The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-18

at 1890 O'Clock, and Il half past two c,cloc3
On Monday, 18th, she overhauled the Caro-
iine that ieh London on the 5th With the short
end ON hoard. She had been detained 5,
bad weather. Wetopk hsrin tov and arrived
off Valencia at 6:45 q. mi, WednesdAy. II
the wsethss was spnfayprahle, the Caroline
went into valeneM harSor and the Greet Has.
s.r tern to to. 4ass1:ysn, - By Fhs mex!
SpAyAx, the twenr Apeea nilaA r Che Aesyy
shore end were successfully laid from theCaro-
line, towed by the steamer Hawk. On. Sat.
nrday, the I'D, at . quarter past 5 clock,
end was completed, aad the Grea4 Eastern.
the Terrible and the Spbynx steamed towards
New Foundland, while the Caroline and
Hawk returned tov valencia, Al went on Ii the
most satisfactory, manner till 2:2O a. M, on
Monday, 24th. when partial loss OF insula-
tions suddenly showed itself. Shortly after
this the speed Of ships was reduced, and the
cable paid out more slowly. while tasts were
applied to locate the fault which WAS found to
be in the wster some miles assern OF the areat
Eastern. AT $50 q m. the cable was traus-
ierred to picking mp tbs apparatus 1t the
bows, and We began 10 haul in the cable.
This operation was frequently suspended by
want ofstear, in the boilers attached to the
picking up Of the apparatus, and during the
day portable boiler vas connected With tho
former.
Al 6ss ninusss - . o's,seh nex. morn
ing, the fault Vas brought on board and foand
to have been cahsed tJ q piece uf iron wire
similar to that used in the manufacture ofshe
cable, about two inches long, having been
forced hetweon the outer wires, through the
g1tta percha into the copper xirc. len and
quarter inches Of cable were recovered; the
fault Gu, out and = new splice made. the cable
returned 70 the paying-ous machine q tine
stern, aud at 4:f0. 4. ", Tuesday. the 25th,
all was again in perfect order, and the aeet
on iy way TO America, having been detained
thirty seven hours and fifty miru.es.
! At noon OH wedhssdaY. ash. he Great
Easterp wa 1T8 miles from Valencia. and
there had been paid pN,, including the seven
teen miles on the shore end, ls9 miles Of
cabas; depth of the water. l.7j0 fathoms !;
tests very good.
TWrRsDAy, 27th.-S ip ran in the last
twenty-four hours, l4i miles. and paid out
l5e miles of cable. Depth Of water, 3,l60
fathoms; tests very good.
sFRmAY, 2sth.--Distanec made. I55 miles
cable paid Ia miles; water $50 faikams !;
tests very good. 8asw s
SaruRbir, 2eth.-Distance run. 100 miles !.
eabe paid out l76 miles depth water 900
iathoms; tests very good. At Il clock P.
N. II was discovered that there was serious
fault m the cable which entirely cut o6 CON-
inunication with the shore. The ship was
stopped and the cable transferred to the pick
ing-up gear, which ccIu,enced hauling it at
BIB 2. y. Alter picking up two and a quar-
ter miles Of the cable tire fault came on
board and on examination found u have
been caused by y stout piece Of wire having
been driven entirely through the cable The
two and quarter miles OF cable were roceiv-
ed from depth os LEO ,athoms The op-
Grafton of picking up, from the great depth.
was frequently interrupted by the want of
steam. The night being very dark and foggy
the operation of lowering the splice and trans
ferring the cable to the paying out machinery
at the stern vas postponed till morning. The
Great Eastern was, by the able management
of Capt. Anderson kept un all night 10 the
heavy sea, prevented any strain beyond the
cables own weight coming on it. At S:l0A
N. the splice had been successfully lowered
and the ship was again on her course The
detention by this fault was eighteeA 4houisan
forty four minutes and most anxious hours
.SATuaBAy, 9Oth The distance made was
25 miles, and y miles of cable we're paid ou,
Depth of water, 1,9eo i..thou,s tests very
good,
MeSpAy, 3lst-Distance run, l34 miles
cable paid out, 15S miles; tests very good.
FRIDAY, Aug. lst-Distance made. l55
miles; cable paid out, 179 miles water.
l,I09 iathoms; tests very good. - tf4f-
WEDNESDAY. 2d-At 5.27 on resnn1ing In
sulation tests it was discovered tha. there was
a partial loss Of Insulation The ship was
so0a afterwards stopped and the cable trans
ferred to the picking up gear at the bow.
The operation Of hauling IN commenced by
aoen. The engine used for picking up stop
ped 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 1890 r. n. the ca
BILE caught and chafed i'm the mouth Of the
horse pipe and was with considerable difficult
ty removed, and at 1926 it parted ON board
where it was injured, just behind the shoppers,
and in . moment the end disappeared in the
water Distance run in the last "a hours.
ll6 miles cable paid out, 1872 miles; rec n
cred two miles; depth Of water, l.9jO
fathoms total distance from Valencia, /, ,063
miles toAl distance to Heart Content, 600
miles; total cable paid out, 1872 miles, equal
to IA per cent. y ss a~
The steamer backed toward Valencia twelve
miles and commenced dragging for the cable.
On Thursday at A. N. 1T being evident from
the strain that the grapple had caught the ca
Bile and we began to haul il Al ll:J0, when
], ,150 fathoms Of graphing rope had been got
on board the rope broke near the ship
and l, 40 fthonrs Of the rope s,irik with tie
cable 70 the boAEom Of the Atlaatic. A buoy
was lowered with 2, 400 fathoms Of cable and
d top TO mark the spot. During the opera
ton of picking up the cable, the machinery
gase ~ Is supposed that q todtii broke on
by the strain and thus getting it between the
spur wheel snsbb6f the latter. This accident
happened twice and the operation of hauling
IN had TO be performed by the capstan. 645
Friday, Saturday and Sunday the weather
1As hnlAtombie for recovering the eabie.
MONDAY, Aug. 7.-Lowered another Crap
pie at 2:10 r. u and conhenced dragging
for the cable, at 8 p.H. began to haul in, con-
.tinued toldo 20 slowly all night. yI9fa9I
TUESDAY, Aug. 7-7:30 A. N.-One thou
sand fatisems u ssappls rope. had besn hauled
in when the shackles broke just under the
ship, lostgin mis- attempt Il SEQ fhthoms Of
rope, A second buoy was lowered to mark
ths Spot and ihs balance 81 the DAY I'D all
the nsxt WAS sfnlly eccupied in having new
shackles made for hauling in the rope, alter
Ing Tie 'capstahs and making preparations fbf
a1otier Atbempx TO rescue tho gcahlc.. Had
Tie apprfstns been ready tie Weathar 81
Wednesday MS much too rough 70 alEempi
any operations. The two buoys rode ont tn
gales in safety. $500
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