The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-14

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Weight oyiissers each .2s
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Weight q cyisders, eaeh - tons
hsDsser o. cy'nders.. ~ inches
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THu TRIAL rRIP or THE GREAT KAsrERN.
UOn u N a ssp>sabss, 1885, the Great Eassen I'm
nssosS her nss trial "Trip, starting iron Desaord Tor tho
More, a NJ mouth q the rAanss NethAg soad sxcesA
tSs eycateoeas a al Glasses q thh ocoasea.
The bssts q The Thames lnsd Win crowds anxious
ges gxnpss a he DsAsrn naxvs q Tie "cay orsar
tos' From "a psans thsssanss upsa tAossands ru1sd
- shs river; bssas hsaviIy AAsa viii human freight
svsosd spea the water tAiok files upoa ssnnsr's
DAY; every svaiab sAadpsns was sslzsd upea end the
esshnsaaa hUcassd - ths noasesr nip, msving M
jssticaily forward, displayed her nnsass propersas
asA her obsdisaos y oossreL Bu ssI. Asr
albany 70 ps1 IL sharp curves and acute
Angles q the river had y 10 isssd end o. th psai no
h's ssxssv was ssx By a. MS aAxsty win b under
seeed when W neassa Nat twsntyAr twsnGy esw
Sses depsh q wafer wss ths mninhun required u Tie
nrnbgs, sad hat ths vssssls drsughs tweaty
see Ten Acss Aft md twenty-five fest thres inches fer
ward II VIII b 800 By thb hsw ltttIs thsrs
y spars asl - A@sass TIE dhouly, shs had IN ~
nsosbgs In u wssss trim, being down By The hsaA n
ssssd q By the stsrn. Hsr IssgA y alasst
ssvsa hundrsd feet, and The river In ssns parts
\ not moro thar eight hundred feel wids n
wn b sssn, therefore, that thsss IVES oaass
for tAs universal aaxsty fsh this SCORE. AZ ne vss
ssi nsarsd hess turning points, the exosnsa1 and aaxs
grew DEEPER tempered, however. By The gradually In.
oreasbg confidence derived from her graceful melton,
ths essy, noisesD play Of her mschasry, aud the
thsrough ooumsnA under which shs held. fhe
q Greenwich passed triunphansly, raising the en-
thusiasn d the spectators TO fever hest Bat u Black
val the great danger lay that the cribs In
river trip a the Great Eastern, and abe reached mt
psnt, N acute angle round which the ude sweeps Win
great bark observed moorsd very cestre
q the stream, 70 bar her further progress In the
ert 70 got her had round two Of the hawsers parted
and for few minutes her position was critical In the
treme for the tide swept With tremendous force and
psdiy shoreward carrying the nobs vessel with Il. 10
oountersct tbs tidal influence necessary 10 bring
the greet power Of her engines into play but the
vessel would not be taken shore the other side
getting clear Of danger only by falling into another
Az The danger fight Of carrier pigeons
sent up simultaneously from ship and shore 70 tes
graph the welcome and spread through tho aad
Wool Wich the only other point about which anxey was
fek passed safely and wei and then all the danger
Of river navigation was at IN end. She did not reach
Gravessnd however, calculated upon, that day, for
the tide turned the Great Eastern had 10 como 70
anchor in tho river, bridging across - shs swung
broadside 70 the stream. Tho next morning she got
under way and resumed her progress down the rivsr
reosvipg from every craft she met or paced, whethsr
native foreign Dutch steamer English fishing smack
Indications Of hearty admiration and good WILL Her
progrns resenbled rather . tiuuphd process
sioa than . trial trip, and amid waving Of
hats moved - seemed, BY the stirring
cheers hat rs.t the the ssassy ship passed on lssv
Ing aravessad behind her. md making for the WATER
Al Aapnaas Head ths tugs we're cast or and the Iowa
thaa wls ,sfs 70 shts for herssK h her voyags down
NJ river NE paddle engines had never ben moved a
greater speed than frem -four 70 nix revolutions per
minute, and The frsa twelve 70 Eighteen. A. ~
shs intended 70 work twsnty I've pounds q steam; he
padds engines Win make fourtssa rsveusss PER minute,
end ths ATTY thrss. Her run IRON Lower aepe
Point 70 ~ Mere Light snip, . distance a nfsssa
s>asuss miles, accomplished In my elgtt minutes
During he trip the Great Eastern sklfsry hsndlsA
BY Captain Harrissa ana Mr.. Atkinson, wen kno IN
river pilot TAe casncs managed By Sos Resell,
and Captain Comssosk directed The steering By Mr. Lang
10y . apparatus.
O the Oh shs isst The More a quarter pest a.s
n, and u thrss r. Oh Dover, expecting 10 reach
the hareor 4 Portland, n Dorsesse, early The morn
nc Of NE len, from which place shs was 10 seart
o. her trial trip. On the ansrsesa Il tAs
oh, . ICED Pipe casing IN ths forward funnel,
which I'D ben ntrsdsosA o. Ne ground Of sooeo-
my heat aaA 10 kssp tbs hsas o ~ fusnss iron the
cabin explodsd win terrific foros, blowing the faasel
INTO the cir and tearing 70 ptsoss Ne grand saosa asa
owvr Geek cabhs through which the funnel pAsd, aaA
sAsrwiss dong greed damage 70 The internal auisgs
ax nssasa loss their hvss md several wsrs soaidsd
ed ssherwse injured. All Il Ne passengers escaped
saoh The great strength a Ne vessel thss her hull
vs nos damaged, and shs shock a ths sxp,ssios vas
hardly perceived BY shoss no distant iron We pont II
which occurred. vhils ne engines were never once
stopped OH shs rsschsd Portland. From Portland The
GrssA EAsten wsst 10 Helyhssd, md whils lying here
exposed 70 sAs fsry 4 oas Of NJ nss terrific gAss
,ha, ever visited he Esssh ssas Asr great exsroas
On the part Captain HArsoa and shs Ne reds cut
The saorn VIM cssparasvsly lssis damage
s.esshsa - ~, - ~ pssns sv~s, ben ssns
vsaa s,Asrsd, ~ oa.y inpesvsans have ssss msds
hw whieA, expscssd. vu aAd her greatly IN nAk-
ms r~ssd trp 70 This po~t
rsAnsARD X. BxUSsL, THE DEaGSKR or THE GREAT
DAsrRRS
vas bern o. Fovtsnosth IL ~ ysar 1905 where hIs
'sthsr he ulusto Frvseh eagassr, vhs diel In lsso
80 eagsgsd In oeasaruosg tbs nanufaoaores sf dsos
pslieys- whils very ysung hs Wa ssss 70 rraaos,
where he Wa s.Asat \ Ne oslAsge q CAsa m
ressr, fsa ls2e be ssp,e,sl The opsai.s shs
rss.ss tusssl M tvSpssss q Ne water ossssd hin
an hssdrsa Tea Of vsass srsks through The opening
~ be ws carried awsy By the force q tss osrr.'
i - est ssfs and ss~sA upss The bask. In sAe
yssr 1sss 10 vas spposnbi Easiassr q u 0rss'
Western Railway, nd direcsss Ill Ne Appliances u pr
leo ars 70 tha - md ~ brssoAss s.sas wnAah NJ