New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-28

the gentest ripple
Tye.dav Aug I've have passed the fatal spot
where lie buried oil that remains OF the Atlantic cables
The ships position at noon, lat, 5i0 ?2 5o".
long 800 g. JV distance from Valentia $40
miles-7l7 from Hearts Content Cable paid ont.
Osl miles. During the day nothing whatever &C.
CURED interrupt the uniform progress OF the opera
ton 1t is supposed that we were In soundings pc
tween g15 fthoms and 2 80. The weather. although
overcast and gray, favorable The wind from the
n. W.. altering To :. W. The ships course ~ w. by
W W. The Terrible IN her usual position. Expeo-
atOns entertained Of seeing land on Saturday morning
The TENTH DAY.
VrdassSru Aug "A sad and memorable day in the
annals of Atlantic telegraphy. Aver mid on ane
wind rose accompanied by heavy showers OF ram ana
dense drifts of fog and increased to strong gale ~ the
: W but the ship scarcely felt 1t aud went on paying
ont cable without let hindrance at nigh rate OF
snced-seyen knots an hour About daybreak the wind
suddenly shifted 10 n n. w. and fell to gh breeze'
and ut 4 n III. the course was altered TO ~ W by "
W the Sc falling. Morning broke beautifully ana lhe
oah ran out easily AT the rate of miles hour
At I. 80 A. m ships time the paddles were stopped
and M IS the ship stopped by orders nom tbe eec
| trcians ROOM In fact at a. IN, Greenwich time or
minute after while the electricians were passing the
first of the hall hourly series Of currents to the shore
the gayanometer suddenly detected dow OF electricity
SERIOUS FAULT.
The test, gave no result locality FOR the fault
VA, yerv varying but IL was generally believed 10 DO
o far from the stern Of the ship IL appears that whe
Mr. CYRUS Field watch IN the tank ahttie before
the time of the accident grating noise vas audible as
The cable flew over the coil asterni one OF the efPc
rienced hands immediately said, There is pieco o.
wire and called to the lookout above 10 pass the
information aft; but no notice appears 70 nave been
taken Of the circumstance After the snip had oceh
stopped and the remainder OF the make PAID out piece
of wire was seen projecting ont OF the cable In the make
underneath that In which the fault was suspected 70
exist and on one Of the taking II In bis fingers ana
trying to bend it down. the wire broke snort on, ~,
WAS nearly three inches long and evidently OF hard II
tempered metal which had hown OUT through tho
strands in the tank The discovery was IN some neas
ure relief 20 mems minds that one certainly ana the
second possibly OF the previous iauit hlgh, haNo
been the result OF accident tWns rciharkeu now
ever that tits fault occurred IN the same wtch a. an
the ID eviOus As the fault was too serious 10 DC
owe, looked and a, there was difficulty IN detecting
s situation preparations were made 10 get the PICKING
up apparatus ready. Previous TO dong So TWO cuts
were MADE in the cable. the first near the old spice
between the main and the fore tanks-caDic all t'gh'
The second cut three miles in board when showed
the fault TO be overheard. The wire rope anu tle
chain ere secured 10 the cable forward ~hoh
showed maximum strain OF 2jl cwt ana al 100 'feeh'
I witch time the cable severed and went over inc
stern l. 20 miles having been payed ont when The end
snlasted into the water With lees difficulty than
usual in fact with comparative acihy the chpe "hs
hauled over the bows at 1903 u. m, bTeeh"Ich uihe
II had been hauled bv the port side Of tie snip ana ~
the wind stood she drfted over the course oil the
but il came UP readily the strain on H. ACCORDING 10
the indicator being from 90 TO - cwt although 'no
latter figures represent the maximum only reached on
one occasion. We were. however. nearly N -nV
fathoms water but II was considered i''orup'c va
cum stance that had not got a lew nn's iuitne as
we .houd then have been IN the very deepest par
of tho Atlantic plateau As lar as cob4d Dc user
tained the NIP was over gentle elevation on the
.on of which there only !, 800 iathOms ot wafer
HEAPS or TROUBLE.
