Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-08-24

miles payed out l79 miles of cable !
water 1909 fathoms tests very good,
Wednesday, Aug, 2-at 5.2T a, m, on re-
Stunning the insulation tests it was dis
covered that there was a partial loss Of
insulation.
The ship was soon afterwards stopped
and the cable transferred TO the picking
up gear at the boom, The operation Of
hauling in commenced. BY noon the
engine used for picking up stopped for
want of water for considerable time,
Two miles had been recovered and the
cable was cut to see whether the fault
had come on board.
At about 1880 p. IN. the cable caught
and chafed in the mouth OF the hawse
pipe and was with considerable dinl0ulty
removed and at 1886 it parted on board
where it was injured, just behind the
shoppers, and in moment the end dis
appeared In the water. Distance run
last "a hours, ll6 miles; cable paid out,
1872 miles recovered, , miles; depth OF
water, 1860 fathoms total distance to
Hearts Content 600 miles; total cable
paid out, 1872 miles, equal to IA per
cent. of slack,
Steamed back toward Valentia about
Il miles, and commenced dragging for
the cable. Thursday at 4 a. M, it being
evident from the strain the grapnel had
caught the cable, began to haul in, and
at 1l,50 a. M, when 100 fathoms Of
grapnel roap had been got on board, a
shackle broke near the ship, and 400
fathoms of rope sunk with the cable to
the bottom of the Atlantic. A buoy was
lowered with 2400 fathoms of cable, and
mushroom to hold it and mark the
spot. During the operation Of picking
up the machinery gave away. 1t is
supposed that tooth broke Off by the
strain and this getting in between the
spur wheel smashed the latter This
accident happened twice, and the opera
ton of hauling in had to be performed
by the capstan.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, wealth
er unfavorable for recovering cable.
Monday, It'll, lowered another grapnel.
At 1910 p. m. commenced dragging for
cable. At s in the evening began to
haul in and continued to do so slowly
all night. Tuesday, 8th, at so a. m,
1000 fathoms of grapnel rope hauled in
when shackles broke just inside the ship.
Lost in this attempt 1900 fathoms Of
rope.
A second buoy was lowered to mark
the spot. The balance of this day and
all the next was fully occupied in hay
ing new shackles made for the hauling
in of the rope altering the capstan and
makink preparations for another at
tempt to recover the cable. Had the
apparatus been ready the weather on
Wednesday was too rough to attempt
any operation. The two buoys rode out
the gales in this depth perfectly.
Thursday, 10th, at q. m. began to
lower grapel, and at 8.55 had out 2460
fathOms, all that was left on board the
vessels and commenced dragging for the
cable, and continued to do so until the
evening, when we began to haul in slow
ly. Friday, 18th, at s a. m. finished
hauling in the 2460 fathoms of rope;
when the grappel came up foul with it's
own chain. At II a. m. began to lower
grappel again, and as soon as all the
2460 fathoms were payed out commenced
dragging until 3.55 p. M, when we be-
gan to haul in slowly. 1t was soon evil
dent by the great strain that the Crap
pei had caught the cable. At .. M,
when 10 fathoms had been recovered,
the rope parted. AS there was not suf-
ficient rope on board the Great Eastern
to resume grapnelling, it was decided
that the Great Eastern should return at
once to England