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Diving Mask
People have been diving in Lake Pend Oreille for longer than you might believe.  The help of divers was crucial during this horrible incident documented in the Pend Oreille Review: August 7, 1914
"Pinned beneath their engine in 74 feet of water, the bodies of Engineer F. W. Zumwalk and Fireman John J. Keisler were located at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon by Walter McCray of Tacoma, Wash., an experienced diver who had been brought from the coast by the Great Northern officials to raise engine No. 1012 which was at the bottom of the Pend d'Oreille river.  For several weeks after the accident different divers tried to locate the engine but they were unsuccessful and it was not until the services of Diver McCray were secured that the engine and bodies of the engineer and fireman were located."
Diver Has Submarine Telephone
Diver McCray made his first submarine trip Wednesday of last week. His diving suit and apparatus were of the very latest improved, part of his equipment being a telephone by means of which he could communicate with his assistants above the water. After being down about 25 minutes he came up with the information that he had located the engine. Preparations were then made by the railroad company to raise the engine. Monday afternoon while McCray was fastening cables around the engine, he discovered the bodies of Zumwalk and Keisler pinned beneath the cab. The upper part of Engineer Zumwalk's body was exposed to view, while only the head and a small part of Fireman Keisler's lifeless remains could be seen by the diver. 


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