Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1915 — Records In Deep-Sea Diving. [ARTICLE]

Records In Deep-Sea Diving.

That deep diving is a practical procedure not accompanied by great danger when the proper precautions are taken seems to have been demonstrated by tests carried out by the navy department during the fall of 1914 off the coast of New England. In these tests only such apparatus as is supplied with the diving outfits of all naval vessels was used. About one hundred dives were made, and although great depths were reached, no mishaps or difficulties were experienced. One diver went to a depth of 274 feet, and it Is believed by the officers in charge that a depth of 300 feet or more can be reached without serious danger.