Arizona republican., 1918-06-14
RARE STORIES OF
 DEEP SEA DIVING
Detroit Free Press)

Even with the best diving ap- pliances man can get at only the outer layer of the ocean-the mere skin as it were.
 So far the depth to which a diver can descend would appear to be linn ited by his power of withstanding the adverse influences acting upon him while carrying on his duties under water. Apparently a descent of thirty fathoms of water marks the limit of safety for even the feN, divers who possess the necessary physical fitness in combination with disregard for danger beyond the average. Records in deep sea diving have to be accepted with the proverb- ial grain of sale. It is said that a diver reached 331s fathoms while engaged in salvage operations on the west coast of South America, and yet again another diver working on the same wreck is reported to have brought up three bars of copper from a depth of 40 fathoms, but at the expense of his life.
 A diver in Puget Sound is also credited with the rescue of some materials from the wreck of a tug at ldiilOlilS Ndllidlll I1dtSs W NllliN experimenting his great work at the South Pass and on the Mississippi found that very few men, whatever their build, are capable of combating the severe strain which is brought to bear upon their physical energies for a few minutes at a depth of 2( to 30 fathoms. Many of his divers dared not venture below 10 fathoms Of 352 divers employed at greater depths, 30 were seriously injured anC the result was fatal in 10 instances Another case cited is that of the steamer Catterthun, on her way iron Australia to China, which struck { reef and foundered in nearly 30 fath- oms of water with s5O,0O in golC coin.
 After protracted search, tn ] wreck was located in 2 fathOms, a a spot where the surface curren varied in velocity from one and one l half to three knots, and an ever l stronger set prevailed at the bottom i Two divers named May and Briggs | essayed the critical task of wrestling this sum from the domains of Nep tune and succeeded in sending III four -fifths of the amount after ardu ous labor, interrupted by spells 0 l Ddu WtdliltI, Nlilti COh Cl Oo cill illlNi | val of three months.
 The remaining 2,an.s lad to 5 left below, owing to the ship showin certain signs of breaking up at an. moment Having regard to the risl run, and the time occupied in tn salvage. the sum of { 300 awarde' to the two divers was not excessive
 One of the leading cases with respec to deep-sea salvage is that of tn steamer Syro, which went to Dav Jones's locker off Cape Finistere i April. 1891. On board of her were sil yer bars worth at least $45,000, am mems minds were exercised in devisin plans to overcome the many and vari
 ous difficulties of the situation. Sev
 eral attempts were made during tn
 ensuing five years, but nothing of an
 importance was recovered. Then cam
 the hour. and there was constructe
 a special diving dress. There was gC
 together the necessary plant and aC
 cessories, and Diver Angel Erostart
 undertook the deScentS. Having re
 covered bars worth S29, 300 in tw
 months and winter being at ham
 operations were postponed. Next sun
 mer he recovered the whole of the re
 maining bars. On one specially luck
 day he sent up twenty-five bars of si
 yer, worth $11,000
 What are the dangers that menaC
 the deep sea divers? We are told tn;
 for many years the physiological e,
 perts have been studying the caus } which prevents divers from Workir safely below about 30 fathoms. The: r dauntless experts have remained und, [ wate rat pressures equivalent to fathoms depth. studied the physiolos t ical conditions produced in themselve and arrived at the conclusion that u