Show S 'S S c Y S Ss s t. t 1 DIVERS OF NEW EW YORK MEN rEN WHO MAKE TH THEIR IR LIVING LIVINa UNDER WATER Pierce Fierce With Witha a Shark In lit In a I Diving Kelt DivIng Bell Efforts to Flail tho the Millions of ot- ot S tho the Hussar funar Of expert sub divers there are not more than a n score in ia and near New York City At least leat that is what what one ou of the helmeted fraternity said sad Divers are artisans as a well wel They can cnn work at th the tho masons mason's maon's trade trae can ca do a n Mat bit of carpentering or turn tur their hands bands to mining All Al this thi Is i necessary sary for they are nothing more or less than submarine mechanics mechanics and the tho to solidity of many a n structure depends I upon the care of the tho man maui who vho goes below the tho waters water's surface and lays the tho stones tones on the tho bed of the tho sea while sunken vessels can not be raised until holes are aro Ire patched and scams seams stopped up ui up For being beig a a jack all jack ol trades under the tho water those these thoe men receive from 25 to 50 0 O a n day clay when at work work says tim the Detroit Detroi Free Press Thomas Hand Richard Hallett Halet and Thomas Bell were divers of the old Tomas Bel school school who went down in bells bels and did their work between breathing spells spell When Whom two or more of the tho te fraternity Ira fra fra are tog together ther they always tell tel stories about the tho adventures of their pred predecessors and the te tale most often referred to t is i Richard Halletts Hallett's fight with a shark These Tese timers old say the adventure has ha never been chronicled chronicled chron chron- in printers printer's Ink ink although known to them niL alL Hallett Halett at the time was wa working on a n water deep deep wreck and carried a very sharp saw below with wih him him While being gently genty lowered in i his boll bol ono one day he saw a black object beneath him that grew rapidly in size sie and in a n second rose roge to t his side side It was a shark and it had been caught in tho belL bell Fri Frightened at the tho confinement confinement confine confine- ment ment the marine marne monster struggled to escape escape and ad a blow of its tail taU knocked Hallott Halett from his bis resting place pla Man Nan and fish wore were then thea struggling Inthe in inthe the tho water both held fast in a narrow narow compartment and one rubbing against the tho other Hallett Halett so the tho story goes oes seized the tho shark by the fin fn and held on although the tho animal anial plunged p around arund and around around As S long as a ho he could maintain his grip the shark could not get got at him him and ad holding like Uko grim rim death with his left left the diver plunged his fine tooth saw with his right into int and up and down the animals animal's belly bely until the water was wa dyed crimson crimson How long tho the terrible struggle lo lasted Hallet Halet never could tell tl ho he remembered signaling to t pull pul up an and tho next he ho knew he was lying at home homo in bed with his badly lacerated hand band bandaged bandaged Those who hoisted tho the diving bell bel say that the shark shark and Hallett Halett both covered with wih blood and both apparently dead dea rolled out together together to to- to gether and that Halletts Hallett's Halett's hand was still ati tightly clasped about the fin fn Robert Hobert S. S Russell Russel has Ihas been earning Lis L bread and butter buter a by expeditions below the tho surface ever since he was 10 years yeara of ago age except for lor a period of three months months when he tried his hs hand handas aa as n a reporter and nearly starved he be says until he be abandoned the pencil and again gain donned tho the armor Russell Russel ran fan n away from home in the tho year 1854 boarded a wrecking vessel vessel and the year 1891 89 finds him hm one of the most expert divers dier on the coast coat Its It's rather a unique sensation to t sit in a parlor in ina ina inn a n fiat fat house on third Eighty Eighty street and have all al the surroundings remind one of life le under the water even the tho pictures pictures pic plc- tures on the wails wals bein being of uncouth beings beings that are artificially made ma to stand the tho pressure of tons Speaking of fairyland fairyland said sad Rusell Rus- Rus cell ell the tho only place it ever over existed exsted is below tho surface You people who never ne went down below the tho waves dont don't know what you have missed In clear water on a bright day beautiful prismatic colors are re thrown on rocks rock and stones long pendants of seaweed droop more gracefully than the bi branches anches of any weeping willow and between their folds folds with sparkling scales s our friends the fishes glide inand in inand and ad out out There Tere they are at home home and there thore is as a much difference between a af f fish ILli h below belo the surface and the poor 1 gasping asping creature in the tho te boat as nc there is between the bird soaring far far above our heads and the game han hanging in a butchers butcher's shop Russell Russel was asked aked if U he had ha mot met with wih any adventures He lie said that he ho had bad not except on two occasions occasions when he was va let down into ito deep water vater and no air came to him because the tube had become obstructed with pieces of paper He couldn't describe the sensation sensation sen sen- because there thore was none none Hewa He Ho was wa insensible each time and the last lat time It i was wa t three ree days clays before he re re recover cover covered d. d 5 Like many another diver he continued continued continued con con- after aCter spinning several yarns yarns I 1 have had my spell of work on the theold theold theold old Hussar Some Somo persons do not believe be be lieve leve th that t any portion porton of the old frigate frig frig- ate at lies les at the the foot of One Hundred and Eighth Eighth Thirty street street but I have wandered around the tho bottom in that locality too often and poked away at atthe atthe atthe the water logged ribs too many times not to t know that portions ions of the tho wreck do lie le at the point named Of 01 course cure there have been many stories told about this wreck wreck and much that has ha been published is i rubbish but I have been familiar with her history ever over since I began bega to dive and I am going to tell tel you som something thing that thatis that's is known to only two or three three something something that may result at no distant date dat In another another another an an- other effort efort to t secure the lost treasure It SIt I is history that the Hussar had about in n gold old on board and that she was wn sailing for tor forthe the tho por port of f New York ork near the tbs clos of of the revolutionary revo revo- revO war with money to t pay the troops troops While in Hell Hel Gate she struck Hot Rock and commenced to t leak leak Her pi pilot ot w was s a n negro named Bounty rind and ad by the way descendants descendant of f this same sae Bounty live lve near Port Morris or i today to to day and a n cave is i named after alter their ancestor When Bounty learned that that tho the frigate was filling rapidly he ho jumped overboard and swam ashore The e Hussar drifted along w with th th tho h tide and finally went down down There is i nothing to t show that a 0 larger sum than 20 vas was ev ever ever r taken from that locality altho although gJ within the east ast forty years dozens of companies have worked at the spot spot It I is sandy bottom bot bot- bot torn tom tm there thero and and as the tho te ships ship's timbers are aro ae partly sunken it i stands to reason that a box filled fled with wih gold oid would be 1 burled burIed Therefore the tho only way to t 1 work below the wreck is i to t sink a bell bellS bellor bel S O or platform b beneath neath the I sand nd A AS Ai S S I. i S. S S I Philadelphia company tried It ft wih with cylinders splicing on a n new section as fast fat a as one ono disappeared disappeared and if they thoy had bad had ha enough money they would have bored through to to t. t China Chinn China but their funds gave out after ater ono one summer Prior to tho the suspension sion of work work Herman lerman was wa sent to En England land to search the tho admiralty records Upon his hs he stated that the tho report reports re re- ro- ro ports port showed that tho the gold nover never went down in lathe the tho Hussar After the tho trl frigate at be began a t to fill fl a barge was wa lowered and the tho box boxes os of treasure were placed on onboard board board There Tere was wa a heavy tide running running run run- rn- rn ning and ad the weight of the gold combined combined com corn with the rushing waters water caused the smaller boat to t capsize and she sho went down long before the Hussar sank and at some distance from th the tf spot whore where the frigate finally S |