The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-27
Details Of the LOSS or the
Cable.
Full ard Interesting EsssOgns CT s..,3 salondcr.
full Work Of Graphing liz In R'tXsl5y-
five Hundred FathOms Wa..S7
The CT 0SIaG SCENES AT HEARTS CONTENT
How the News of the Parting Of the
Cable was Received.
60. &c. 60.
Diary OF Events.

Diary OF Events.
Tho narrative OF events connected with this great
operation up the departure Of the Great Eastern from
the shores Of ireland already before the public both
sides Of the Atlantic AS readers aware earth
cable Mr.. varleys plan was laid from the telegraph
station at Foihommerum, Friday July 81, and on
Saturday July a. The thick shore end of the Atlantic
cable was carried on board from the Caroline,
bridge formed Of twenty fishing yaws of the DISTRICT
and hauled up the cliff in the channel made for tho
purpose TO the telegraph house This operation was re-
garded with the greatest interest by the people, and on
tho safo arrival Of the terminal wire In the building brief
addresses were delivered by Sir Peel Chief Secretary
for Ireland and by the Knight Of Kerry which were
ceivod with enthusiasm The Caroline attended by the
Princess Alexandra yacht of tho Ballast Board proceeded
10 t0wed by tho Hawk veerng out the shore end OF
the cable In the track buoyed out by Lieutenant White,
In charge Of the coast guard Of valenta and his men,
amid great cheering, and at half.past ten O'Clock,
dropped the end twenty-six miles west northwest
Of valenta and stood by the buoy all night On In
telgence being transmitted through the cable on shore
q despatch was sent to the Great Eastern In Beer
haven announce the event. Although II was near
midnight when the despatch received, the Groat
Eastern got up steam and anchor with such diligence
that her arrival attended by her Maesty's steamships
Terrible and SPHINX on vaentia harbor was reported
at forty Ave minutes past seven next morning. The
weather most favorable. gentle breeze from tho
westward scarcely ruled tho surface Of the sea- al
though not the Great Eastern herself could be In
different to the grand roll of the Atlantic As the opera
tion of splicing the thick shore end to the main cable
Of Importance and nicely. the advantage of the
calm appreciated by all interested in the under
taking Tho end of the main cable passed board
the Caroline from the Great Eastern the terminus Of the
shore end also hauled up and got board with the
assistance Of tho boats Of the and the ope
raors of the company began the splice, which SUBJ
subjected TO rigid tests for hours by tho
telegsphc sta and found TO DO satisfactory II was
also asceaned that the insulation Of the shore end had
been greatly improved BY It's immersion In the wster
The Hawk With Sir r. Peel. tho Knight Of Kerry, Lord
John Hay and party Of ladies and gentlemen board
left vaentia harbor after ten A. NJ and came up
with the notla about o'clock. The was full
Of In the centre Of the picture lay the Great
Eastern with flags flying from her six trucks including
the United States ensign, aud the flag which flown
by the Agamemnon the laying Of the first Atlantic
cable, and with the blue ensign over her taffra. Her
boats with those Of the Terrible and Sphinx lost
sight Of In the trough and rising high the crest Of the
swell gliding and fro busy with the work of the
day. and close ut hand the Caroline pitching and rolling
afforded an additional contrast the almost impassive
vastness Of the great Leviathan. With some little diff
Guilty party from tho Hawk including Sir Robert Peel
the knight Of Kerry, Mr. Canning chief engineer laying
the cable Mr. Barber &C. got board the Great Eastern
In trips and enjoyed her terrestrial stcadness
hours but the ladies could not venture the dan
ger Of embarkng the boats and boarding At half past
four the testing Of tho splice was finished and the blight Of
nc rope slipped from the Caroline and afterwards
he Hawk returned to valentis with her distinguished
passengers who left the Great Estern amid cheers Of
'ncers and visitors which returned from the
essel The Terrible and Sphinx afterwards ranged
Up within few hundred yards and boats got in, and
fer short detention caused by taking in Of the
from the Caroline the Great Eastern got In read
less for her course 10 west As she steamed slowly
head cheer after cheer given BY her 10 her COM
'anions and escort, and they manning the rigging,
urned the compliment with hearty good will; and after
cheer more" at 49, the FIRST fathom Of the cable
ded slowly the stern and sank into the depths
he ocean. The evening all that could be desired;
he paying out machinery worked with the utmost ease
md regularity and after while the speed Of the vessel
vas increased from two and half 10 three and half
Ind ultimately to six and half miles hour All the
while signalling with the shore gave the gratifying
results Respecting the electrical condition of the cable
At 1o NJ, Greenwich time, fifty miles Of cable had
been paid out and up 10 midnight tho laying pro-
eedcd without mpediment In calm weather, with favor
ng wind and sea-
MONDAY, july %. 1906.
A. a:l6 A. NJ, when eighty -four miles Of cable had
paid out and all appeared 10 be going on most "a
'oraby, the electrician engaged in signalling to the
hore sston was asonshed perceive an alteration of
he index light which showed some singular cause Of
disturbance in the current After testing the cable for
ono time BY signals 10 and from the land II became
pparent that there was q fault, 1t Ia technically
srmed, in the cable. gun was fred from the Great
sstern little before "A NJ 10 call the attention of the
errble and Sphinx 10 the accident The paying out of
10 cable was discontinued, and the attention Of sbc
a Of electricians was directed to tho discovery Of the
lace where the fault had occurred but Notwithstanding
perfection Of the testing apparatus and the expert
nee Of the gentlemen engaged, wide difference
ibed In the results OF various calculations though
enerslfy maintained that the injury existed some
pot from forty 70 sixty miles distant from the ship
ONE Of the expermentasts thought the defect lay be-
ween the land and the scaward end OF the shore cable
nd ethers who inclined to the contrary belief admitted
hey could not pronounce within the limits even Of con-
seizure wherebouts In the main cable the injured portion
w. The regret and disappointment created By this sud
en- detection Of Jaw Ia work pronounced by the best
uortiee TO he SO iaultless increased by the re-
ec'dn that .ihe cable wc[a liable to accidents Of this
ino after immersion In tho sea- human skill, precau
~ or kp0wedgo could AFFORD guarantee for the