Thu nickng ND was az usual exceedingly tedious and
one hour and fort yss minutes elapsed before one hIo
was got on board Then one OF the engine eccchlilc
gear got out Of order that mnn hhd 20 sthnd py
with a haudspike. aided 10y wedge OF Wooi ana an
elastic band to aid the wretched engine NeIt tue
supply Of steam failed and when we s'eam wa gov up
N wa, found that there not water enough m the
boiler and the picking up corsed altogether. linen
occurred the great isfOrtLno Lunch Wa JUST over.
some had left the table: Others were about leaving.
The .cienti6c gentlemen had rather obecrcd "a by
starting an Hypothesis rather than starting prede'
uon. they believed the fault was only BIZ miles away!
and SO ere dead shiiall We might hope 10 have the
fault board. make new splice ara proceed On our
way Hearts Content, geographically about % iiie'
away. suddenly MIR Canning appeared IN iAe saloon
and In q manner Which told AT, said,
"IrIs ALL OVER.
then fastened onward ~ his cabin Mr. Field ere the
thrill Of surprise and pam oocasioned by thee" "oid'
had passed away. came from the companion INTO Tue
saloon and said with cOmposlIe admirable under toe
circumstance. thou gh bis Up quivercd ana hi- cheek
was blancbcd: The cable has parted ana has gone
overheard" AL were Oh deck Ia a moment. aud there
indeed q glance revealed the truth. VIII enaeafor
nov 10 explain 10 you
HOW TIT PAIAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
say iatal-iOr although as ! write We are drifting
down upon the spot ~ the hope OF getting ho'i oi me
cable 18th grapnei. scarce venture u hope that TIE
attemp. will he crowned with Let the reader
turn his face toward IA window and imagine That he is
standing the bow OF the Nrcht EASTERN ana
Of course hs night will be the starboard Oh the ZEN
the port side Of the ship When tie cable was hauled
round the left hand side and passed over the wheel
Il was carried over drum which We must suppose 10
be- behind the spectator aud coed up fast II WAS
delivered from the pickineup apparatus. But when
the eueines failed to work this apparatus OF course the
cable remained moiionlcss aud as The ship vas diin
10y the wind from night to left aud slightly forward 81
last tie cable close up 20 the bow nad under the
forefoot Of the shp There ahe bows of the Great
Eastern large hawsehoies the iron rms oi when
urOisc for foot beyond the Inc OF lDe ste
ginst one these The cable caught the lett hand SIDE
while ship kept moving TO the eit and thus chaed ana
strained the cable greatly against the DOW Inc oich'
Eastern could not 30 astern, lert the chble hhouu De
snapped and without motion some way, there Is no
POWER Of steeragc At this critical moment, too. the
ind shifted 30 as To render difficult. u Keep the
head OF the ship up the cable As tie cable then
chaied much that IN two places damage was doe "a
H. "A shackc chain aud wire rope belonging 10 one ol
the cable buoys passed tie cable and secured
, in blight below the hawscholes lhesc were nnhu ~
a, 10 bring the cable to the right hand side 81 the bow
the shp still drifting the lett II was necessary to de
this instead yeerng away. as We were near the end
of the cu Of cable In tie bow there i, large iron
wheel with deep groove In the circumference tteclh
caly wheel from the groove) by the side OF hlch
is similar but smaller wheel on tue same AXIS. Inc
cable and the wire rope together were coming IN Over
the bows in the groove in the larger wheel tie cable
being wound upon drum behind by the machinery
winch was more m motion, aud the wire ruP,
being taken in round the capstans by the bars. Bot
the rope and cable were not coming up In a right
line but were being hauled In with great strain on
them ai an angle from tie Tghthand sGe 20 that they
did not work directly IN the IN the wheel sim ~
they came The strain shown on the indicator Il
be very high but not near breaking strain. AT last ~
came the cable and wire rope Stacking together OIL The
slowly and were passing over the wheel together, The
first damaged part being nDoard, when jar was gwen
10 the dynam0metcr, which ncw up IRON % ihe
highest point marked, with sudden jeh, y nches-i1
fact the chain shackle and wire rope clanbcred, II
WERE up Of the groove the right side Of tie
of the whee-got the top Of The rim Of the Vwhee
.l..A al. with he eel