The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-27

.be anne ssus as that which was duty whom another
piece or wire was forced into the GABLE were
70 other duties deck. The gentlemen on nosrd the
watch in the tank turn about and the men employed
gave their acquiescence dead calm prevailed nearly
by the gentest ripple.
We have passed the fatal spot where lies buried all that
remains Of the Atlantic cables me sup srpm W.
lenta 04o miles III from Hearts Content; cable PAID
out 0sl miles. During the day nothing whatever oO
Cured to interrupt the uniform progress or the
II is supposed there were the soundings between so
fathoms and 1850 The weather, although 0yerHass
ing to S. w. the ships oourseN W. by W. three quarters
W. The Terrible in her usual position Expectations
entertained Of seeing land on saturday morning
WEDNESDAY, August
A sad and memorable day in the annals OF Atlantic
telcgraphy After midnight the wind rose accompanied
by heavy showers Of rain and dense drifts OF 1g anu
increased 10 strong gale to the southwest put Ine
scarcely felt it, and went on paying out cable without let
or hindrance at high rate Of speed-seven knon an
north norhwess and fell to light breeze, and at four
NJ the course was altered to northwest Dy west nan
west the falling. Morning broke besutifuiy, ana
tho cable ran out easily at the rate Of seven miles an
hour At thirty five minutes past i've N, ships time
the paddles we're stopped, and at 6:4e the snip was
stopped by orders from the eectrcians ROOM In fact
at A. M, Greenwich tme q minute after, while the
electricians were passing the FIRST Of the half hourly
series Of currents to the tho
serious fault Tho tests gave no result a. 70 locality for
the fault very varying; but was generally believed
TO be not far from the stern Of the ship 1t appears that
while Mr. Cyrus Field was on watch In tho tank, uttis
before tho time OF the accident. grating noise was
audible as the cable flow over the coil asern one OF
the experienced hands Immediately said, "There Ii
piece OF wre," and called to the lookout man above
TO pass tho information aft; but notice ap-
to have snS ?" ms a e ns
out peco Of wire was seen projecting out OF the cable
in the lake underneath that In which the fault was sus
nf I'm anp M tnn In
Ringers and trying bend down. the wire broke short
OH Il was nearly three inches long, and evidently OF
hard itempered metal when mao nown OUT .ne
sure relief to mems minds, that one certainly and the
second possibly of the previous faults might nave oeen
the result of accident 1t was remarked, however, that
this fault occurred in the same watch as all the previous
ones AS the fault too serious to be overlooked.
and as there difficulty In detecting It's situation,
were made to get picking up apparatus
ready Previous doing two cuts were made IN the
cable the first the old Splice below the main ana
fore tankcable all right the second cut three miles IN
hoard which showed the fault To be overheard The wire
rome ana tho chain were now secured 70 me cae
Whch showed maximum strain Of q cwt, and at 20
Greenwich time the cable severed and went over tne
stern, 11s6 miles having been paid out when the END
splashed into the water With less difficulty than usual
in fact, with comparative factyCsho cable was 9sY!es
been hauled by the port sdo OF the ship and the wind
stood she drfted the course o. the cable but it
came up readily the strain It, according to the indi
Gator being from 80 to IS cwt, although the latter
figure represented the maximum, only reached on
occasion We were, however, nearly in 1000 fathoms CT
water but It considered favorable circumstance
that had not got few miles further, as we should
have then been In the very deepest part Of the Atlantic
plateau. AS far as could be ascertained the ship was
now over gentle elevation the top Of which there
was only 1850 fahoms OF water. The picking up was,
a. usual exceedingly tedious and one hour and forty
minutes elapsed before nile got on board then
of the engines eccentric gear got out OF order so that
q man had to stand by with handspike, aided by
wedge Of wood and elastic band to aid the wretched
engine. Next the supply Of steam failed aud when the
steam was got UP II found that there not water
enough in the boiler and the picking up ceased
was Just over Some had left the table, others
about leaving The scientific gentlemen had rather cheered
us BY starting hypothesis or rather stating predion
dcad nghtfa we might hope to have the fault on
board make a new splice and proceed on our way to-
Suddenly Mr. Canning appeared in the saloon, and in
manner which told all said at Ia all over 1t Is gone"
then fastened UPWARDS to his cabin Mr. Field ere the
thrill Of surprise and pain accustomed by those words had
passed away came from the companion into the saloon
and said with composure admirable under the circum
stances, though his lips quvered and his cheek was
blanched 'sThe cable has parted and has gone over
board" All deck In q moment and there in
deed glance revealed the truth will endeavor now
fata-or although write we are drifting down upon
the spot in the hope of getting hold Of the cable with
Drowned with Let the reader turn his face TO-
wards window and imagine that he Is standing on the
bows Of tho Great Eastern and then q course on his gn
ship. When the cable was hauled round on the left
hand side and passed over the wheel was carried
on hs o ap s Of course
the cable came close up TO the bow and
of the Great Eastern two large the iron rims
Of which project for more than foot beyond the line OF
the sem Against one OF these the cable caught on tho
left hand sde whilst the ship kept moving TO the left,
and thus chaed and strained the cable greatly against
the bow The Great Eastern could not go asern lest the
Ss
too the wind shifted 10 render more d1cult 70
keep the head Of the ship up 70 the cable As the cable
done to It, shsckle chain and wire rope belonging TO
one Of the cable buoys were passed over the cable and
IN % s cs sS % s s hand scs
tho bow the ship still drifting 70 the left II was neces
sary TO do this instead Of veerng away - we we're near
iron wheel with q deep groove in the circumference
technically Wheel from the groovc BY the side OF
which is . similar but smaller wheel on the same axe
The cable and the wire together were coming over
the bows In the groove the larger wheel the cable being
wound upon drum behind by the machinery which was
round the capstan by bars But the rope and cable
not coming up In right line, but were being hauled in
with great strain on them to an angle from the right hand
wheel Still up they came. The strain Yves SHOWN on
the indicator 70 be very hsh put not near breaking
ling together ON the wheel in tie bow. They we're
wound round on 1t slowly and passing over the
wheel together the first damaged part being inboard
from sixty cwt the highest point marked, with sudden
jerk, three and half nches--n fact the chain shackle
and wire rope cambered It up out VI he groove
the right hand side Of the OF the wheel got the top
Of the rim OF the wheel and rushed down with crash
on the smaller wheel, giving, no doubt, severe
shock to the cable TO which II attached
The machinery was still In moiion-the cable and
the rope travelled aft togehcrone towards the capsan
the other towards the drum-when just as the cable
reached the dynamomctcr parted and with bound
leaped IL were few feet Of intervening space
and flashed into the II IL not possible for any words
10 portray the dsmay with which the sight was witnessed
the heard II was enough TO TO tears and
whom aft with piece Of the inner end lashed
still 70 the chain, and the tortured strands
wires the acerated CORE it is exsggcraon TO say that
strange feeling Of pity, ~ though for some sentient
creature mutlated and dragged asuncr by brutal force
passed through the hearts Of the spectators But of
what sentimental abstraction whom instant,
strenuous action demanded? Aasl scton There
around lay the placid Atlantic smiling the scene and
not dmplo to show where lay many hopes buried (of
cables or OF men) TIL the ser gives up Its
dead. But there was no blank despair, and II
any felt IL they suppressed the expression of Il,
while by far the greater number OF those board were
hvs