Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-01-06
MEET CHOSTSIN
OCEAN DEPTHS
ASPIRATIONS That Have Appeared
to Divers While Exploring Be-
meath the Seas.
WHEN HIS DREAM CAME TRUE
Diver Has Desperate Struggle for Life
When Companion Suddenly Goes
lnsane-Tapped on Shout.
dor BY Double.

I.OndOn.-COnsi,lering the number Of
people who have found last resting
place nj the bottom Of the sea. II Is
not surprising that divers should &C.
caSiOnaIly come across what are pop
ularly known as ghosts,
a diver, while employed Que day In
bringing up various articles from the
wreck of the Royal George. which
went down Oft Spithead on August
IS, l7s9. being seized with a sudden
fit Of drowsiness, fell asleep. lie
dreamed three times In succession
that Just as he was about to pick up
Il curiously wrought silver dish from
among mass of debris. a very tall
iigure. dressed In diyipg suit, sprang
at him and tried to cut the lifeline.
A. at this time the other two men
lie WAS working with were both OF
short stature, not In the least degree
like the figure In his dream, he soon
forgot ii.
But great was his trepidation one
morning when on turning up at his
work he found one of his mates alb
sent and = newcomer-a very tail
man---n his place. Indeed. so alarm
Ell was he that. on descending
hp took with him II stout cuisel and
warned those in charge of the com.
municati0n rope TO he on the alert for
q signal. however slight. On arriving
at the bottom he was soon at work on
the wreck. and. amid a pile Of loose
spars. he came upon dish exactly
like the one he had seen in his dreams,
When Divers Dream Came True.
Tie was stirring at 1t In a kind OF
dazed fashion when suddenly he saw
his companion. the new diver. coming
toward him. just as he had seen the
figure in his hreams, and the mex; mo-
mtnt he was engaged IN the most
desperate struggle for his life.
He succeeded In administering such
severe blow on the hand Of his as
sailant with his stick that the latter
dropped the knife with which he had
been armed. and before he could .'irk
ii up again our friend the dreamer had
pulled the communication rnr,l and
was drawn up out Of danger. 1t sub
seqnently TRANSFERRED thur tie new
diver had gone rariug mad.
Another curious case occurred Ent
81 many years ago off The ""isI vt
Galway Some divers were nal'l0yed
IN looking for the remains Of Spanish
treasures when one OF their party.
wandering little apart from rhc rest,
In Ia,
Advancing toward IT, he discovered
that II proceeded from the p"rti"!e
nf II wreck of very ancient date.
Approaching the ship NOT without
lrlp,i,li"n. lie peppc,i III. aaa SAW. -
i'll. au,aZrment, m old man. with a
very long heard. krre!!np town ey-
nminina IN ron olaspeh raE"n chest.
BY and by h" raised The lid, and d'!-
ming his hurdS In. drew them nut full
Of golden coins. which he played with
like q child plays with some new
toy.
Tapped On Shoulder by Double.
The diver. happening Al this june
turc to mike II noise. lhr Old man
turned round. revealing fac" of the
most ehaslly pnll"r. which =" terrified
the diver that he turned tail and lied
back to his mates with far more haste
than dignity.
Pooh pooling his story. they went
hark with him, md there, snre enough
ip the very sn2l h" had drscrihen, MAS
the ship, and what WAS even more
wonderful. the chest OF gold.
.astly, there Is the case nf the diver
who was repairing one of tile London
bridges. He had made his descent into
the water, and was knceling down eX.
aiming the masonry, when he felt
something tapping him on the shout
der. He looked round, when to his
utmost terror he saw siarding at his
shoulder. peerlng down at him, an eX-
act counterpart a himself.
The following day. against the ad-
vice of his wife, who was a Scot aud
very superstitious he again went down
in the same place, and. a piece Of
loose masonry falling on him, he was
killed.