The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06

to winchc- operated by engines Of the
wreck itself. These cabie= are anchored
soaward and the engines 90 Ia work Ia pull
the ship ~ inch by inch. The men Ola
bbard never know how the job will end.
They may get the ship IN. but they "a
have her e. Ia pieces under them. ard m
a -ea like that. pointing la the picture
that would mean almost certain death
When a ship goes on the rocks there arr
various methods to H. pursued. " the
I'D" can b. made to hoAt her on. n big patch
u put over The hole, she j. pumped nut ana
got N ~ that way II .he is hung on the
rock a II she wcrc on a hook We have Ia
blast the rock away Here are fragments
If rock- which We have blasted away ~ a.
to release vessels .
DO You ever e. down to raise one vessel
and find another hut Older wreck
Yes. quit" often Mere l. a picce o.
robe We found when ~ went down on a
lob At thn Delaware Breakwatcr a Few
years ago II Wa uu the remains OF a
British nan-of-war Of INA We found "
IN ~ fathoms Of water do YOU see thai
Photograph pointing Ia a picture ni a
steamer living In quiet water a lev nun
dr-d vard-. or even le-s from the beach
That was the steamer Husband, which
went ashorr "a Long Branch looks calin
aud peaceful. doesn't ~ Well. -h" Law
thrIs stranded that day and the very next
IA a terrible storm which CAM" up. she
went to pieC,,- and the picc.r are -'ill their.
on top exactly ~ another wreck. that 81 "A
ship loaded With marble
-n-re's a candle. bracket which one
81 oui divers brought mp FROM "A wreck
4 rich man had ls.en lost on the ship and
th" company had u send down n couple
Of diver. to RECOVER " hat bodIes Ne could
especially that Of this man uue diver
was stationed, a. usual. AT the door 81 the
cabinto keep III" connections from iohlihg
while the Other me went Ia To- inN'-tigai"
A. h" entered III. salogn ~ va g.
founded to- -er dlmly through ~" water
another diver near him He ~ignall'd
him With a motion ~ the arm jus, a. ~"
mysterious diver al-o signalled hun
Thinking that his companion mighi for
some reason have come into the saloon,
b" CAV" the rope a tug
he tug vas so H. knew that
his companion was still o. HE pUsi and
could not le his tranger In ~" saloon
lie VA oppressed. be- admitted aiterward,
10y a stIr'r-titious terror. but vas plucky
enough 20 80 up 20 IN" other diver, who
also came 20 meet him II was not, how
ever. until his outat rctched hand touched
the great mirror ~ th" sAlonn that II"
realized that hs had been looking NJ his
own reflection "
Can a diver 49,, distinctly under water
That deI-nds = good deal on ID" water
% ais uu nov Tar IN L. an uble'' ""
cannot "rlIHnrily 49, o. with great dis
tinCtne-s until u j. close NJ hand
what II IA" bottom - tho rivers and the
harhor Ike here ~ New NorN' Are thor"
many remains ~ Wr"cs- uu them
Not IN tho river H. Oh" first place. "
anything II importance. -iuk- there o. ~
raised Ard ~ he bed - ~" rlN"r - 81
mud. smaller objects -yuu -ink Upi ~
sight have hnan down iu tho North
River aud 80" gue~ m up 90 'he 'htsh Z
'her. 90 mud In the harbpT. ~ toward
RIUtHaF Ah.aN 49, uN. "a Lot ~ VsasE
There must h" a huudr.-i - them living
M NJ" wafer there
-Th"y are boats winch have dragged
'holr anchors aud gone ashur" Her" :
a luo~'r specimen from New YORK harbor
We went down on % rogktnT lob and m
working ou that 'h" divers found the re-
mains ~ n boat hat went down twenty
wears l-fpte hey brought up THIS oid
pi"c' of bp'l"r. ON sd" j. FREE " grown.
hu' This other h. C,v"ret with coral
sure enough one side 80 The iron vas
hidden under a growth, VARYING from
\ quarter to half an inch In thickness
DCCasloually rceumci III" captain.
~" have M inland job. hut not often.
The strangee' one perhaps was when We
had 10 -"nd our divers down into a mine
at f~ri"iervill". Pa The engine which
k"It out the water gpt out 81 order. The
lower levels Of The mlne rapidly hlled and
ther" seemed 10 10 danger even Of Nood-
ing the town. Our divers went there,
descended The shan Slo teet, Nen' dpNn
through ~ fee' - water. packed the rn'
sineS undo water and started them. !,
was a good job. Here's a souvenir OF H..
picking up a thing looking like q huge
leaden sole 81 n shoe.
-One II the divers los, his shoe and. M
he didn't want t. send hack To New YORK.
for another. this one was cast Their" nj The
mir" l. was heavy enough 10 ke~p him
down Ill -ight. hfting hes great sole. which
must have weighed twenty p'und- ur more.
4 strange demand FOR q diver l. reported
from Texas ore - tho Beaumont gushsr-
broke lop=e and ford'd N" neighlorhood
IN. employees tried In vain 10 check II.
bat could not s,Icy,-si owing 'o the fact
that IN" oil gave IN strong fumes ~ ga
So strong that me man after another was
ororcrme and r''~"ti.si with difficulty
TIE problem a.-in'Si hoT~i.~s and 'hous-
anil - dollars was being lost when snme
ou" suggested q iivcr u diver Was
~"u' for In hof haste and finally arrvei
II looN"i rather gue-'r w. send a DIVER
through Tho uI-'n air. Oi'h nothing more
than u little oil Il" wad. through, hui IN"
d"a,lv fumes were ~ impH-Sahl" ~ a Few
faIhoms ~ water The diver. with his
supply 1T fre-h ar pumped in 10 him.
cRpVel tho veil shut NJ ~" flow and Nplndl"