The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-09
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IN IMPRIS0kEO DIVER
Was Caught under Water and
Kept There "a Hours Fac
ing Almost Sure Death.
sPEEcHLEss ON RESCUE
Was All But Unconscious and Would
Have Drowned in Another Half
Hour Owing 60 leak-Re-
viewed His Past Life.

Canton, Mo, June &.-After being Inn
prisoned for twenty-four hours, loaded
down by u divers armor and under fif-
teen feet of water, Daniel Hayes was
brought to the surface at SSs0sclock yes
terday afternoon In an unconscious and
almost dying condition.
He Is q professional diver and had
been employed to remove the brush
and debris from the immense pipe
which eTv at times OF low water to
drain Lima lake and transfer its SUR
plusage to the Mississippi river
While at work Saturday afternoon
Hayes was sucked under the pile OF
refuse and over against a bowlder In
q way which prevented him from loos-
seninK himself from the tangled hose
which held him down.
In signaling to h men In charge OF
the Airspump he could not let them
know his location, AS h air hose, be-
ing wrapped around Ne rock, caused
deceptive bubbles to come to the sur
face.
He responded to the signals sent him
by means of the rubber tube which
supplies him with air. The rope that
haG been placed about his body seemed
to be In working order. but il was quite
impossible for h men above the sur
fGce az b water to elevate him after
the usual Manner.
Major MeiGs. engineer In charge OF
the river improvements, secured the
country for q diver to go to the rescue
of Hayes, but was unable to 1nd one
until today, when Eugent Farrir nur-
sried to this city from Burlington.
With the aid OF the steamer CantOnta
was able, after an hours hard labor,
to; ratse the tmprisoned diver, WIN was
almost unconscious and unable to
speak. s&
His suit was leaking badly, and he
would have 9 drowned q the or
lasted another half hour.
Restorattves were applied by a ply
stefan who has been in constant at
Tendance for t~wenty-four hours. After
being partially revived Hayes said that
ii portion OF the bank caved In under
surface. the suction drawing him
into the big pipe he was clearing. There
was q heavy No on the outside Of the
pipe, which. closing down. held him q
captive.
The agony that he passed through
made him appear ten years older than
when he Disappeared from view.
s guess that everything l ever did,
good, bad, and Indifferent, passed
through my mind at least 1000 times
said.
Suffered Frishtfui Agony.
~ 81 have had several close calls in my
time but never before have I been up
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most certain death. I could not under
stand why they did not send some n
down for me, not knowing, Of course,
that the air hose diverted the bubbles
and made It impossible for them to
locate me.
Every minute Of the t~wenty-four
hours I have been imprisoned / thought
the airwould stop coming to me, and
then, Of course the end was not far
on Q say that I4suffered the agonies
ofAone condemned to eternal torment
sis g as near as I can come to say
ing how felt while fastened in what
sI thought was a living tomb
Hayes is the diver who three years
ago was caught under the Flying Es~le
near Hannibal. Mo. and held for thir-
ty-six hours.
One OF Hayes hands is badly swollen
his legs We're terribly lacerated
above the knees, where the big iron
door pinched him. Physicians say,
however. that he will ecove and be
able to be around In three weeks. He
ssaysgthat hegswiN eve dive again.