A Fatal Dive.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 55, 3 August 1885, Page 2

A Fatal Dive.

4 An exploit similar m its rashness to 5 that \yy whfoh Captaiii : : VWVbbi tbe ■iibted swimmier, lost" his Hie, an'i similarly . followed- by a fatal resiilt, was Reported -by tlie New York "coir-; respdnden t : of the Standard, ou ; otCy .■■2 l;- ;He'^aid:— ♦•It' had bepii ani nonncedfor several days thafea teaclipr; -of s\V'itn ; nuMifir;-"of tiie 'name' of o Jlum, meditated a dive into the East' Rivei 1 , -froiii :Brookly^ibridge. ; ?'rhe" police acbordingly: took precautions which were deemfeji Asjufficierit; tp pi'feven t, tlie • rash en terpfise'from being at't^mpte'd ; On Tuesday, ho wevei'j^Qtilnm-caVried out his intentions by a ruse. A de-i coy cab, m whiph a gaudily- dressed person who was a confederate of Orlliim was riding, drove . upon the .badge, and..wbile the attention of the pblice ; : was. dc^pu pied jiy him, Ddliim himself a]f^lit|il fromi W van whicli jiad passed unnotic^fl^- ;^it. .the: spot iipon which he had fixed' for his daring deed. /Tl\e roadway, is protected-, by aii iron lattice- work, which the swimmer climbed ■''■■ rskill and sj)lbd. ftayjisig; gained i,tbe io,»' wliicji jls 6ffc-*firom'tue : path, lie yioi.oed hiinseli'fpr a mo.ment, a perfect pictut*c| of 'manly .sCfeii^th an 4 '.Ki^ice. V Th« roadway of the bridge js l?6Ht above the water. -od|u^''Bti\j'teh"eji.'-'oufc.--lus' left arraat right angles, raised. -the right ami bis; h«»adi: as if he was balancing, ■•-anti --threw his head bacl%arids. ; The jaext nionien^- he leaped V>ff. |h|^^Urulge. ". He fell;; for 100 feet as ; straight as - a ; plunimefc. Then thc» ; bpllyAsweryed a little, poshib]^ ti'oin the l foyce of the wind, upon ; whiclrOdluih moved hia> rjglvt "ami f backwajfdrf; aa i if 'life was trying to rergainVhis- perpendicular 'attitude; . ;3t \iixs a partof his plan.,: if the.directnes.-* .6y ; his''Ml\shoitiaiiave.' ; boen ; --niodiiied,"---tp.aßsmrie the shajfe of a ball as he : neare(J the water, arid accoitdingly- he was noticed to draw up bis legs, trying^' as it were, to roll himself up. In. this effortthe uhfortun;ate.,!nanfaileii, and i.wheu be sti'uck.tlie water . % ;'jiis body was curved backwai'ds. All hough he went scarcely a dozen - feet below ; tbp sur^ice, lie was submerged for" j three' minutes. He came to the snrface TTace , downwards, limg and Kel])lcs«. ''Csi.ptaSu Bbytpn ; was plps^' by m a boat', 'an"d r^heh fie saw bis friend's condition he, flanged -m .andy supported UdFum urTfil farther help ;came; • When .the rash diver was laid 'upon the deck of the ■tescuing vessel he presented a fearful spectacle.- He rccoyerecl cbhscio."Bness sufficiently to. ask whether he_: had made a good 'jump.. The arteiial blood then oozed from 'bis lips, and, after about half an hour of intense agony, ho died. A |ios(.-inortem examination" showed ; that e vet y rib* Lad been, broken, an<l all" the principal internal 'organ's .wVro ru ptured. The-niotives fcir this fatal aHventu^re were partly tq aflve'r.tise hlntߧlf,' arid partly that, having a ;sfood deal of pride m his b>v.n. skill, 7 Oiilum wished tp .show how Pvisy-aml S P-.-'-siicb fc.ai^ „vyei:e.j. Severah jn'en • bad beeir j'/reViotiily "anWrefl a i tteniY»ting*: : a«..s»nifar exploit; ami ■there nfe qaeiv yho-.nbw tleblare their in'fcontion of j'iroying that, they can succeed where Odium failod."