The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

Ikss was nothing remarkable about the scene above
ID the anxious attention paid by every man TO the
|.dne worker On M the , scow an a. o!d man wit with AIR
|out or drawing in their slack with exceeding
HG Never once did his eyes beneath his old
; bat leave his work, and when ne got his signals
1Fled them out swiftly in high, excited treble.
were Tightening long hawser on
1Bindlass-the big rope broke with crack and
hssng and streaking through the water toward
Eyer like cannon bolt Every man on the. raft
"a IS the old tender shrieked warning. and tho
FOREMAN cursed like mad. 9 You fooll he yelled
h "hoster,' "Go slow told you, Dom you
Resye got man under here2'
[1e diver seemed the least concerned OF all. At
\ his big bullet head and heavy canvas shoulders
~ up above the surface, and he motioned for a
an fEh pued 5T he wner MS
Qucs, when the "tender" had repeatedly handed
rTolg TOOL the fingers began moving rapidly, a
faini sound coming from the helmet, and the sig.
pc sOd hose were ierkel out Of the tender s"
Ne foreman. chuckled. tom S mad he
sI9ey get awful eranks, these fel!ers. Well,
a9 blame 'em; +" he added thoughtfully: ''They
nter they want to. Another thing he added,
1sanafely, 'suppose that feller's ear itched and
llisS to scratch it, woudn t that make you feel
NJ the time kept thinking Of the Divers danger;
J tne same thought that awed the youngsters on
ysry fragile one it seemed. Suppose that sting
&#ter had caught and torn it. Suppose it got
and pinched shut by that unwieldy, pitching
@fed Christensen about the hawser after they
-azen his helmet of and were unscrewing the
brass collar. eyes. l felt her go.'' he said,
pea1 Tss, doTn he soI under my legs She thrpped
Pe He Stepped 0af apoa
"a MS twenty pound iron shoes. ''It's hard to
y 1t is en'ply-canvas and rubber thick
y! them apart. That's bad"
sg ss,,a ,dangeIous.' agreed. .tIn fact your work
'ffE ffEtous night along, ism t itG''
" yes, suppose so. - ne admitted HWe can
LEY ~ = except IN the fraternal orders"
= ycn mVer nonchalance is almost .exasperating
yes s.SF said al eS5rsme Ss sm pefG asked d:
a. S-ng msga OUT IN the river here alongside sheer
stonsu mud. twenty feet high. There were some
o1l sones % on top, only didn' I know it at first.
ssa they got looscred by the work going on
,Ssru zane sliding down, bringing lot of mud
s' ms' ane stones went clear, but the heavy mud
ne - S;tS Hose and threw me Hat my face. ] was
Va az could wash myself free, but couldn't.
Sos ~. Inc ar shut off in the hose3'
Iysd 3u,te bnt ent almost. If it had been could
~ ssei and finally | gave the signal to hoist.
IA bous asS thlnk the line could stand the strain
4 va. LOT that matter, and if the hose broke, of
ii M ss. az up with me. Well,' Christensen
~ mn SIs, Sgrin, they got ME up
ss IuI nsd told of the greatest risk Of his life
BID bIin thamb fnsp ss carpenter arp would speak Of
ezpIesson very often 1' from @ divers. 1t meas
y sot wsi mn inc boundary of their imagination.
,Isad tboHnSSlp me up, Not word of the hopes and
6rairao ougats that must have racked even their
f5aps, fcc5 = not word about the vision Of death
etn " near and which even their eyes must
Sio a auu must go to their wives for this, TO the
tIinc sv maits at home and who starts in fear and
t|te espvaSS S,saS time the telephone rings.
rested S;alI sulI was laid out to dry and Chrsteu
y Rsar ~ a'mSef ef OF the heavy woolens, which the
5/1o THl"Ier to keep warm and in summer to
Xt-- o. mi nd hn EpIf md
Eosp s SUIT is Of double thickness with rubber
sIsFsts ,r,S ,fSoters the feet nnd is Kept airtight
1lreut sh!e WIN 'ight rubocr bands, put on with
Nd nth s' looks looks like shoe horn. The belt is
= |ho shnss eighty pounds OF lead, and, together
'ss' ana suit, make up about I75 pounds
I, ,b"ow ,abo water this weight is cumbersome; in
" IenSe,ed sns ns the diver does not feel it nt al,
I'M Ia ~ ouoyanc by the greater amount OF air
N 1ressn,vn" v";et the terrific water pressure. This
y |iQunyo' = increases little over half pound
a}set ~ 'ncn with every foot of depth AT nine
d tons o'p'h 1t amounts To one hundred and