The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-12

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The Great Eastern leh her aoeripgs in q
river 1ersey at ~ O'Clock - Yues6ey, the l0t
Of September The pilot leNfher at o'clock
She Immediately put on full speed, snd ali wen
we'll with her until O'clock fon Thursday, whsl
strong breeze prevailing sthe AFT tackle Of on,
Of the forward boats on he port side becam.
| unlocked, leaving IL suSbended by one tackle
The Captain endeayore6to 70 steady the ship Will
this was recti6ed, but found 70 his surprise thai
she woo6 nos ansMsrA ths hslmss 1hs fact wa
| though Il vas NOT known At the time. the ruddsi
min sss bioken The fore staysail vss run up,
INT the vInd immedia III splir Il into ribboua.
| The fore tYysaiI WAS t6su1 1f0ffJ %. buC Il va
blown, avsy. The paddle eensfnepvwers nov
stopned. and thu hoat Isshioaa ordeped 10 be eut
| avsv vhen The Great Eastern onoe more stArt.
ed on her cobrse. nc pssS4neerS then went
| down "a dinner. and from thst moment com.
menced chaos gfbteak kseyS which lasted with.
| ont inee,misa;on for three dsya. . EvsSvnthine
breskable ~ destroved. IS .Purnitrre. ntsines'
services Of plata. olsssea. niano-au vere T.
yolyed in one Common ixte II pox became
known that the fudds,s Vn6e nHtnShas4.b3s.-
About six o,cloc, the x&s.,l - "a - .eori6ed
sesin ovinr 10 svo rolis az .hset ls.d v.;sh;ne
several hundred veiubt each. vbich 1ers h thS
engine roop. rolling aSout tith e,erv o,ciilation
of sbe vessel with iesrful force Tbese hsvjor
been secured q.nothsr sts,t vns uaede., vben a
tremendous Grinding vas heard under the nad.
die boYes The shsft had become tvisted. ma
the floats vere orindino asainat me aide az dc
shin. The nsddles we're stonned and thepco-
forward the scene v.s fearful in the extreme.-
The shin rolled 40 svyioienfIy tbat the hoats we're
washed avav. The cabin. hesiis md deryoinp the
dangers arising from the crsshes ma ieoIlislohs
nrobably throuoh ,hs na1t hSles . ore.t desi ~
water. and the stores xere dostinr shout inT a.
ter confusion and ruin. Some 81 t6s cfandeiIer,
fell down with a crash A Iarre mirror vas
smashed into a thousand freements rails az bsn
nsters. bars. and numerous other fttinos' vere
troken into npmbarIess niece. Some de. ~
the ronohness of the in,rhtss inc;dent, NV ~
gathered from the fact thai the chsin e.bleI moi.
ished themselves hrieht vsth fr:cs;on an dsCk
A .n.re riding h;t g.ve vsy IN the c.bie dacL
and knocked = hoIs tb,oncb the sh;n,. s;de,5
Two oiI t.nts slso ~, the c.h,e decf vere %
much dsmaued hv another concusaion that 400
oallons of 6sh o;l .on..;nad n .hs,n =, ;n, ~
hold and caused during the rest Of the unhannv
voyage. most ;ntolereble odor. The iuresss
of the psasenpers In the lower liter cargo ss,Ice
was lv;ne in tvo fss, az v.ter and hsfore 1he
deliverance of the shin was erected. the lueesae
was litersllv reduced to r,oa and n;eces of tim.
ber. Twenty.five fractures Of Iimbs occurred
from the concussions caused by the tremendous
lurcbine of the vesael Outs and hruises vere
innumerable. One of the cooks vas csat vio.
lently. by one Of the lurcbes. aeainat the paddle
hoY hv which he ars,a;ned fs.rf,i hrnss.. ~,
the arms nuttino !. o,,t of ri, nd over 20 nrotect
himseN Another lurch drove him se,inst of,s
of the stancbons. nv which concussion one Of
the moor fellovs legs vas broken in three placea.
The baker received ininries of : verv terrible
cbaracte- in vital narts. and one Of the most
striking incidents of the disaster vas this moor.
brave man. crawling. in his apony! to extineuish
some norton of tbs baking Gear which at that
moment had caught fire. On Thursday night
the gale was from the south. west, but on Friday
morning sit had turned round round to the
north west. and the shin was drifting an unmsn.
aeeable LOG in the trouoh Of the ses. She did
not shin much water on deck.
It was soon discovered what was the matter
with the rudder The min unon which IL turned
had broken off three feet above the point where
it entered the stern of the sbip It was wrought
iron, ten inches in diameter-and the iron an.
peared thoroughly good. breaking at that partic.
ular point where it appeared the strongest,
which was ono of tho moot cur;ous incidents ~
the disaster. II was now found necessary 10 rio
up some kind of steering gear snar was
thrown overheard with the anchor. .fluke attach.
ed which DRAGGING in the water hehind the ship
might bring her head to the wind. hut the swing.
ing of the rudder made il useless. and nlan vas
then suggested to the captain bv the passeneers
to which the escane of the vessel il nrobabiy At.
tributable. 1t was to pass two or three turns of
chain cable around the rudder.pin. Immediately
below the point at which the breakape occurred.
and secure Il with WEDGES and small chains. Nv
milling either end of this cbs;n.c.ble a circul.r
motion of the pin was produced. and 4 connec.
tion being effected With the usuai chain attached
to the rudder. and a temnorary wheel rigred nm
below the deck. a shift was made once more TO
proceed. but the screv of the vessel nnon which
the locomo,ion now ACCOMPLISHMENTS a vest;oe
of the paddles remainine-soon STONED. beiSe
fouled bv the rudder nv which the rudder was
prevented from yeerine more than was necessary
to steer the shin.
All of FRIDAY was occupied with these arrange.
mepts The shin had drifted nm the vest coast
of Ireland ont of the ordinary track. On satur.
day night the lbrie Magnet. os Halifax. hove in
sight, hauled alongside, and lay to 70. the Dur.
nose of rendering assistance.
SUNDAY. at Q O'clock. the Great Eastern got
under way, the rudder was found to act. and The
vessel proceeded at the rate Of nine knots an
hour with the screw alone.
She met the Persia the next morning, and sig.
nailed her to come under the lee. which the Per.
sia did. But circumstances were such that the
Great Easterns engines could not be slackened.
Press'on shas ioui play was intended oy tue ureat
Eastern. An attempt was nade q an exPlana-