Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-08-24
How the Defect was Discovered
The Gable Parted and
went Overheard.
ST. JOINS, n. f., Aug. l6,

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via AsPY BAY, 9. b., Aug. Is. !,
The following is an abstract of the report Ii
of the Gable Expedition from the I'd of b
/ August--the time of the breaking of the = =
cable-unti the Great Eastern parted COM !,
pany with the Terrible: a
GREAT EASTERN, Aug. 2. 1865. q
A sad, a memorable day in tho annals OF 7
! Atlantic telegraph. 3
After midnight the wind arose, accom- S
panied by heavy showers of rain and dense
drifts of fog, and increased to a strong gale
to the Southwest; but the ship scarcely let
it, and went on paying out the cable with
; out hinderance at a high rate of speed
seven knots an hour. About day break the
wind suddenly shifted to n, N. w., and
fell to light breeze, and at A. NJ. the
course was altered to Northwest by West
half West, the sea following. Morning
, broke in beautiful, and the cable ran out
, easily at the rate of seven miles an hour
f ANOTHER DEFECT DISCOVERED.
, At 81 50 A. NJ, ships time, the paddles
. were stopped, and at 5:45 the ship was
, stopped by orders from the electricians
4 room, In fact, at 8 A, NJ, Greenwich time,
or minute after, while the electricians were
D passing the first Of the half hourly signals |
q OF currents to the shore, the galvanometer |
T suddenly detected a flow of electricity, which |
indicated serious fault. The test gave no
!, result as to locality, for the fault was very
Il varying but it was generally believed to be
u not far from the stern of the steamship. 1t
+ appears that while Mr.. Cyrus w. Field was
l. on the watch in the tank, a little before the
m time of the accident a grating noise was
r audible as the cable flew over the coil astern.
IF One of the experienced hands Immediately
said There is piece of wire, and call
ed to the lookout man above to pass the in
D. formation aft but no notice appears to
!: have been taken of the circumstance After
il. the ship was stopped and the remainder Of
n. the flake paid out piece of wire was seen
If, projecting out of the cable in the flake, un,
,e derneath that in which the fault was sus-
x; pected to exist, and on one of the men TAX
b. ing it in his fingers and trying to bend it
rt down, the wire broke short off,. 1t was
is nearly three inches long, and had evidently
rd been of hard, ill-tempered metal, which had
of Aewn out through the threads in the tank.
rt, The discovery was in some measure relief
to the mems minds that one certainly and,
.te possibly the second of the previous faults
,as might have been the result OF accident. II
er- was remarked, however, that this fault oc-
Cured in the same watch as all the previous
ed ones had. The fault was too serious to be
he overlooked, and as there was difficulty ia
,od detecting its situation, preparations were
w. made to get the picking up apparatus ready
ac- D..u ~ AZ; -. onoin y. ....... oo, .,
m in the cable, the first near the old splice
er. between the main and the fore tauks Cable
ing all right. The second cut was three mile
lies on board, which showed the fault to b,
sSs - oI 1po ~ "nL h. . eaJ
me IL. W. aLou'J ~ Wv .f t.an,'
ied un'on ,n Saif Hnnd.ad ,.a;,,, a .. ~ >
'ud t,iee auu " ', n.inL ~esn.i SnG u;
1th u,e ,h nahia I PISS. aoJ sn, ovs ,h
hts suo aro isn n;,eS hav;no h.sn "', n,UsJ on
all .han ,ha and srI, .hsd ;nto tbo L..
tne ""'' '"' yar, Ima m Nun cdo,r
dld ry;,h l.ss 5,Eo,itr ,han ,,p,nI :, e.
10 ,v;,h eo,on,ra,;vs fac;i;,T1,hs c,bl. W.,
hanlsd in pver. tbs hows A. e;oht yr;nu,s
ana nsS, IA o'c,nct =. Grson,s;nh ,;n,a
ier9 Pad hao, banI..d hv ~. nnr. ala or ~
zeu sh;, ond .s ,ho ,.;nd stoodd "bs d.;ft.J Nv.
oe sp, rhs course nf tbs nohle bu, c.,no unrs,d;,
OF he ,he S,ran M !, sncorJ;Dn t~ th. ind;ca,n
hes' baipg trom fitv to fftv i've bnnJred Ys;rb
.I,houab rho lattsr G1rre romros.nted ~
on ;'pn "G 'AU orIn rsaohed On op. oooa.;a, y.
,,aA. MA" on.uar -, ,,o,., ~ o nnn 70 b. Ln,,
ns's We "eie' !, .as ~ oon.;aayyoJ a." tauora;
.mp " Ma'et, ou' i ", ,,e haJ nst cot IN - &,
ond ciiIu"istatoo WA. - Id ,bonn nJ houa m ha,
and miles lIrtner, as Mo snoU'a 'n far as oo,,IS
for In the hti'; "'io lia.e"u' - ~ :. w. oa,,,
hat ascertained' tue SNIP was nov e'et s'n,
,ris- elevation, on me iop OF whioh 'n'is '"
ded only l'9oo fathoms o. water.
the THE PICKING UP
be- was as usual, exceedingly te,uous, anu W
Inns hour and forty-slx minutes elapsed pelo
is A one mile was got on board. Then sne
ten the engines eccentric gear got out OF orG'
Is of so that man had to stand by with han
of A spike aided by wedge OF wood and elaSt
ich, band, to assist the engines Next the su
ring ply OF steam iaiieu, ana when steam WI
The got up it WAS found that there was not wat
en-. enough 10 the boilers, and so the picking
re-. ceased altogether. Then occurred
illed THE GREAT MISFORTUNE.
vail. Lunch was just over. Some had left Il
y of table, Others were about leaving. The scic
1ade tilic gentlemen had very much cheered
,een by their stating that they believed the fau
ther was only SIX miles away, and so ere dc'
, ON. night falls we might hope to have the fau
like on board, make new splice and proceed
bout our way to Hearts Content, geographical