The evening world., 1894-06-27
IN SEVEN FATH0Ms Of Water.
Right Side Up, but Listed Over On
q Smooth Bottom, With No
Bodies Near.
PART OF DECk-HoUsE SECURES.
Diver Rice Believes me Bsdlss Have
Baen Swept Out to Sea or
Up tho Narrsws.

SANDY HOOK. N. J.. June n.-Aftsn
a search lasting from > o'clock Monday
morning, until I o'clock this morning,
" The Evening Worlds" tug Assistance
succeeded In making fist to the tue
James d. Nicol. which foupdereA with .
fishing party on board, Lest Sunday Il.
ternoon.
A heavy sea had beeo kicked UP ~
smoky Southwestern and, big a. the A.
distance 10. she bobbed about on the,
water like cork. making footing very
uncertain and even unsafe for all On
board. Big waves broke over her boW
and dashed vtciously against the VIM
dows Of the pilot-houss. and the Dcuyps
pors were continually full Of water. n
The wreck was located By mesns ~
srspnsls At . point west-sou'-wsst frun
SeotIand 141Eht,hip, the twin iishts q
south. The evening Worlds" tue
deD .a.S gut so..sd. M e. ses
mel fastened into the wreck. ald tie
p oTSSsn JOHN T. n Rec sssn s.....d b.
Tender N. A. Nelson, hurriedly sot into
his diving suit and was preparing to
drop over the side when the sraDnel
Nicors Deck-HOuss CAUGHT.
"A, Alms.t Immediately thereafter . sec.
by seven feet in Dimensions. shot to
the surface OF the water. In the wake
Of the Assistance. The siase had been
window-frame partly torn away. EVIL
IDENTIFY by the Erapnel.
This section of the deck-house was
then went about and cruised back and
forth over the spot where the grapnel
Capt. Larry peNoyelles stood at the
r.ady to TX the lesston Of Pt the e' Vice.
;houd Ia. the soo f1Lspnsl .S,h fastsn SntS
Highlands OF the starbosrd bow. Diver
stern ready to drop oyer. should the
At Sit s f up nh ns .rfS from tn.
time of the first contact when the
grapnsl again became fast, this TINA
SSSr w sss sfopps saalsr Ss
fore her Roadway could be checked the
strain on the erapnel rope became 50
great that the drag axain broke loose
another section of the deck house hoated
this p ortion Of the deck.house was Z
to the workers on the Xssistanoe tha&
this p art Of the deck house had formed
q portion OF the 1all Of the stewards
pas Rnss : III. oG Section Of sSs
house, and this was detached and taken
aboard. togey sc with the frst section Of
the deck,hof to be used for purposes
Diver Rice Goes Overheard.
As the Assistance swung around to hes
anchor, Diver Rice donned his helmet
a kalt and a hnl he
side, 1t was big risk to take in such .
sea, but he laughingly insisted upon TAX.
ing 1t. Capt. De Noyelles pointed out to
ca rried undC the stern Of the tug. which
was rolling heavily m the trough Of the
sea and sending masses of spray as high
rs her hurricane deck and pounding the
water like a wounded whale:
With eighty. five pounds OF lead in the
belt around his waist; with iron shoes,
esn ss. srsn rsPP p
Diver Rice rank slowly out OF sight. Q
column Of air bubbles coming rapidly
iown. Tender Nelson carefully paid out
the life line and air pipe, while crew
Of two men worked the air pump which
TX. crew OF the Assistance and sFhs
Evening World reporters and artists
anIiously watched the decent. while
to keep from following him overheard.
The air-pipe had been carefully exam
ned. inch by inch, and weak spot was
discovered near one end. This weak
md Diver Rice insisted having attached
% the helmet, explaining that II was
safer to have II where the great pres
lure OF the water would resist the pres
,ure OF the air, and prevent the pipe
rom bursting.
II was 7.SS o'clock when Diver Rice
made his FIRST descent. il was ia. or
,svon minutes later. when Diver Rice
,isnallod to Tender Nelson that he had
cached bottom. The lead was cast
rom the bow OF the tus, and the depth
o which Diver Rice had descended
vas ascertaihed to be q little over seven
athomS
Bottom at seven Fathoms.
The tide. however, had just turned to
iood with the promise Of adding to the
lepth at least another fathom inside OF
hree hours. The watchers on the deck
4 the Assistance could follow the move
n.ents Of Diver Rice nearly nifty feet BE-
ow by the bubbles OF air that escaped
loOnsnusa On lard MAI
! IF L.