The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-08
ARE SAD FACED MEN.
THIS IS WHAT ONE OF THE CRAFT
SAYS OF DEEP SEA DIVERS.

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fearful sights in wrecks" said a re-
porter to veteran deep sea diver.
"Yes. but you get used to EN- when
you have been in the business long.
When l first started diving. l was sent
down to report u wreck Nobody was
supposed 10 have been drowned when
the vessel went down, but when / went
into the cabin the first thing | saw was
the body of a man seated at the table.
The water was very clear and magnified
him until lie looked about four times
his natural size His hand was upon the
shoulder Of little boy. who was sitting
on his knee Ii was my first experience
with dead bodies, and it gave me a
shock Now / don't mind 'em at all
+ Most of the tales you hear about groups
I Of dead people sittin round quite natural
in cabin are lies. A body will rise aft
CT being in the water u couple Of weeks
and be found floating up against the
ceiling When they have their legs uu-
/ der a table. they sometimes sit right
/ where they are until their bodies decay
away. because they are held down by tho
+ table. which is usually screwed TO tho
. floor
I "An English diver knew once had a
/ pretty nasty experience with sharks He
was diving in u wreck which had been
/ loaded with live cattle. When she had
I been down at the bottom for n month
or SO, the bodies Of the cattle became
light and fioated up against the hatch
/ ways As soon rs he started the after
/ hatch, the cattle began to float out and
/ mp 10 the surface of the water The To-
i cality was infested with sharks. and
i they soon began 70 gather round the
hatchway, grabbing the cattle AS they
camo ont and following them mp 70 the
surface. fighting among themselves
Some Of the cattle had been tied, and
they fioated out as far as their ropes
would allow The sharks gathered round
them and began To tear them 10 pieces.
| Pretty soon they began TO fighb and poor
Marsh-that was his name-was afraid
10 90 up for fear he might be attacked
and afraid 10 stay down because one
snap Of a shark ; mouth would have
severed his air hose in "A twinkling. He
gave the signal To be hauled up in a
hurry and went bif among the school
Of sharks and through them In going
through a shark snapped &c him and
took of his right hand, 50 that he had
to give mp the business "
What's the narrowest escape yuu
ever had:"
"Wcll. about the closest shave that !
remember was when was putting Some
I copper on "A steamers bottom while She
was in dock / took some plates down
with me and did some work on one side
of the hull, after which / wanted to put
some plates ON tie other side The YES
sci was about three feet OFF the bottom
/ crawled underneath, dragging some
/ plates after me. When hud been work
ing for some time, ! noticed INV air was
getting short, so l went 10 try 10 get
under the keel again 10 be hauled up. /
found the steamer nearly on the bottom
and squeezing my air hose between her
keel and the ground. The tide was Civ
ing out, and she had gradually sunk un-
til she was almost aground. had for
gotten all about the tide, and when
pulled the hose l found it would not
bulge an inch | can tell you scared is
no word for how felt.
IF the bottom had been soft, il would
not have mattered SO much. but il was
- u
vice There was nothing 70 do but wait
If she fell any lower, the air would be
entirely shut off, and l would simply
have to die. You can bet / shall never
forget those few minutes when / wa,
waiting to see whether she rose or fell
My head felt as though il was bursting
and my nose and ears began TO bleed
Presently felt the air getting little
fresher. / took heart, and soon she be
gan TO rise with the turn of the tide
There was plenty Of time for me TO get
my nerve back before she was high
enough Off the bottom for me TO crawl
under | didn't get u back. however,
but Just stood there trembling until l
could squeeze under her bottom and give
the signal 70 be hauled mp For weeks
after that / was a sick man. and NV
hearing has never been right since
Sometimes, especially III tropical wa
tiers. the bottom Of the sea is lovely
sight have seen a forest Of kelp and
seaweed gently waving with the tide
which looked like fa;ryland The dim
light and the bright colored fish darting
about make it look all the more beauti-
full A bit Of seaweed on land does not
amount TO much but if You see a regu-
lar forest of it growing it looks very diff
ferent
If you stand still for a minute, the
fish will swim all around you and ex-
anime You Just as a lot Of human beings
would look at some strange animal At
the slightest movement they whisk their
tails and not living thing is to be seen.
1T takes the life ont Of a man some
how. diving does. and never knew a
diver who did much smiling They are
all rather grave. sober faced men -
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