Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-11-27
THE FREE PRESS.
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 27, 1857.
The steamship Leviathan.

FAILURE OF TaE Attempted LAUNCH. As
reported by the Ariel the lunch Of the
m,mo.r steamship heretofOr kn wn as the
| Great stern, hut row formally christened
| Leviathan, was commenced az noon 90 the
| Sd instant
From the London Post, Nov.i.
| The result Of vest, days attempt to
! move this monster of IN rue architecture
| has proved that the princr le adopted hv
! Nr Bru1el for IF citing this unplr ,llelnd
/ Nrpr,ti N - 4ouni. practicable and ahsI.
/ lutalv cert lin pi utim lte success,
!h" first great step has been accomplish
el. Th' ship has fairly moved upon 'the
vnys, stem and stern. our fint fro n her
/ 0rigioal position After this nnnounce-
/ m"nt f'N will any longer entertain any
| DOUBT of the principle and cilauation by
" ich Mr Brun"l ha1 been guided
The rutiEe powers used were, in the
/ first p nc". hydraulic presses against the
crAilr. and secondly, the trIctivc operation
ui rltlns cirri Il around the hull of the
vessel aud communicating with lighters
mo ,rrd in TN" r yer Three OF these chains
w'," acted upon hy machinery on hoard
tb' liEhtcr>; iuur,h,round the stem ol the
81 IT, WI, worked by II ~mu steam engine
erected IN the yard. Ia" chain revolving hy
d'uhIe acti N upon tighter. The c nstruc.
t,1u oi the drums round which the checking
ci'lc pl.sri aud their controlling brakes,
ar" ,uri 'irntlv undrr,tnpd
Pr. cI.rlv nt hllt r,st ! | o'clock the core
mpnY o' christening the sni p w,sg gracefully
,ul ,plritr1ly perform i hv MISS Hop the
daughter OF tha rlmirmin of the compiny-
the "LvilthAn" being the appropriate
Il IN selected.
As soon as this form hal been gone THO
Mr. Brunei gave the signal for knocking
away the irw last remaining "shores' and
STAYS, aud now the mig Shty machine stood
SUI trtrd solely on her cradles, awaiting
the rrlaXttiOn Of the checking cables which
up to this moment had been kept perfectly
tut.
This was moment Of intense interest to
the spectators in the yard, wro now mum
hrrel perhaps IL couple uf tho ls,nds Tie
river WAS covered with craft Of all sizes,
and on the opposite shore mvriads of unx-
ious boxers on might be observed. impa-
tiently waiting for the moment, which
those more flyOrLbly situated perceived 30
he imminent
The first necessary step was to relax the
checking ca'les; and this part Of the process
was begun shortly after midday. The op,-
ration had proceeded rs far as was npccss ,rv
,,,re ,n,," I', w. wy c'"o.re , ,'"u
&C., ,,,, mren hr,,,t +" hor ,hs ressni s,1 sd
denly nconir-d m,,iop and mors on;cLI,
than was .xpected NOV towards the water
One q ,n.ennence nr this unfnresaon ,;d;,n
in her cutnp. of n,s;t,nn US n;,I.n,
revolution of the br,ks at,scLed ,n tho
sternmost c,,ecv;ny c,bIc tho h,na,os ne
which. suddenly de;ny r,,nd mnhnnn;In
struck several Of tn. w,rknen nsa,aft =,
snFn c'nsins sev4 fractures and other
serious INJURIES. Great alarm WAS naturally
ne nraseyvah s.I'. ,n'SIu, Sn;-.hi ou' .it: Dru'
md bv his extmple. rncourayiny tho as.;s.
ants, the checking mich'nery was re-.ppi-
~ ,nu ''le IN 't'on OF the vessel st,ve1 The
u1.n,tL .nd 'n'n w. - 'ne roP' II