The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-10
lHE CABLE.
Another Defect discovered and
Insulation Lost.
1ogsn YIlundred Miles Paid Out 70 the
Eighth Day, when Commnnica-
.tion Suddenly Ceases.
Tne GahRe Not Necessarily a
as Failure.
<.~.-~-~-,~~>.o>-~-~----
Dgt3IH II the Origin and Nature Of
.s tha First Defect.
Kew It was Discovered and
Repaired.
Xxperlence Shows that Defective 1nsus
la&ion Might Appear Without the
Gable Being Seriously Injured.
AesAnted by the Russian Government to the
Collins Overland Telegraph,
Ia, &c, &c.
DGalH II the Origin and Nature Of
...a. thA First Defect.
Kew It was Discovered and
Repaired.
4lezAntcd by the Russian Government to the
Collins Overland Telegraph,
h, &c, &c.

~ slsAaeship Cuba, with Queenstown dates 70 the
IN N, arvcd at this port yesterday bringing W.
sslagssph cable Tho Grcat Eastern had paid seven
hnn@Fsd miles on She eighth day out-July 29-whsa
0smayIation suddesly coasod The cause Of the dis
assw bad cot transpirsd when the Cuba sailed.
Ehe stxth Day-~Thursday, July ~.
sod vAxsrlA, Thursday Afternoon
1ses hundred and fifty nautical miles of cable
yald out from the Great Eastsrn at nfy minutes past
tWsave r. NJ to-day, snd three ksndred and fifty miles
Uas run at nfty minutes past four, Greenwich time All
wsA
The seventh nay-Friday, July as.
ON BOARD THE GREAT EAsrsRN(
<, e.4s FRIDAY, July %, 1895.
yvs hundred nautical miles OF cable were paid out
my minutes past ton A. M to-day. The dstanco run at
NY minutes past nine A. N, to-day four hundred
- nfsy miles.
Ne signals are perfect.
weather One
yvs hundred and hfy nautical miles Of cable paid
- nfty minutes past four p. NJ to day.
Al right
EAs Eighth Day-saturday, July 30.
THE INSULATION LOST.
81. ~ 49, IsvsarooL, via QUEENSTOWN, July 30, 1885,
esvsn hundred miles Of the Atlantic cable paid out
- hundrsd and nfty yesterday-when insulation was
- Cause unknown. Further particulars had not
enspirsd
4As First DEFECT i'm the Cable, and How
IL was Repaired.
Correspondence Of the London fimea)
vALESrA, Thursday, July ~, 1855.
81 tha t>la is
nswn IN al s details The master Of the Hawk, which
ensd here this evening, having left the great ship
- nisht brings full particulars both Of the extraordi
unU nasure Of the accident and the still curious
0nnsr imwhich IL was discovered Its place ascsrained
- bls hauled in and the piece cut out When about
QAy miles OF land with dead calm weather, the ship
DDng six knots and the cable told, running out
= ssfly . "slk rope" the usral test signals
Wos0 being sent through, when suddenly both those 10
~ from the shore gave most serious indications Of
Gnn1y insulation The utmost alarm felt on this
UBssvsry. The connections Of the instruments were
sfully rc-examined, and the most rigid exacness OBJ
svsd In the nnal tests All gave the same result and
g4al was stu more certain and ominOus proof, the
-. easrsats from vaents showed An equal loss No
- ~ Instantly given Nr Canning and Captain An.
N1ssu and the speed Of the Great Eastern which
- In 800 fa&homs WAS reduced 10 almost standsll
hust be remembered that all these signals were sent
received through thowhole length Of 2, 800 nautical
- !e s;ls:s ~ R;!ss es.S;%: y sss sss
:'ss.riss | sss ssenS under r. Ssss 81 q SSit o
- & In ihe eighty miles that had been paid out Trials
e = delicate nature and Of such vital importance to
cssd With the most vigant caution, and the c.lcnla
bcssd upon their data made ana remsae 20 Insure
the un on St all Se shy m
II iNhmerged wire. Whom this decision had been ar
~ q the cablc at once cut on board the Great
oDorn. and the length under water tested by MT
inndsFa with wonderful skill mis- tests h once
Nsalized" the spot whore the fault existed-elevsn
- from the stern q the ship, and within quarter OF
0inhs from where IL actually was.
WINDING CABLE.
InUtautly preparations were made Tor getting the
80 Eastern round and employing the wndng-in ap
Ilus nxed forward specially 70 be used in ease Of
~ nsysf Be required, and very many believed that,
Sbseher required or not, 1t would never accomplish
- was intended to achieve The result proved the ne
cable passed into this machine, and, the Great
ssm sse.mlng back over the ropes course, the work
lgular sase. The strain on the dynamometer Of the
1SSkins never exceeded eighteen hundred, which
80 and sausI U om is spseac @ gravity 70 support
svsn miles OF i weight in water, or through deeper
have ssa HSn quarter Of mile Of II the spo;
en1ieased by Mr.. Saunders the fault was found; aud
rU1 sSS
e. trivial and almost unavoidable accident which had
I'M oRroIS AND SAruss or rul pulcr
A. the lengths OF wire Of one hundred hundred
- nfty miles manufactured at Messrs GlAss 4
1914 they wore taken down In barges and coled
env IN the tanks board the Great Eastern Each
r served was OF course, spliced up that which had
vOredcd t. and this often done In the tanks them.
1vee The operation Of splicing not only means joining
- conductor but also joining the outside wires, the
noel6h OF the lasr being made at different eneths-the
~ of wire cut being thrown away II seems how
ever that one Of these atoms Of wre about two inches
49, and e thick stout darning needle fell the
0slf unnotlced, a. indeed, who would notice II, OF
- : moment think Of the consequences which
= diwognSdod presence In such . spot might
Osly occasonS The weight OF the layers Of cable laid
QDovs this fsagment-as Insignificant AZ shaving In
(nspentsys sh0pprcssed Il firmly into the tarred hemr
Shch forms che outside covering OF the cable To th
= sAhsrsd while In the tank did no harm, but whom
~ portion 10 be paid out the small diameter o
~ eg leading wheels which give access 70 the paying
81 machine, and the weight of the jockey pullcys ovc
see which keep the rope In s place, bent the stout
lyso Yire 20 sharply that passed between the hemp
Gos1 xs guta psrohs through Al lesa two three o
ous folds, and there remalned In this state u wa
and, and instantly recognised ~ piece Of wire from
now n WAS RsrAiRED
short length Of cable was st once cut out, new
lce made, vigiantly tested, and gradually sunk wher
ne bottom twas again retested for some hourr, ane
- signals were shown 10 be absolutely perfect
row rHs oHEAr EAsrfR~ Duri,sG TIE rinr.
Durina 1l this time the Great Easttrn remained