heaving up the cargo,
and 80 running Up a mass OF dead
weight on sudden before you'rs
ready, and then letting it come down
Crash again. A ground eYel-T
mean the swell at the bottoms,
also Troublesome, for it'n swing
man to and fro to distance Of
seven feet and mora. But this il
only on deck. It's quiet enough in
the hold" Suppose such a swell
SHOULD dash a diver sgainst any,
thing? ?" SIT wouldn't hurt him, sir,
FEe dress makes him so light. I
have fallen through many yawn
aud hola in a ships decks, it 10
break d mans neck snd back, you
might think for t. depth Of il, and
have gone very softly, and have
come up again just as quietly"
Can You converse under water ?n
" es, but very few knoW how it's
done. Ii you were to stand up face
to face with another man each
might tust himself with yelling
without producing the faIntest
sound. Now, h0v do you think you
can hear?" 81 cannot imagine
'B5 lsying down. You and your
mate mus lie down on your breasts
head to head Or side by side, close,
and in that pn ition you'll hear one
another as easily az you and can
neer each other IL this ROOM" 81
supp Sc the sound is conveyed
oy the deck or sand, or what
aver you lie upOnl" "Possibly.
oniv know it is true. When
found this cut l spoke to
lnotaer dVsr about IL, and he
you'd nat believe me. Well, one
lay we ha pered to go down to a
wreck together. L told him be-
'oIehand what position to put him.
'elf In; an after we had been at
T0Ik some time, we came together
md both laid down, as agreed, and
said, "Jim, are there many more
asks left in the foreholdp' "Heaps,"
lie answered right of. "And so
'ou can hear nne?" said L. GAY"
le answered. "wOn erfully plain )"
nd with that he laughed, and so
ia l, and we both heard each other
augh just rs we heard each others
Fords. How deap down were you
t the time SIN about eleven
athoms. "-London Telegraph.