Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-22
The Atlantic Cable.

1uO AtlaHLlO OdDlSs
The la test reE orc from the Atlantic telegraph
states that the cable Was broken on The ID OF
August, within 600 miles of \ wioundlaud
An attemp. was made to recover the cable but
without success on account OF the LIeaklng Of
he graphing used 20 hoist the cable. The cable
at places rests on buoys, and the Great Eastern
has gone to England to get more ana better
gear. On Its return an attempt will be mace
60 raise the cable one hundred miles east ct the
break, where the water is not so deep.
The 10 flowing definite account Of the accident
We clip from a correspondence to Que Of the cltJ
papers:
ii. i. NJ. STEAMSHIP TERRIBLE, Aug. IL, 1865.
Ii. b. NJ steamship Terrible Is about the Great
Eastern stea uship this llth day of August
1865, having been IN company with her since
July I'D, when the splice was made with the
shore end of the cable, lwenty-seyen miles from
Valentla, since which date one thousand two
hundred and twenty miles Of cable have been
paid out the distance from Nalenta being one
thousand and slxEy-three miles, and Hearts
Content, Trinity bay, n f., ak hundred miles.
The cable parted on the u OF August, az II
80 7. NJ, IN soundings Of two thousand moe
hundred yards, latitude 81 25, longitude 81 90
under the following circumstance
partial loss OF insulation having been dis
covered 90 Aug. I'd, the ship stopped to pick ~
SIX miles OF cable, within which II was sup
posed, by electrical test, that the fault lay. Inc
cable vas passed from the stern 10 the bow Of
the ship, tor the purpose OF recovering r. AT
: ter getting in, by steam machinery, Two mlle'
II of cable, the fault being still overheard, the ca
bic broke about ten yards on board OF the wheel
at the bow, being injured by chailng on the sieft
i Of tue ship. Two previous faults had been dis
y covered Ia soundings Of half u nautical mile anc
n two mics In depth, and had been successfully
IN picked up by tue same machinery and the fault
cut cut la the fret case ten miles, and IN th
}" second two and hall miles were hauId 10 wheI
II the cable parted. Ine grapnsl was let over
,e board, win TWO and halt miles wlre-TOpe, TN
Il snip bong 80 placed ~ to DRIFT over the line .
cable the cable WAS hooked after the expiration
{ VI several hours When two thousand aud tw,
E. hundred yards Of the wire rope md been haul
l. IN swivel Ia the latter gave way aud tW
N Thousand SIX hundred yards OF rope were lost
having lifted the cable one thousand and tw
" hundred yards from the ground. buoy will
10 a flag was moored, with hve thousaGd yards o
tn rope 10 mark the cables losltion--latltud
=, 81 Is, longitude 50 A. 80.
49, second attempt was made to grspple 7th 9
D. August, and was unsuccessful from tue am
cause Two yards OF rope being hauled 10. An
I'd other DIoy was placed IN latitude 81 % 40, lon
!, gitude 90.
A third attempt was made on the 10th c
" August. The grapre came up with chain for
be around The duke, the bottom covered with 00z
of 1t IS telieyed The grapnel touched the cable
GO couple OF hours alter It touched the ground.
Tho lourth attempt was made on the l4th q
" August which also failed, having raised tn
l,t abo xix hundred yards from he bottom. Ha'
It Ihg now exhausted the stock OF rope, any iu
> Their attempts became impossible.
X The following practical conclusions have be.
u.s. arrived al W those engaged IN various capac
& ties in the EXPEDITION.
Ii First -lhaI the steamship Great EIaerr
u. from her size and sea going qualities, eau carr
and lay an Atlantic telegraph cable safely /
u" any weather.
be Sec0nd-That tie paying out machinery, CO
tie. stIucted for the purpose By MessFs. Canning
A. Clifford works perfectly, and can be confident
y relied on.
10 Thitd-That he insulation of the gu.ta pc
do cha con iuctor improved by reason OF the /
OF ductlon OF the temperature aud the great IRE
l.. sure AZ the bottom OF the ocean, an1 was mo
'' than dJube what it hal been before siarun,
u'' proving tssll to be he test insulated cable az
nd manufactured, and many ttmes higher than L
e.. standard required by ne contract. Tie cause
-, the two iauits which were picked up was
-, Zach case a periJration OF the gutti perct
sn' through to ths copper by a piece Of iron VII
on, foun sticking ia the c4ole EectricI Is Il
IN third fault was analogous to the fret The d
ou, fculty can be guarded against in the cons 70
ton Of future cables
le'' Eomh-lhat nothing has oa,urrod to orel
ed, the least doubt 10 the minds Of practical mt
. engaged in The EXPEDITION Of the successful Ia
N. ing and working Of the Atlantic Telegraph Z
= bic, bat, on the contrary, their confidence
'k' the undertaking has been largely increased
tes, tie experience thus obtained.
on, Fah-Tha! with the. Great Eastern steamsh
N. and stronger tackle, and with improved pic
ing up machinery, there 49, possibility OF !
ana covering he lost end OF the cable and complO
Of lug the line, already two.thirds laid.
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