The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-09-10
ARE SAD FACED MEN.
THIS IS WHAT ONE or The CRAFT
SAYS or DEEP SEA DIVERS.

/ Divers Have HAd-A Close shavs-FAIry.
+ land on the Oceans bottom.
II suppose you sometimes see some
fearful sights in wrecks" said a re-
+ porter to o veteran deep sea diver
Yes. but you get used 10 en- when
you have been in the business long.
When l first started diving. WA sent
down 20 report "a wreck Nobody was
supposed to have been drowned when
tie ye,SS! went down. hut when I went
into the cabin the first thing I ,-lw WAS
ihe body Of man seated at the tahle
The water was very clear and lnagnified
hi;a until he looked about four times
,.is natural size His hand was upou the
shoulder Of little boy, who was sitting
GA his knee It WAS my first experiences
wsth dead bodies. aud Il gave me n
shock. Now ! don't mind 'em nj all
Most of the tales you hear about groups
Of dead people sittiu round quita natural
ln "A cabin are lies A budy will rise aft
rr being IN the wafer "a couple 10 weeks
ard be found foating up against ths
ceiling. When they have their les uu-
der a table. they sometimes sit right
away. because they are held down hy the
table. which l. usually screwed 10 tho
floor
An English diver l knew once had n
pretty nasty experience with sharks Ho
was diving in wreck which had been
loaded with live cattle When she had
been down at tho bottom for a month
or 80. tho bodies Of the cattle became
light and fiolted mp against the hatch.
ways As soon rs he started the after
hatch. the cattle began to float ont aud
mp TO the surface Of the water The lo-
cality was infested with sharks. and
they soon began 10 gather round the
haichway. grabbing the cattle as they
came out and following them up to the
surface. fighting among themselves
some of the cattle had been tied. and
they tloated ont as far as their rnpes
would allow. The sharks gathered round
them aud began to tear them to pieces
Pretty soon they began 10 fight. aud poor
Marsh-that was his name-was afraid
20 20 up FOR fear he might be attacked
and afraid TO stay down because one
snap Of n sharks mouth wOnld have
severed his air hose IN twinkliug. He
gave the signal 20 be- hauled up in a
hurry and went bin among the school
- sharks and through them In going
through shark snapped at him and
took of his right hand. so that he had
to give up the business Z"
What's the narrowest escape yuu
ever hadg"
well, ah0ut the closest shave that I
remember was when / was putting some
copper on . steamers bottom while She
was in dock. ,onk some plates down
with me and did some work un nne side
Of the hull. after which wanted a. put
some plates on tie other side The veS-
sci was about three feet Off the bottom
I crawled underneath. dragging some
plates after me. When I had hccn work
ing for some time. noticed my air was
getting short. 80 | went to try 10 get
under the keel again - - hauled un
found the steamer nearly on the bottom
ami squeezing my air hose between her
keel and the ground The tide was Civ
ing ont, and she had gradually sunk uu-
til she was almost aground had for
gotten all about tho tide. and when
pulled the hose found il would not
bulge am 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
rock, and the hose was gripped like a
vice There was nothing to do but wait
IL she fell any lower. the air would he
entirely shut of. and I would simply
have 90 die. You can bet l shall never
forget those few minutes when / was
waiting 20 see whether she ruse or fell.
My head felt rs though IL was bursting
and my nose and ears began 10 bleed.
Presently felt the air getting a little
fresher. / took heart, aud soon she be-
gan TO rise with the turn Of the tide
There was plenty of time for me to get
my nerve hack before she was high
enough of the bottom for me 20 crawl
under. ! didn't get il back. however.
but just stood there trembling until /
could squeeze under her bottom and give
the signal to be hauled mp For weeks
after that was sick man, and INV
hearing has never been right since.
Sometimes, especially in tropical wa.
ters, the bottom OF the sea is a lovely
sight have seen forest Of kelp and
seaweed gently waving with thu tide
which looked like fa.ryland The dim
light and the bright colored Ash darting
about make IL look all the more heauti-
full A bit Of seaweed on land does not
amount TO much. but II you see a regu.
Lar forest OF it growing it looks very diff
ferent
If you stand still for n minute, the
nsh viii swim all around yOu and ex-
anime you Just as lot Of human beings
would look at some strange animal At
the slightest movement they whisk their
tails aud not living thing is TO be seen
- IL takes the life out Of n man some