The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-15
The Accident or the 20th uIt.
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repair within 80 short time Yet among eiectrcians
and electrical engineers well used to all the sudden
pressed as 10 how the accident arose stu less as 70
its having been most thorough repaired y will be
the stray piece OF wire the Great Eastern was
ninety miles from land aud 10 three hundred
Istno%s dsu o. water Ths mishsp however only
character as not 10 be discovered til nearly eleven
miles Of the wire had been paid out anu II had been
Of cable back, cut out the faulty piece, make new
Splice &c, occupied nearly twentyfour hours, the wire
fahoms al the rate Of rather less than hsf mile an
hour six hours being consumed in getting on board the
'eleven miles 1850 [ x
THE CABLE NEITHER OUT NOR BROKEN.
The accident which occurred Saturday was totally
different II not defective insulation which then
discovered at valentia but the telegram sad total
ducor was stripped Of as outside protection and vas
. % the watsr or the cable bad - been
bottom OF the Atantic-charte constructed from sound
ngs especially made TO forward this great underak
show by the distance from land that the Great Eastern
then in thousand eight hundred athoms water,
or allowing for slack, little than two miles Of
rope was stretching from her stern TO the bottom Of the
ocean Tue enormous pressure and friction OF the water
on the saturated outer hemp covering Of the line
at this depth would render difficult matter 10 wind
this two miles length. ir il could be done al all in less
than twelve hours II Is almost certain however tha,
it could not be done at all had the cable been Injured
as 70 leave its conductor huean injury that would at
least take oil twothIds Of the ropes strength That
such fault could have occurred generally consi
cred as sufficiently evidenced by the fact that the
fauit whatever 1t was was repaired In little more than
half the time II would have taken Ia haul back the
cable supposng the accident to have occurred to The
portion submerged, and even close al hand. MA
PROBABLY ONLY A "KINK.''
IL ~ therefore conecured with the utmost appearance
OF probability. that the fault caused by "kink
having been seen 10 pass into the paying out machine,
ana he vessel was Instantly stopped The knk sxtrcated
worthy Of attention that this theory Is borne by The
fact that the tmc consumed in repairing the accdent-
10 fafsx
minute the time that would he required To make and
test such splice board the Great Eastern Those in
and that time was Of vital importance would not be
likely ~ waste il by put ng the severed end OF the wire
In communication with the Instruments al valentia,
while the electricians at the latter station could send
response TO their signals through cable hut the
contrary, there was total loss Of insulation ....
nopEFuL PROSPECTS on The FIRST.
The intelligence publish from the Great Eastern
to-day hopeful for the Of the undertaking
than appoars the face OF H. Nine hundred miles
tank which kept her heavily down by the stern and
seriously mpeded her speed s empty, but that the
passae OF the cable from the tank that forward
has beer successfully conpshcd and the end is
fast tightening also. The atermost tank held eight hun
rcd thirty m les Of cable and -four hundred Of
water BY this tne therefore, IL Is vacant and good
length viii have been taken out Of the forward tank,
which only contained hundred miles. In round
numbers, the vessel has now expended nearly three
tn0resnd tons of cable and and two Thousand
OF coal
10y GREAT EASTERN IN BETTER rH,x AND WEATHER
FAVORABLE.
EVERY one THOUSAND tons makes dLlsen"- , aiovsn
inches in her ms-vp, 50 ,nc., e6u61Ins t6: copsub,S
,oi q stores zoe Gr"Al Eastern is now six feet
h's, M - ..r water than shc was % starting, ia per-
feet trim to enable all the cpsnes TO d their work fairly
keep the vessels against almost any weather
she likely That the latter has as yet been sin
gu,ary mild shown b, he small amount Of slack paid
out AZ high AZ twenty per usual allowance
for rough weather but up to the present the Great East
has not exceeded twelve This ought 10 bring her
on the coast of Newfoundland with only one tho isand
slrGd
miles OF cable Oh board ~ complete another sabmarpe
link wanted there. ----~es 49, ..........
CORRECTION.
Our description VI the shore end of the cable WAS by
mistake worded ms TO convey an impression that II
continuous taper from is thtkest part at Vaena
out 10 where II terminated in s greatest depth Al one
hundred fsthoms This is not 80. The cable e o'
uniform thickness Of two aud half inches throughout
its entire length OF twenty seven miles Al the sea END
OF this eng,h there five hundred yards or rapid
tapering, I'LL II ends in being the size OF The main
deep portion Of the cable This shore end Is ,s
ing upwards Of twenty tons mile, and being equal 10
breaking strain OF ninety tons All ne massive tois
which form s outside covering are carc'nly
70 project them from The rust which soon consume
the stoutcft iron wire when had In shallow sess rms
portion Of the line manufactured by NJ Henley,
the maker or the Persian Gulf cable. Mr. Henley him.
selr as one Of the most eabeayevs volns
Ftaered his aid ~ Folhommcsnm Bay, and gave most
etfrcnt ass,staucs in sabmegng this poAdrrous f"os
Hsw dhe Signalling 60 v~sen'is IVES
Managed.
tvaentia Letter IN the London News
You are, imagine, that no speaking attempt
ed but that all the signals here received restricted "a
the insulation and conduction OF the cable Two cells
only made Of am Informed, from this side,
and the same power, believe, from the ship. an
perhaps telling you nothing new, but II can do no harm
II repeat that the system Is follows-At ten min
utes before every hour Greenwich time) the ship com
nences signalling to The ordinary signe
is i've reversas, one every two minutes
the signal for every nfty miles paid out is a'
before, commencing ten minutes before the hour
but ten reversals or one every minute and that To-
every dlty miles run by the ship two reversals OF tw
minutes each, then two OF one minute each, and ther
two Of two minutes each. am e!.en in the in
strument room, and watch these signals. Two clerk
watch-one the rehectiug galvanometcr, and the ohe
| tho chropometef-each calling out "time' and over
respectively, and you generally hear the two words
from them AZ the same instant The signals unmis
takaby clear with slight oscillation at each end; an
IL most curious and interesting TO watch these osclls
tons and that you thereby watching and notn
every roll or the big ship, which s at this uT
wards Of bse hundred miles distant
| No News Of the Great Eastern 90 Asp.
| Bay.
| Asry BAY, August 14-3:30 p NJ.
| There has been no arrival from Newfoundland, an
tharo nm In telliucnce from Creat Eaatern