The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28
UNDER WATER.



The Experience or Diver-Cutting ost
| SHARKS Heart.
Pom ne Proridenos Jowroi.
I've seen many time when ia fatner %
under water than on shorA used to feel that
| way sometimes"
Mr.. Edward II. Littleneld. a native OF Block
| Island. but now keeper OF nsh market ON
| Fountain street. % years old. made this re-
mark In story he was telling on Friday alter
noon. He was diver for twenty.four years
in all spent forty years under tho water OF
upon IL, and has tackled wrecks from Lake
Superior To Niagara Falls. and from Maine to
Port Royal. He estimates tho number OF
bodies he has with his own bands pulled out q
sunken vessels at 100. and that he has walked
out and around forty to ltty vessels lying In
water varying In depth from Is to 1uS feet.
He nearly lost his lifo ten years ago while get
ting tho cargo out Of the schooner warren
Gage. of the east Of Narragansett Pier. and has
since that time preferred to stay above water.
My first experience" faid he. was In Sea
comet River, In 1850. hunting for Capt. Ben
Tailman's son Jerome 1t was in the month
OF August, and Jerome Tnllman had been In
tho water eleven days They'd dragged for
him, but couldn't flnd him. Twas shipman for
Capt Charles Herbert. the wrecker. then. but
ono day the regular diver took sick. and
as they had an agreement giving Capt
Herbert $500 II he found the body In
three days. and $500 IL he did not. with the
idea OF working at IT all tho time. Wa ptcfsd
f fsisnd ID md nd p went at !53 oeocf Il
morning. wasn't used to It, so took
c ds c sSs p1 Ea sud vet
about ii. Tie first thing | saw when /
r., STn the ms WAS fsn, ann H
a lot OF dogish:, Theses dogtisll are tough
things, for they Have two, SPURS on the har,k
legs md spur him. They smashed against
me. and any mum Der Of tnsm sp pure my legs
TINT at last Eot out mi, knifS and went to cut;
sea on aoGnsGh that is dead 80 ,rsd thf hen,
I'm must siae awe Es ity or Sixty I" taem ali
whiri me round, could tel it wasn't .ths eur:
T an. biz SHARK on to my M e 5"kns
at me- I'D have given a city to be out OF his
WY s sad leaed & stay t hs ' e III u.
% S sflmes FSnx u &c
turns On enc side and could have. put a bar
INK 50 II waitsH H. dashed for me- and eV as
ana slashsd with The Knife caught hin in
bottom nifty or sixty feet of. the blood rising
what suppose tainted. Tor 1 came to with
ssr S9ay ths s"R9sf III hSs damn
signal to my tender. SO he Ind Kept upthe air
ffTpn bn. pretty ss Y It them Ht F ta s5
the blood nll came U to the top In bubbles be:
fore i mixed with the water Why tint
" But. after all. had my greatest exnerl
t%s dsepsss
nortneast Of Point Judith, and the Captains
sSM9 Hsp @ ."S don't b Sses
supply man with air. except inside bis BE- @st
PEI Before that it will circulate Ground his body.
begin to cling to him. and Ills pores now out
oil the water his body It is terrible SEN
the first step begun to feel numb all over
1t was the pressure Of the water above
vessel ' and Climbed into tbe ratlines
Ssts wen bacf stsns
can continue this right straight along and go
an %Sfn he s sa
he c9mpanionway again, AZ this time the
Now. it's queer. but there's something
i you went into the cabin Of a vessel where one
that it Toyld start tpWa,d almost
50 terribe. You can't avoid them. They s come
Is Is Il they waR , to be taken away Well The
tad to open do SH to OK sssf 6oeRs
md brsced ny ny whole weight against the door;
IS more. Tknew there'd be te s sho"t.
20 got all ready. The door gave way ct last.
'oncSssion Of the Water funs ct the bodies toe
like ghnibst sh%t
e tho littis sir %sana s5s had come s sat
when the vessel sunk. and there was food on
NJ p tna at that very time Twas pulled
Pausine. the I'D diver began to laugh. and
When asked what It was about he said it was the
'ecn by hand. but now it was by steam. Iie
referred stram. for it kept up regular sup
"m f and mari % cd WSt this s Was 80
old Of trick no once played on q Water water. pipe
we OF f a2 tn nss
y all the men; One day when tho boss
yEa ., Under ha6 water WORKMAN ~ remarked
nav whe Mr. LItlseia G said tAe that ar w"s
yicked. but asked the workmen to light
heir pipes and smoke near the pump, saying
they didn't all see why. but they did. It. A
Jump sucks up everything In the air at its or
obacco smoke nv the cubic foot Two minutes
apsed. and then tho boss gave three wild
s very 90 and rshtensd out q lis hhs wts
The first thin. he was ask ed II the pump hadn't
:ot utire. Mr.. I,ittlefed said he guessed it
,earings. This satisfied the boss. and the men .
vent into fits behind his back The man would
lever go down after that; he said he thought
10 had had an attack OF heart disease.
faro with Diamonds and Opals for Chips.
From he Detroit Free Pres
II sawa pretty. .stiff faro game once, said
Ielbourne, Australia. and was between three
cealthy mine owners. who had inst gonna In |