, 1891-10-30
TRYING A NEW PLAN.
The San Francisco Divers at Work
at Hutton's Lake.
The Search for Dawson's Body
Left to Them Alone.
Muddy Water Bothers Them Much
More Than the Weeds.

Two California divers have arrived al
Laramie and are now at work at Hutton's
lake in the attempt to recover the body of
Matthew b. Dawson. cashier ofthe Wyo-
ming National bank. who was drowned
there a week ago last Friday.
The arrival of the divers has aroused
extreme interest in the town and they and
their apparatus are objects of universal
curiosity. There were as many people at
the lake yesterday as on the day following
the drowning. Everybody who could
get out there went to see the men at work
and never tired of Watching them. -
The day was pretty favorable for sur
face operations for it was quite calm even
at the lake where a stiff breeze usually
blows even when everything is calmest
elsewhere. The search has been entirely
abandoned to the divers.
They made many inquiries to arrive at
an exact understanding of the situation.
They were told all about the direction and
velocity of the wind, the exact point on
the lake from which Scrymser and Daw-
son started with the boat, the point at
which Scrymser's body and the boat were
found. with all of the theories aloat as to
the possible point at which Dawson
body was now lodged.
1t was thought the weeds, with which
sections of the lake was literally matted.
would materially interfere with the opera
tons OF the divers but they proved of
little annoyance and scarcely delayed
their operations. The greatest draw
back was found in the muddy and milky
water which interferred with and limited
their vision in all directions 50 that they
were compelled to c%onfine their opera
tions mainly TO graping.
The divers work only four hours a day.
The longest time which either one of them
was half an hour. Only one man goes
down at a time. Having selected their
places for descent, the raft is moved into
position. The diver then adjusts his
suit of rubber cloth, his lead soled shoes,
the weights at his sides which force his
descent into the water and the big metal
helmet, with its otaring glass eye shields.
is drawn over his head and completely
secured to his shoulders. From the top
of this shield come two small rubber
tubes, through one of which fresh air il
forced down to the diver by means of 6
force pump operated by the other diver
who remains on the raft. Through the
| other tube the vitiated air which is
breathed by the diver at work below IS
returned to the surface. With life line
carefully adjusted the..diver descends to his
work below and through this line, by
means of signals to his partner above.
makes known his needs or gives his in
structions. The divers do not conceal the
tact that their work at Hutton's lake is
attended with difficulties because of the
muddy character of the water.
A delegation OF the Knights of PYthias,
OF which Mr.. Dawson was a member re-
manned all last night at the lake. Big
bontires were built to keep them warm
and illuminate the vicinity of the lake
and in relays they patrolled the shores so
that if the body was thrown up bv the
waters it could be at once recovered and
brought into town.
The friends of Mr.. Dawson now feel
confident that but very little time will
elapse before the body is recovered.