Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-23
'PERILS OF DIVERS
Electrical Apparatus for Their
Protection
FIERCE BATTLE WITH A SHARK
The TAriiing Story Of Submarine Ex'
Dlofer Who Was Employed ~
~ Chil2n Insurgents.

r. n Hsgtmaa. recently discharged
1ron the cruiser san Francisco al san
Ds.go upon the expirasioa of seven
ysssJ sesvses, tells an interesting story
Of his sxpes1encs as a diver while IN
vsssigssslx The wreck Of the bianeo
fEac~lAda- During the troubles IN
Chin h enlisted with the insurgents
And was excessively an offieer on tor
pedo boss. hsuteaAas Of ARTILLERY at the
tastls a AeaeAlgo river. spy against
Du1maos<iA sad commanded two pieces
.s< ssaillsry - the battle of PiAeillA.
Wt3sA opsasd tho way 10 Valparaiso
H was vssaAsd. sad after recovery
awss taken back In the American serv-
-
uNrsuAn, says the San Francisco
C1Rsu&sls, wes engaged IN diving on the
1naussnt vessel Rlanco EncAlada, sunk
by The Admiral lynch in the harbor of
Csl1era-
Oas month altar. the insurgents, then
fn possession Of the port, employed
Harsn.a aal an Eaglishman, also .
diver. to go down ard measure the hole
and determine the chance of raising the
vessel Divers equipped with incandes-
cent lights were lowered upon the shap.
whica WAS lying in nine fathoms OF
wstsr. The ship was lying upon her
pscrt sieSe- She had sunk IN feld Of
sea grass growing ten feet high The
waves had washed great avenues OF
white sand through the grass TO various
pArts Of tho vessel.
Almost everywhere were arms, legs,
heads and trunks Of human bodies.
Many OF these the fsh had eaten clean
of the nesh. only the skulls and bones
remaining The aesh that still re-
manned intact was soft and mushy. and
when touched would fall away from
the bones Many bodies were found
whole. the men having met death by
drowning.
In the starboard rigging stood the
skeletons of two men with the bones OF
their hands still olenching the rathnes.
The whole scene was horrible and re-
voting beyond description The great
est obstacle Ia the work was the fish.
There were millions Of hsh and cells
everywhere. They would shoot through
Ne water and. rnsgnified by the water
and the glass Of the divers helmet. and
reAssting the rays Of the electric light,
hay looked like thousands Of blades Of
polished silver.
Whsreser Hartman would lay his
hands upon the deck they would come
N so~1eet with shiny eel The eels
would wrsp themselves about the
Aivers' legs as they went along the
isck- Tha, and coming in frequent
pnntaEt with dissolving human flesh, at
tsrAed . variety of sensations not fire.
qusaaly Dct with by even diver.
Amsos these Hsh were numerous
sAsAs. Thy were with difficulty kept
swsy fFSn the divers With one Hart
man haA bsttle. The suit Of diver
10 - ahps1eh - to keep him ct about an
a4unoEfun IN the water. With slight
m0tAsn. n ean easily rise. As he goes
evss ~ bottom he rarely touches
GrsEnl A diver In also provided with
nvsapco Of defense against ravenous
- IN ~ shnpe Of an electric pole six
~ long - covered with rubber, ex-
ospAas shs ed which = a steel point
DsodinG In . large curve over this
pu1ns h . heck With ball on the end.
Ths poiat and bali are positive. and
saRsGfve poles Of an electric current.
wh6uA - fsx1ished by wire FROM q dyna-
no On the vessel. When a shark ap-
peoaehes too close 20 the diver tho end
- tAs peae n thrown against him and
The oarrsnt passes from the point
shroagh he Ash to the ball The fish
reosives . violent shock. which may
either stun or kill
Hartman saw an enormous msn-eat-
ing shark slowly approaching him and
slowly opening and shutting his enor-
nous Jaws When within striking dis
tance the pole was thrown against him.
The shock stopped him and he remained
under the infuence for several minutes,
then recovered and came slowly on
again Il was sepested with the same
resuls che shird time. Hartman dropped
Underneath the shark. and while he
Wa jet mo<ionless ripped with knife
along the holly from the gills to the tail,
leaving his intestines to fall out