Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-06
IS RESCUED
Imprisoned Under Fifteen Feet
of Water Twenty-four
Hours and Lives
TANGLED HOSE HELD HIM DOWN
Deceptive Air Bubbles Kept Men IN
Charge of the Air Pump From Dis
covering His Exact Locaton-Was
Near Death When Raised to the
Surface by Another Diver.
Special to T,mes-Republican.

Keol,ul5 June 6-After being I'M
prisoned for a space of twenty-lou'
hours under fifteen feet OF WHtei
Daniel HAYES, a professional diver OF
Quincy, ILL.,, was brought to the SUI
face at Canton. Mo, unconscious ana
in an almost dying condition
uaves had been employed to de-
scend and remove the brush and de-
bris from the mouth of an immense
nine which is used at times of low
water to drain Lima lake and convey
it to the Mississippi river. When II
became known that the diver could not
be raised to the surface, Diver Farris,
of Burlington, was sent for and went
down to the assistance Of the inn
prisoned man. A physician, who had
been in constant attendance for
twenty four hours, administered re-
storatives Hayes suit was leaking
badly and had he been under water
another half hour, he would have been
drowned. Hayes was under the sur
face from 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon until the same hour on Sunday
afternoon twenty -four hours.
How Il Happened.
While at work Saturday afternoon
Hayes was sucked under a pile of re-
fuse and under and against bowlder
in such way that he could not loosen
himself from the tangled hose which
held him down. Repeated signals
passed between the men assisting him
from above by means of jerks or pulls
on the rope around his waist. Air is
supplied to the diver by means of a
pump worked by men on a float on the
surface. In signaling the men In
charge OF the air pump he could not
let them know his exact location, as
the air hose was wrapped around the
rock and caused deceptive air bubbles
to come to the surface.
Resides his entangled condition with
the ropes of the outfit, the diver was
sucked into the entrance of the drain
pipe and the large iron lid which is
kept open or closed according to the
depth Of the water in Lima lake, closed
down and held him captive.
All Saturday afternoon and night,
signals were received from the bottom
of the river The rope around his
body seemed to be in working order.
but when the men tried to raise him,
it was useless. M
Hunt For Divers.
The first intelligence of the state
of affairs at Canton was received by
Major Mer engineer in charge of
the river improvements. who was re-
quested to seni a suit and diver to
Canton at once. There We're no div
ers here, but the suit was sent down
on the 11:4O passenger train. Gene
Farris, diver now living in Burling-
ton, was notified. 1t was thought that
he would be sent down on special
engine, but it is now understood that
this was not done.
When Farris arrieved in Canton, he
was hurried aboard the steamer Can
tonia and taken acros the river to the
place where men were taking turns
with the air pump to keep supply of
fresh air to the prisoner beneath Far
ris descended and brought Hayes to
the surface, unconscious, wet and
perilously near TO death.
Suffered Agony.
Hayes suit was leaking badly and
the physicians in charge say that had
he RENAME down another half hour