Smyrna times., 1885-07-01
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.

the auditory nerves at length caused IA
peculiar ringing to constantly pass
his ears similar to the noise
made by railway train at fast speed.
He was one of the divers engaged by
the Spanish NigO Bay Company to re-
cover the treasure of doublOons sunk
during the last century in hulks at
that place, but was unable to make de-
scents on account of this trouble. He
resigned, came to this country, settled
up his affairs, and is now en- route for
Germany in the steamer FULdd.
Among his thrilling adventures was
a notable one at the Delaware Break
water and which partOok somewhat OF .
a ghastly character. He had gone |
down and placed some cartridges |
under wreck, and after the first ex-
plosion could distinguish enough to |
perceive the half-eaten body of man
slowly float out of the wreck and APP
proach within an inch of his face. Two
others, members of the same crew
shortly came walking out in death and
passed wierdly along.
At another time, III blowing the foun-
dations of Il wharf away, the small sig
nal rope attached to his armor became
loose and floated away beyond reach.
| He at once realized his terrible posi-
| ton. due to his weighted armOr, which
held him down. Suddenly he felt him
| self drawn up and upon reaching the
surface was surprised to learn that the
signal to hoist had been given. An
examination disclosed that Il catfish
had become entangled in the floating
signal rope and in its struggles to get
free had given the signal which saved
his life
Perhaps other divers may have had
and do have an equally varied exper-
fence, since it is not possible to follow
the profession without its attendant
spice of danger One remarkable ex-
perience of divers in Southern waters
is the curiosity shown by sharks at the
appearance of the unsightly-looklng
armor in their domain. Among the
most formidable is the savage ground
shark that lies at the bottom and rises
with extended mouth, glistening with
double-rOwed teeth to seize whatever
strikes the water whether it be hottie
or a body. Then there is the long
(man-eating) surface shark which come
in groups nOsing around the diver and
then 90 off to consult, circling arOunc
| while he is at work At Other
times the luminous shark, will hover
overhead and furnish the diver witt
an electric light" Through all this
there is constant danger Of the lines
becoming entangled in wrecks, anC
added to this the certainty Of the fate
] when these monsters of the deel
8 choose to attack in force. Numbers o
D them were lowering and gliding abou
4 the wreck Of the steamship DAME
. Steinmdnn that was wrecked on tn
E rocks at SambrO Ledge, coast OF Nov
u Scotia, one dark November night ieN
e wears ago. The divers, who wen
1t down to recover the saloon Vuluable'
S, were at first deferred by their unusui
? numbers. The cause became soon al
4 parent. Upon reaching the deck the
= groped their way to the saloons an
u There. among their elegant surrOunC
le ings were men, women and children
in dren, grouped in all postures. SON
. Law prone on their faces, others in tn
Of attitude of prayer, while others agar
st were half in and half out OF their stat
- rooms but i'll their watery tomb Il
was calm and still, and the reiiectt
re light from the surface passing throug
Is the skvlights above touched the ou
NJ uished carvings of the pilastres belo
ly and threw subdued light through Il
u saloons. This was all changed, ho'
= ever. when the divers opened the doo
0u to enter: the current acting upt
OF everything movable caused seemll
oil life to once more pervade the cabl
Ire and so it seemed all at once ma
he nrenarations to leave. Those III t
-,v staterooms came out and tioated WI
- extended arms wherever the cure
y listed. the attitude of prayer "
III abandoned, the prone arose and IN
8o, pled with the floating chairs, tables a
nd other furniture, and all the while WI
sed out hOrriG circle of sharks were Wa
o. ING the opportunity to begin III
-, Iong-delaved feast Scenes such
these are common enough with
Ose divers. and on this account rarely
SEQ men be found with nerve sufficient
STAY at it to become experts, such
Wolters is. Added to this the &C
pression on their bodies at great dep
nv the water soon makes them pin.
callv incapable, as in his case. +
ence of mind, too, is lost, but not m
re- of time. The least accident endan!
.uc- ing the one and the opaqueness oi
ted sea making the other not possInl
lolv is doubtful if of all the men W n'
olo down to the sea i'll ships to max
living, any of them can recall eXl
In6' fences so fraught with danger ana
ing venture as the submarine DIVER.
Of was not long after this descent
,lais been made that the agents OF
say. steamship at Halifax were lnstru'
+I;s to employ divers to search the WI
of the Daniel SteiRmGnR again TOR
ue- BODY of one of the passengers, Err
Al who, before leaving Bren
? be had deposited siXty-seven tho1s
ID a fiorins with II banker there, took
ncb. receipt for the amount and then
ou,- the next day with the receipt ON
Derson. In the absence of any d
any mentary proof that the $1,000 ho
GIN were in his keeping, the banker
mon fused to make payment to the n
nks! heirs. 1t was known he had this
the and il was known that he intende
,oo,o make this banker his depOsltary,
the receipt was the link missing,
oe- the wreck of the Daniel Neinmdnh
ath') the secret. Again the divers,
ID at brought to SambrO Ledge and
zee of down to the deck of the Stem
luck. to recover the body of Ernest -
- the receipt for $1,000 tlOrins, but
efforts were fruitless. The 5;
''ioii' doors had been left open when
Alutl- made their former visit and no |
mseH of any of the passengers
ldow, he found. The sea had wa
,ham. out nearly everything, and the s.
II tbo was given up. Nothing more WI
af tempted now by the divers rs
'ui =, u wreck was breaking up fast and sire
ellous the beach with debris and the II
lia IN for the florins appeared destined
shrOuded in the mysteries OF Tn
when through the agency OF the
san, and .Jetsani, of this same m.
ious sea, a package of papers, tor
water-soaked, was picked up c
shruO beach shortly afterwards and a
springs them was the receipt for the
carora, given by the banker at Brem
t, with Ernest -- when was IorMaiu -N.'.el
, times the agents to Germany, presented
,os in the money recovered Out G
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