Empress of Ireland - Wiki error?

[audission]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland

I was just reading up on the Empress of Ireland on Wikipedia.. and I came across this phrase regarding the early salvage divers:

One of the divers was killed when he fell to the riverbed, as the result of the current, causing his internal organs to explode due to the sudden increase of water pressure.

Am I being daft - but surely

a) increased pressure would cause implosions, not explosions

and

b) since internal organs are basically all full of liquid, they're incompressible anyway.

:huh:

(I love Wiki... but you have to take it with a pinch of salt)

 

[mike_s]

Wikipedia advertises itself as "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit."


They had an article on the USS Oriskany saying that "radical dive groups" were wanting to sink the warship as a dive reef. I guess this was by veterans who didn't want it sunk. Not to disprespect them, but pretty much anyone can put anything on there....

Their own site says: "Wikipedia is an elitist opinion site. Plain and simple. A culture of wannabe editors."

 

[Teamcasa]

I avoid referencing Wiki as fact. Sometimes it right but its hard to tell for sure.
Other encyclopedia site copy each others data so subsequently all data is the same, both when correct and when in error.


Dave

 

[wardric]

the diver's death is documented in a 1914 local newspaper article. It seems it's air supply got ruptured when he fell to 130'.

Here's the webpage. There are images. It's in french though. I can translate if you want.

http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/html/journal8.htm

 

[Green_Manelishi]

the diver's death is documented in a 1914 local newspaper article. It seems it's air supply got ruptured when he fell to 130'.

Here's the webpage. There are images. It's in french though. I can translate if you want.

http://www.museedelamer.qc.ca/html/journal8.htm

By "rupture" you mean the air hose was torn? If so, if the non-return valve on the helmet was not functioning (assuming there was one) there would have been a fatal case of suit squeeze.

 

[rawls]

This story dealt with the death of commercial hard hat diver, Edward Cossaboom. He slipped off the hull at about 80 fsw and descended to about 140 fsw before the tender realized what was happening and added enough air to his suit to compensate for the increased water pressure...So he went from 3.4 to 5.2 ata in an instant. This is the account on pp 46-47 of "Dark Descent" by Kevin McMurray. "But the pressure differential was too sudden and too great. It sent blood flooding into his heart and lungs, quickly exploding these organs...By the time he reached the bottom, the invading sea pressure had stripped the flesh from his bones. His skin and organs were pile-driven into...his copper diving helmet...The crew later reported that all that remained...was a jellyfish with a copper mantle and dangling canvas tentacles."
Good bedtime reading aye...

 

[Pook-60]

And to his credit he was retrieving dead passengers that day...

 

[rawls]

And to his credit he was retrieving dead passengers that day...

Good point...

 

[Web Monkey]

I just fixed it.

People do not explode on the way down, unless they're filled with explosives.

Terry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland

I was just reading up on the Empress of Ireland on Wikipedia.. and I came across this phrase regarding the early salvage divers:



Am I being daft - but surely

a) increased pressure would cause implosions, not explosions

and

b) since internal organs are basically all full of liquid, they're incompressible anyway.

:huh:

(I love Wiki... but you have to take it with a pinch of salt)

 

[divemaster_jim]

This story dealt with the death of commercial hard hat diver, Edward Cossaboom. He slipped off the hull at about 80 fsw and descended to about 140 fsw before the tender realized what was happening and added enough air to his suit to compensate for the increased water pressure...So he went from 3.4 to 5.2 ata in an instant. This is the account on pp 46-47 of "Dark Descent" by Kevin McMurray. "But the pressure differential was too sudden and too great. It sent blood flooding into his heart and lungs, quickly exploding these organs...By the time he reached the bottom, the invading sea pressure had stripped the flesh from his bones. His skin and organs were pile-driven into...his copper diving helmet...The crew later reported that all that remained...was a jellyfish with a copper mantle and dangling canvas tentacles."
Good bedtime reading aye...

I'm thinking sushi,,:l:
The book is a excellent read too.