Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27

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head into the mud. During the next
hour all other expedients to communicate
with him were tried, but all proved
equally fruitless, and now another grave
danger entered upon the extraordinary
scene. The cylinders of the air pump,
which had been working continuously for
some eight hours, showed signs Of over
work and were rapidly getting red hot.
In this cE,e they would have to be stop
ped altogether. However, luckily there
was a plentiful supply Of ice on board
the Hood, and, by packing this continual
~ around the pump it was kept cool
enough to work.
While these operations were going on
her majesty's sloop Dolphin hove in sight
and joined her huge consort in Suda bay.
A signal was at once made to her from
the flagship to send Immediately boat
with diver and apparatus. The Dolphin's
boat brought at once couple Of divers
and one man pump. One Of the divers
went down as quickly as possible in
search Of Young, but he was a new hand
at the work and speedily returned to the
surface, having failed to see any one or
anything.
At 8 p. m. all lines attached to Young,
which had previously been kept taut, as
we'll as the hawser which he had fastened
to the torpedo, and the shot lne-all
were simultaneously eased. The result
Of this was that tie unfek innate man
to the torpedo and the snot line-all
was still head downward. At 9:45 p. m.
the second diver from the Dolphin de-
scended, and by the aid of the electric
light he found Young bobbing about in
a perfectly helpless condition. He shook
the luckless diver by the hand and tried
in other ways to attract his attention.
Getting no response to his efforts, he
came up and reported Young quite dead.
The unfortunate man was now actually
sighted from the launch, legs up and
head down, about "a feet below the sur
face of the translucent water. There re-
manned only one thing to be done-name-
~, to pull up the torpedo by main force
by means of the hawser attached to it. It
was desperate and last resource.
When all was in readiness, the signal
was given, Full steam ahead" This
was done twice, each time in different
direction, but without any apparent re-
suit. The torpedo, firmly wedged in the
clay, would not bulge. Then again once
more-this time squirt at right angles to
previous pulls and at full speed. Again
80 brawny arms in the launch heaved
and hauled with will, the steam pin
mace painted and puffed, her screw beat
ing the calm waters into a milky foam.
Both boats were at standstill, CULVER
ing with the immense strain put upon
them from stern to bow.
Then suddenly and without any appar-
ent warning, the torpedo having given
way at last, the helpless diver came
shooting out Of the water feet foremost,
with an impetus that almost landed him
into the arms Of the crew Of the launch.
The lost torpedo came alongside almost
at the same moment.
Young's right arm, and the limb was ap-
parently broken. The face plate was
quickly removed from the poor fellows
helmet, which was found three-quarters
full Of water. The new dress had evil
IDENTIFY leaked slightly, and all the while
that Young had been humping about on
his head the sea had been slowly oozing
through and accommodating in his helmet.
1t had reached his eyebrows when he
shot violently to the surface. Another
quarter of an hour and his mouth and
nostrils would have been covered:
F. The shot rope was cut away. ~ Every
soul in the boat thought that the man
had been dead some hours. They were
beginning to cut away the sleeve Of the
india rubber dress SO as to free his arm
when suddenly and to the utter amaze
ment Of all present the eyes Of the sup