The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
PERILS IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
MEN VINO TAKE THE BIoGRAPH PIC.
TURkS LIE OFTEN IN DhN1ER

Three Who Went South After War Picture.
Found IL no Easy Task-IIow They Mi.,cd
Getting Views of the Bombnrdmen, ofsan
Juan 49, PhotoEraphing Express Train,
There may he livelIer md moro exciting
occupations Than taking photographs for a
moving picture concern. but II there are 7
haven't heard ot them"
The remark was made in the Office OF one a,
the big biograph companies the other dnvh,
+, Armitagc, an expert field photorrnnho.
who had been employed by the company 10,
two or three wears. and has accom- rlshed ,om.
OF its most difficult photographlng achieve.
ments While taking pictures from n trou.x
car on tho gorge road at Niagara Falls tho "a,
jumped the track and the man and n,,cb,n.
narrowly escaped going into the river. dnnosr-
ously near the falls. On another occasion m.
men we're thrown from a raft while photo.
graphing Cedar Rapids in the St Iawrenc.
river. but fortunately the accident did not occur
until the rapids had nearly been passed An
accident at Atlantic CITY again nut the man L.
danger but produced an excellent pictnr.
rms occurred during the photog Nm.
IRE departments response to an alarm IN.
OF tho engines ran down the big camera In
making turn and the men jumpel aside ,,.,
in time. Fortunately the film box wa. NOT 40
stroyed and the last view showes the rair =,
big grey horses tearing along at full ,oi.
Top llght out OF tho centre OF the picture
When this moving picture business Ara,
came into existence" said an operator. "a "a.
Vorite subject was the view OF an e1nrs,.
train going sixty miles an hour The e1sc,Iu.
ness OF tho view was heightened OF course n,
showing the train as nearly head on az po,si
Die. we tried to find how close to the trnok VI.
could set our machine-and incidentally o,,-
! selves-without being overcome by the .uctio,
OF the train. We found thatthere was no agree.
| mcnt among railroad men themselves on nj.
| point. but we finally figured 1t out TINT vo
! coulu take up our stand five feetfrom the track
| II we had an anchorage.
| so we made ready to take a through .,n
on one OF the big roads and set up our cana.
securely fastened. five feet from tho trooL
There was n signal pole beside the machtn.
| which wo intended to use for our own ,nchor'
| age.
The man with me had some railroad Az
perience. and had relied largely on bis on,n.
| Ion In arranging tho business. Well sir. vban
tho express reached the curve and cana
| toward us. II looked as though she was going
| to run over us. The ex-railroad man stood I,
| Tor about two seconds: then no dropped nj,
| ropes and bolted for the fence Ivas tamr,aa
| to follow. but l set my teeth, turned on thu
connection and started the reel Then 7
| grabbed the post and hung on for all wa.
| worth The train was only n fraction OF A seo.
| ond in passing me- but 1t seemed like an hour
,or1,oa w.. ~ VIC ram d. thae distance was
....am .. .H1 'nou'ai e'ra'n was worse.
~. 80. s., .""' III, ny afiii' hau peen pulled
~. 49, my "eren even lame
w .Ns I"'. out ! nave never cared TO get so
near to a fast train since that time"
The men who were sent to Cuba to eet nho.
sokiapns VI 'ne spanish american war had
| some stirring experiences. Arthur Marvin
had charge OF the Photographic apparntu. ~
' .s Dot ",n ooln pany'
l' 81 our attempts 70 make camera
uit VIC o'ou's vi INC war says Mr.
n"' W. "ere noI successful one OF them
VOC ~ III " somewhat ridiculous way
~ IA '''nipoFariy beyond our con-
'io, ,r
we hao Ioiio"eo sampson's Meet eastward
I'm NJ, "es' 70 Forto MOO. IL was at the
oo'n oai uiueh' a' oah Juan. AS that lombard
inen' was our ilrs1 opportunity TO do any work.
We "efe unNlous. naturaLy' 70 get some good
., ."en .no uiins oeean We steamed mp
w aio so' "nere We could
al " W. wv "ao'e iahEe Oh operatione pretty
"o,l' ny. isihs ,he captain OF tho yacht
"a 40 '''o o"oie' anu he gradually
80, BUN INC opani7h oatterles began Q
iop', W .ne A.nericah ire. some OF their shells
I I WITHIN tnfee or -FOUR hundred yards OF US.
presume, ana we oeean 10 congratulate our
so,1 'n,. On ',e ,ac' .hae tnere might De good
e .n oeiore lons presently the spanish
e"o.s oosah 'oeolne faster and 10 splash upt the
VOC it'le nearer 10 U.S. ewere interested
III "a'cn'ns tne argument between the ships
anu ...e Oa..ei'ee ahu ulun1 notioe what was
mappeh'ns 70 ourselves until our yacht had got
80 . 80, 80 noau"ay anu was making
'1 w 'lno ava, rom inc shore.
We silou.eu TO .he captain TO hold up ana
'eei o'ou IN uu' no a'uh near U.S. We tredto
or. VII 'ne crew Du. tney were equally
ue"i' -, 'ne 'iile we GOT tnose scared fellows
W w, W US VIC were '"enty-nve nlies out a.
go go ~. We ~. oaeA 'he performance was
anu ',e nniefIcah meet hao salieo away.
Although we missed the main show We
figured In principal role for n aida nerforn
ance that foIIowsd Thar. -. ~
a"'e 'ha' ioo"eu' Ihere were TWO small
out and started in our direction. We had 70.