The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30

the nature Of the trouble they at once pro-
ceeded TO pump waite" back into tie YES
diver wa soon washed out of the tn',
il to which Re ed cen dawn ard hauled
to the SUI fe ce in fainting condition.
Arot' er diver, ". G. Mullins, lad whnt
I consider to be the narrowest oscar g from
defth that anv man could possibly have,
either on ga tn or In the wate' 8 fereath.
Ee was engaged in blasting ore atoms ir
Newport Docks, where a huge We was
berg blown away. The method adorted
vas to dercsit dynamite in tie irte' !stices
OF TIE wall ar d then clev 1t up, the charge
'eing f'ed v it'll battery, Tie work of
lad been successfully accom- lished, and
Il task OF hauling them to tire surface
vas the rext proceeded with. The bloch
we fixed into a Ia, &c hook ard ia en-
up by c ane. One OF the blocks while
to TIE bottom. All thoee above who SOW
it fall--just about the srot where Nutlirs
was surr csed to be working-never thought
to see that diver agein alive. AS mstte"
of fact, the great store just escaI ed him.
the ire clean of tie lack Of his helmet.
Many stories concerning divers Tits
with sea monsters--the majority OF them
apocryphal-have been told, but the fol-
lowing account OF Diver Lambert's combat
with shari is absolutely authentic. While
tom the diver became conscious that some
large body was moving near him. Gazing
into the shadowy depths he thought he
could make out the grayish form OF some
formidable creature. but was unable to
proceeded with his work, throwing an &C.
casional glance in the direction Of bis in
tangible foe II was not long before he
was able to make out clearly what 1t was
that menaced him, as the mysterious crea-
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identity in the shape of big shark. Moth;
ing particular happened that day, the
shark merely contenting himself with watch
ing the diver. The next day he came
again and simply, watched, but nothing
more. The third day saw him at his post pos!
endeavoring to make up his mind whether
this strange biped was worth attacking.
At last this continual espionage got too
much for the diver. and he determined to
bring matters to head; The fourth day
Lambert signalled for a large knife and
looped rope to be sent down. Upon the
arrival Of these the diver adopted daring
r,lse. He baited the shark with his bare
hand-an invitation which was promptly
for the hand, and having arrived within
striking distance he turned over on his
back, as is the custom with sharks when
attacking, and shot forward. But at that
moment the hand was quickly Withdrawn
and the divers knife plunged into the crea-
lures side. crimsoning the surrounding
water. Like a fash the shark turned and
came at him again, but Lambert lodged
the onslaught and once more sheathed the
knife In the brute's side. SO this strange
fight to a finish went on. till finally the
diver triumphed, and few minutes later
the carcass OF the shark was being drawn
to the surface in the looped rope. Lambert
keeps the creatures back bone as memento
OF the duel.
Some years ago a curious thing hap
pened during certain diving operations at
Dover It occurred while Sir John Jack
son 4 Co. were adding the turret to the
pier, as a means OF breaking the water
While a diver was below. he signalled
at the surface looking much scared, he re-
lated a strange story. While working be-
low, he said, he saw the head OF some horri-
BILE monster emerge from an opening
in the cliff, threatening to attack him. The
creature, however, appeared to be inn
prisoned--was unable TO get its body cl-
together through the opening. Tho story
was generally received with &C I'll ism
and the affrighted diver was bel we'd to be
suffering from an attack OF NERVES" As,
however, he stuck stoutly to his tale Diver
W. s. johnson, the foreman, decided to
descend and investigate. He shortly after
divers narrative, for ne had himself seen
the monster. As result all the divers
engaged at the Admiralty pier became
alarmed and would not 60 near the spot
where the marine nightmare held sway
Subsequent Investigations elucidated the
mystery. Some time previously in course
of work at the pier, many blocks Of stone