The sun., 1897-07-18
DEYILFISH AND DYNAMITE.
They Disappear red Together. ana No Ono Known
the Outcome or the Alliance.

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
Ben Connor. who has been employed in tho
work carried on by COL C. p. Goodyear in deep-
ening Brunswick llGrbor, Georgia, tells a thrill
ing story OF adventure with an octopus that
occurred while they were blasting in the harbor.
The work carried on with mammoth
sea harrow" said Ben, with which the tena-
cious blue clay at tho bottom of the bar was
broken up. 1t Is n ponderous affair, and was
dragged back and forth along tho channel by
means Of strong cables and a small steam tug,
na s fos ha ssky
and tear 1t up so that the outgoing tide would
wash away the loose earth and deepen the chan
I'm addition to the harrow, dynamite was
used in hfty.pouna charges. exploded at inter
tions would not yield to the harrow. Our
method Of exploding the charges was very sim:
which was coiled q stout cable, and around
wndlass another smaller rope and q wire
THE dynamite was liked for exploding, and
placed in an old gunnysack and carefully low
cred over the side, while the tug moved of some
fif!y yards; and so soon ms the dynamite was
safe at the bottom and we were at safe distance
away. the button was touched and the charge
drcd feet high: and frequently sending fine fish
to the top, where they were picked UP By the
explode. and in such an instance we would haul
awHy on the smaller line. and Tow IN dynamite
to the surface M and rsaEranse the fuse and drop
"One day we were out near the bar working
away and had got oil several charges very sue
cessfully. Al last we steamed or some distance
from where we had been at work and dropped o
fry-ponnd bundle Of the explosive overheard,
AID after moving off to safe distance we tried
to explode it,, But it did not explode. and We
began to haul in the rope 70 which II was at
tached to see what the trouble was. The men
who were tugRing at the rope remarked that 10
must have become cntanglca in portion OF
some old wreck. rs it WINS so hard TO tow in An
extra effort. however. seemed to loosen the OBJ
struction. and VIC redoubled our efforts. Sud-
denly two great slimy arms came up out OF tho
sen and slapped against the side of the tug, and
then another reached ont toward the gunwale,
and at the same time the bundle of dynamite,
clutched in the tentaccs of gigantic devil hsh,
. appeared on the surface.
The men who tuSgin0 at tho rope
dropped il and tunhea backward in their fright,
/ and II looked for n moment like the devilhsh
was go ing TO come on deck or pull the entire
tackle into the sea with him. His great baleful
eyes cleaned angrily as he came to the top and
his Shiny arms were writhng and tossing on tho
waves. and you never saw lot of dynamiterB
I as badly frightened AS we.
Touch of the charge! shouted the engineer.
But that WAS not practicable, ms il had already
failed to explode. and. besides ii might have en-
axe and aimed blow at the exposed tentacle
which was writhing along the side OF the tug.
but his aim was bad and he struck the rope In
stcad. and the monster slowly sank out Of sight
with the big charge of dynamite still clasped in
his ugly arms.
"Iwould have given $50 TO have been able to
touch Oft that charge OF dynamite. ! would
/ in the defiant eyes of that hideous dcvil-hsh as
. he was hoisted into the air. But as 1t WAS we
| had to give 1t up and allow the old villain to
/ wrgge back to his Shiny lair with valuable
bundle OF high explosive on which to test his
digestive apparatus. | don't know what as
7 the ultimate result. but rather suspect that
not troubled with spilar visitation during the
| progress OF the worrI