The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-17
Des Mo;ueS-

81 Joseph .oe0o1s0ees Q
Batteries: Des Mo:nes. Cooper and Lob
man; St Joseph. Pardee and Collins
At Peoria RHE
Rockford rd..........-502ooe1oesu ?
Peoria .---...--6o 0 @ 0 2 0o ]
Batteries: Rockford. Bubser ard Quinn:
Peoria, Gregory. Harvey and Seisler.
NEW PLAN FOE RE>CUING CARGO
Great Diving Bell to be Lowered in Lake
Michigan.
Milwaukee, June 16.-Witdin q few
months the work q raising the North
German Lloyd steamer EEoe. which sunk
of Lowestoft, January 80. 1895. will be
undertaken BY the American Wreckage
and Salvage company. OF hts city
Seven Of the mas noted divers in the
world have pronounced the raising OF
his steamer or rhe recovery % its cargo
20 De task impossible Of accomplish
men:. Notwithstanding this expert
testimony against the undertaking, the
salvage company feels justified in ex-
pending 2 large amount Of money in the
attempt, and is confident that. By the
aid OF new diving bell. invented by
W. G. Smith. OF this city, Il VIII be sue
cesSfui.
Marine men in all parts OF the coun.
try are interested in the work the SAL
wage company is now doing il colnec-
ton With the raising of the Pewa5ic- i
Lake Superior steamer. which was sunk
on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. IN 1866.
carrying down with IL upward OF one
hundred lives and treasure which is
times rhe value Of the steamer and cargo
have been spent in attempts 20 ioca. e
IL during the last tai-ty-two years. and
the only successful one was that made
by the American Wreckage and Salvage
Company. which discovered the steamer
last Monday Il was only able 10 do
the work through the agency OF It's div
,ng Dell, which in reality is monster Of
the deep. capable OF moving and lifting
great weights at depth which appears
marvellous 10 those familiar with the his
tory OF diving. 1t is because OF the sue
cess which IL has thus for had in loca.-
ing the Pevabic that the company bases
It's hopes for the recovery OF the Elbe
and lis cargo.
The greatest depth ever attained by a
diver with any device until the Smith
bell was tried last summer was III feat
out with the new bell party Of SIX men
nave remained under water for six
hours At depth OF go feet. This ex-
perimen, was made in Lake Michigan.
about twenty-five mics of Milwaukee
The bell is so constructed that /, can
Withstand the pressure OF an immense
volume ot water, and is also ecuipoed
with great aucoIua nc arms or legs. by
ehe operation OF which Il can move
around on the bottom OF the sea with rhe
ease o- one oc the monsters Of the deep.
ihese arms can also be used in lifting
greft weights. and in the experiments
which were made off this port huge
pouldsrs were brought from the bottom
10 the surface by the use OF the arms.
IL now remains Tor the bell 70 Demon
s,Tate that its great automatic arms are
OK particular use in removing the cargo
OF copper ingots, valued ar $50, 900. which
Is on the main deck OF the Pewabic. Old
marine man have expressed doubts as
70 the truth OF the statement That -,a
company has succeeded in Ioca ting the
Pewabic. but The salvage company to-
Gay received advices stating that tee
nrss reports which were sent out are ah-
soiutely correct. and that it Is in reaHtv
the long lost steamer.
Inc steamer was bound from Eoughton
to Lake Erie points. and i, is claimed
tnat there was in the safe SIS. goo OF the
Lake Superior Express Company's
money At the time OF the disaster /.
was alleged that this safe had been
ooted aad that the boat was sent 20 the
bottom for the purpose os covering I'D
the theft II has never been dete-min-
ed just how The collision occurred. and
rne conflicting statements OF the wheel
man and the officer in charge OF the boa.
led TO the belief in the allegation that
inere was design in the collision.
TIE Meteor. with ~hfda the Pewab.c
was il collision, was companion steam
er OF the same line, and was on the way
up from Lake Erie points. AS was the
custom in those days, the boats ex-
changed papers, so that the PASSENGERS
and crews could be kept Informed as 70
the doings in the world. They were
several miles of the Tnunder Bay Light
which was the usual place FOR the meet
ing OF the down and up steamers The
steamers passed very close 10 each other
and I is cs3iured tha. the suction caused
them TO crash into each other In the
investigation which followed the wheel
mantesti1ed that an Officer gave him
orders - turn in a manner which would
have led 70 a collision He protested.
and the order was repeated. The officer
claimed that he gave the order % turn
IN the opposite direction This discrep-
alcy confirmed the belle, az the time
that the collision was determined on 10
cover up the crime. There were about
Two hundred passengers aboard. and
over one hundred perished. as the Pc
wahic went down 50 fast that the pas
sengerS could not all jump 70 the Meteor.
which F1y close alongside. Many were
killed by the c-uching IN OF the upper
works The work which IS now being
done vii solve the mystery OF the COL
lisior- l. the safe was looted there will
be TO doubt that il vas a pcemedi:a;ed
act
Ths great diving bell with which +, Is
proposed 70 do such wonders n the re-
cove-y Of the treasures aad the solving
of tAe mysteries OF the deep IS a cylin-
i-cal shaped steel tJ1oe eigrt feet high
and six feet in diameter 1, IS not bell
shaped. and has none OF ne mechanical
% tae oil diving bzLS
The construc tors ot this marine wonder
are careful that 10 ere shall see The
plans or shall get Photograph of is
L Is made o. ore inch |
STEEL. and the tube IS aroAei. OF the top
xia 5ows. which have been tested 20 |
withstand a pressure equal 20 q water |
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