The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 26, 1922, Image 6
THE DIVER'S PERILS.
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Sharks Rock Cod and Octopuaea Ever
Present Dangers.
A diver risks his life every time he
descends below the surface of the sea,
far countless danger.; beset him in his
undersea work.
One of the greatest risks he runs is
' the fouling of the a:r pipes. A
French diver has just lost his life in
this way though working at a depth
of only fifty-two feet.
To prevent such fouling the diver
must be very careful to note exactly
where he wanders o.ioe he touches the
ground so that he can return the _ame
way. If not the life jine may become
entangled, and it is the hardest thing
/? #Kio it in tho nflrtifll
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darkness.
For this reason sunken wrecks proride
the biggest dangers. The diver
must exercise caution when climbing
about the holds or penetrating from
cabin to cabin that air pipes and life
lines are quite free.
Another great danger is the pressure
of the water. At a depth of
200 feet there is a pressure of 88
pounds to the square inch, and this
increases or decreases proportionately.
Should a diver feel himself getting
dizzy he must signal to be hauled
up at once, otherwise he may have
a bad seizure owing to the blood running
to his head.
It is generally ^bought that the
diver's chief foe is the shark. This
is not so, for a shark can be frightened
off by the bubbles the diver makes
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1 A much worse enemy is the rock
od. This creature, which attains a
great size, hovers about the diver
while he is working and seizes his
cii&nce to bite the man's hands at the
wrists, jtist where the diving dress,
ends. And this fish is afraid of noth1
The octopus is another terrible foe
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will strangle a diver once they get a
hold. All divers are supplied with
small axes to ward off the attacks
> ?f these ceatares.
r I Rays and devilfish are also dangerous,
but are not bad to fight as the
octopus, which adds to the danger of
a combat by squirting a brown fluid
about in the water and bewildering
Hie diver.
Everything possible is done to insure
the diver's safety. His dress is
?i one pieze, made of tanned twill and i
rubber, with a large opening at the
edt The helmet, wkh screws tightly
on the shoulders, is of copper, and
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the air is pumped into it through a
canvas covered rubber pipe. Outlet
valves are fitted for the escape of
bad. air. This helmet weighs about
twenty-eight pounds, and the two
boots with leaden soles and heels are
of an equivalent weight.
Training for the work is long and
arduous and the diver must be physically
strong. He starts in four fathoms
and gradually works on till he
can dive safely in 120 feet. But a
long time elapses before he can do
this.
Though a risky life it has its advantages.
It is well paid, and the
diver has the knowledge of knowing
he can work where other men cannot,
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Negro Army Officer Dead.
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Says the New York Herald: Colonel
Charles Young, whose death was
reported Friday by a cable message
from Monrovia, Liberia, had the distinction
of being the only negro in
the Regular Army servce to reach
the rank of Colonel, of being one of
three negroes to be graduated from
the United States Military Academy,
and of serving with credit in the army
from his commission as a Second
Lieutenant to his retirement for disability
in the world war.
Young was appointed to West
fomt irom unio; ne won ms appmiument
by gaining the highest marks
in a competitive examination held by
a congressman of his district He
came to the Academy when the Whitt$ker
incident was still fresh in the
minds of authorities and cadets. This
incident was c. lesson to him; he accepted
the social limitations imposed
by his race. He was unmolested by
the cadets and he had no complaints
to make regarding hi3 treatment by
the cadet corps or the officers of the
Academy. He studied hard and accepted
without a murmur the severe
discipline of the Academy. He was
graduated well up in ihe class of 1889.
His career as a cadet was closelv
followed, especially by those persons
who had interested themselves in the
case of Cadet Whittaker. This cadet
was found in his room one morning
in April, 1880, lying bound on his
cot, with cuts on his ears and other
marks of violence. He said that the
injuries had been inflicted by fellow
students; the authorities were from
the first convinced that Whittaker's
story was untrue and that he had
himself inflicted the injuries for the
purpose of obtaining exemption from
certain examinations or for some other
motive. An investigation cleared
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by\ court-martial and dismissed from
the\Academy.
Whittaker was the eleventh negro
to be appointed to the Academy; he
was the third to pass the entrance
examination. General Schofield in his
report on the Whittaker incident said
that "the white cadets respect the
legal rights of colored cadets more
scrupulously than those of each other."
He acknowledged, though, that the
negro cadet was "without social recognition";
that the white cadet was
no more disposed to make him a social
equal at the Academy than he was at
his own home. It was this isolation
from companionship which no doubt
made Young's four years at the Academy
a severe trial. Only two other
negroes withstood the test to the end,
Alexander, who died soon after graduation,
and Flipper, who was discharged
from the army.
Young's attitude at the Military
Academy on the question of racial
equality was uncharged while he was
an officer hvthfc army. was assigned
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Young had rare tact and common
sense; white officers who served with
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and pictifeesque character. He was
the last negro officer who was a graduate
of West Point and he was the
one whose service redounded with the
most credit to his race.
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