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Ser a, al. critical moment TOO, the vind shii
"a % q 10 render Il dicult keep the he al Of
81 - s.s 'f p,.ss. d.mss. N y. es Done .
shsekIe chain and wire rope belonging to one
sa.ed j. tisht fclor the bsvser holes. Tbsso were
bs cd 90 a. 70 bring The cable 70 the rsh, aide Il the
Boat % s g. ' ,S. ind ss sns ...y
ses- ne end Of the cut Of the estle IN the bos,
die circumference techpicsily 'Av" xieel from the
groove, ey the aide Of which !. Tksn'i.ss .sd az
the Nre rops together were coming in over the bow.
Ard the groove In the larger wheel the esIie sonnd
more in motion, and the wire rope boins tsiep
a. A. and the espsten, BY bars, eu1 me ,ope snd
Ss nHs SGps ~ Y on hS " .s
angle fiom The tsht hand SIDE % 'hit ,ney 20 not
~ ain va, shown on the indicator 70 be very high hut
not near breaking ,train. Al last up came the cable
"a. ,iSs over these Thee. toe. her the "a dan AGED
syn.m 9meter, vhied few up fion slIty bundled
weight, tho highest point marked, with a sudden
and wire rope chamber. ss II we're, up out q the
rfoove the Iigbt hand side Of the u the wfrel,
down With q crash on tic small Wheel, GIVING, no
doubt, q severe shake 10 the cable, W which IL was
tho ropes travelled aft together one towards the
captain and the othtr tie drum, where, just
the cable TehfNcd the dynfometcF, u parted and
With ono bound espsd, ~ u were, over fcv feet Of
tntsryenInE space, and tplashed into the sea.
1t 10 not possible for any words TO portray the
dlsmAy with which the sight VA witnessed and the
ncwg heard. When man came at with q p,ece of
Abe inner end laShed still TO the chsn and saw the
tortured strsnds torn Tres ana Acerstei II 10
no esasgeraton to say that strange feelings Of pity
though some human creature mad been iuutilatod
and dragged asunder nv brutal force passed through
the henfis Of the spectstor. Csptsin Modarty vas
jurt coming to the hot Of the companion 70 put, up
tbe daily statement of the ships position, having hal
ANcelleut ObseIvAIOnH, when the came. 81
feel" ssid he, "vo will not ieo much interested nov
However, il was som s,hns 70 Know although II wa
Ltt. comfort that We had nov run precisely one
seIe one Thousand and .iIty.tvo miles from Valcns
fia, vi, hundred and eighty rom Hearts Content,
Ahat We were In 81 2s, long, w 90.
H.B N. STEAMSHIP TERRiBLK- AUG. II.
Tue following practical conclusion, have boon ar
rived At by those engaged in various capacities In the
expedition;
Firr-That tho steamship GToat Eastern, from her
Sfze and Ies-Rons quslities, can carry Aad lay an
Atlantic teesrsph cable safely In any weather.
ID Tor the purpo-s BY mes.is Canning L Clifford,
Sorks perfectly, and can he confidently relied
That the nsulsion Of the suiIa percha conductor w
Improved by Of the reduction Vt the tempera-
tuTo aud the great pressure Al Tie OF tue ocean,
and vas more than double ~hat y had been before
ting, proving itself 10 be hs he,t Insulated cable
aver manufactured, and many times higher than the
standard required by the eolu.ot. Tho cause Of the
1--WE faults which we're picked up wn In each case a
erf6raion Of the Lpt ptchs through TO the copper
b. piece OF iron wre found sticking In the cable.
Eec!cally, the third iault analogous 70 the drst
The difficulty be guarded against in the construc-
zion Of future cables,
Fourih-1hst nothing has occurred to create tho
Jeast Doubt IN the minds of prsciical men engaged
In the eypedition Of the succossu laying and work
3ng Of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, but, the
trsry, their confidence In tie undertaking has been
barely increased by the experience thus obtained
FJfh-Thst with the Great Eastern steamship p,
and with stronger tackle aud with improved p.ckng
Up Inachinery, there possibility OF recovering the
los end VI the cable and completing the line already
fN s-tbirds laid.
SAMUEL CAsSIsG, Chief Engineer
JAS. ASDERsoS, Captain Great Eastern.
q. n. NARI.EY, Electrician to Atlantic Teie.
graph aud Maintenance Co.
c. V. De SAurr. Electrician 10 Telegraph
and Maintenance Company
W. THoHfsOS, Professor of Natural Phi
lo-Uphy, Glssfow College.
ii. c. CLIrFoRD, Telegraph and Msinte
nance Company.