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Iver Johnsen

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...first divers on and last to leave...

Iver, a Danish immigrant, and his son, Walter, were the first divers on the Eastland and the last to leave. Father and son were both well-known Great Lakes' hard-hat divers, with Iver learning the diving business from his brother, Andrew.

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