The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-16
THE CABLE.
news FROM HEARTS, CONTENT
Arrival of the Schooner First Fruit at
HarbOr Grace, N. F.
The Great Eastern and Terrible
Seen August 6.
The Cable Parted on the
Second.
RumOred Loss of the End i'm
Mid-Ocean.
One Of the Cable Buoys from the
\ Great Eastern Seen in. Latitude
81 40, Longitude 50. 4
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HEARTS CONTENT, August H.
Via AspY BAY, August Is, 1855. :
The schooner First Fruit from Cardiff arrived in Har-
Dor Grace, Newfoundland this morning.
She makes the following report
On tho 9th of August at four o'clock in the morning
tho steamship Great Eastern and the British war
steamer Terrible.
AT six O'Clock in the morning beacon buoy with
dag upon it marked follows:-
''Great Eastern, number hve.''
Tho Great Eastern and the Terrible were then about
hve miles southeast from the beacon buoy.
The weather quite foggy at the time.
The First Fruit then laid her opsas to the mast and
hosted her ensign.
At noon the Terrible came near tho First Fruit, and
received information from her of bearing the bes
buoy
The Terrible reported that the cable was parted on the
I'd Of August
The position Of the beacon buoy by the Of the
First Fruit in latitude 81 10 north longitude 49,
The weather here this morning is quite mild, though
thick fog prevails.
History OF tho Fifth and Last Attempt
TO Lay the Cable.
The latest ncws from the Great Eastern informs
that, after laying twelve hundred miles of the cable 10
parted in latitude 81 40 north and longitude SO west
The following facts embrace tho history Of the attempt
60 lay the cable including the details Of the dlcules
encountered on the Oath and 10th Of July
gHs FIRST DIFFICULTY AND HOW IT WAS REPAIRED.
The Great Eastern and Carolina which chartered
BY GLASS; Elliott Co.. aud the Terrible and sphynx de-
called BY the English government, and com.
posing the cable squadron, rendezvoused at Va
Ssntia o. July 10th ult On the 22d ult. the
Caroline succeeded after mishsp, requiring the
under running Of the shore end in laying that massive
cable On the 23d ut the splice Of the shore and
deep cables made board the Caroline and
thrown overheard, the Great Eastern slowly steamng
westward On the morning Of the oath she fairly
under way, when defect in the insulation discov.
ered and the Great Eastern hove to- about eighty miles
from Shore order repair IT, The difficulty was re-
paired in few hours, and proved to be curious
serious, and is thus explained
As The lengths Of wire of hundred hundred
and fifty miles manufactured at Messrs Glass
Eotts they taken down In barges and coed away
In the tanks board the Great Eastern. Each it
arrived of spliced up to that which had pre-
coded H. and this often done in the tanks them
selves Tho operation Of splicing not only means join
ing tho conductor but also joining the outside wires the
notion OF the latter being made at different lengths
Che bits OF wire cut out being thrown away. II seems,
however, that of these atoms of wire. about
two inches long, and thick stout darnng needle
cell the coil unnoticed. The weight Of the
layers Of cable laid above this fragment pressed firmly
Into the tsrred hemp which forms the outside covering
of the cable To this It adhered While in the it
no harm; but whom this portion be paid out.
the small diameter of the eight leading wheels which
give to tho paying machine and the weight Of
thc Jockey pueys these which keep the rope in its
place, bent tho iron wire sharply passed
between the hemp, pierced the guta percha through
Feast two three Of its four folds and there remained
In this state found and instantly recognized as
Icce OF wire from splice joint short length OF cable
was at once cut out, splice made viganty tested
and gradually sunk. When the bottom 10 again
for hours and the signals were shown to
be absolutely perfect. iff
rHE ACCIDENT OF TIE 18th ULT.
The sbip again sped her way and oil well until
Che 10th ut when insulation suddenly ceased about the
time that seven hundred miles were payed out The
Of this defect has not yet been explained and
doubtless will be until the work resumed and the
cable safely laid II repaired in twenty hours
and the Great Eastern again resumed her journey On
July 90 at quarter past four A. NJ, hundred and
dy miles payed out and July 81 the tonsh day
out, nine hundred miles.
TIE PARTING OF THE CABLE.
All was then going well; but the ID instant
fhe vessel encountered stiff breeze II lie not positive
from the news brought to Hearts Content by the
schooner First Fruit whether II became necessary during
She continuance Of this unfavorabe weather 10
cable and buoy Il. while the vessels laid by, awaiting
che return OF favorable weather. whether the cable
asred unexpectedly and 10 lost The latest news would
Indicate the latter to be the CASE and the buoy 40
shown map simply locates the point at which the
mshap occurred
TIE BuoYs.
Such an emergency the necessity for cutting the
cable had been anticipated by the projectors Of the
sable, and provision made for H. Several large buoys
were made and placed on the Great Eastern, each
with large dag, marked with the OF the
s"ble and numbered from one TO Ave These buoys
were equal altogether TO weight Of fifty TONS and cap
able OF buoying up eleven miles Of the cable Attached
10 the buoys and ready at oil times 10 be attached
20 tho cable, was a powerful wire rope. fully
Ave miles long, and as strong as the cable
itself The length Of this rope would admit of the
kiukng Of the cable TO the bottom Of the ocean Gin the
deepest water known and thus secure Il against danger
yo tho time being; while the vessel cut loose from t.
roud weather the storm without danger OF srainne the
rable endsngering herself This effort TO buoy was
ot 10 have been resored TO until the last extremity
There yet TO hope that the Great Eastern was
compelled to cut the cable and buoy II on the ID inst
INSTEAD Of losing entirely II such the case az soon
% good weather sets in the Great Eastern will doubtless
resume her labos and begin 10 wind the buoy rope
snd raise the cable This can be done at the rate Of
about quarter Of mile hour, and with az much
accuracy aud care as the cable be paid out Should
the cable be raised the splice be made and the paying
but process again commenced.
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