The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-18
158 miles of the cable, depth of water
2,l6O fathoms. Test very good
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I5S miles of the cable, depth of wate
2,l60 fathOms. Test very good.
Friday, July 9th, distance made, 1856
miles, cable paid ont ia miles, deptl
Of water 1850 fathoms, test very good.
Saturday, July 29th-The distance ruI
160 miles, cable paid ont l76 miles. deptl
of water 900 fathOms, test very good
At 12 o'clock p NJ, it was discovered
that their was serious fault in the cable
which entirely cut off communication
with the shore.
The ship was stopped and the cable
transferred to the picking up apparatus,
which commenced hauling it in. At 94
p. m.. after picking up 24 miles of cable,
i.ic llull came on board and on examina-
ton proved to have been caused by IA
stout piece of wire having been driven
entirely through the cable. Two and u
qnarter miles of cable were recovered
from depth of 1900 fathoms. The ope-
ration of picking from this great depth
was frequently interrupted by want OF
steam The night being very dark and
foggy the operation of lining the splice
and transferring the cable to the paying
ont machinery at the stern was post
poned until the next morning. Tee
Great Eastern was by the able manage
ment of Capt. Anderson kept up all right
to the cable and so prevented any strain
beyond the cables own weight coming
on it, At o'clock a. IN. the splice had
been successfully lowered and the ship
was again on her course The detention
by this fault was ls hours and IA min
utes, and most anxious hours and min
utes they were.
On Sunday, July 30th, the distance
made was "a miles, and 81 miles of cable
was paid out; depth of water 800 faith
oms; tests very good.
Monday, July 3l.-Distance run i34
miles; cable paid out l59 miles, wafer L.
no fathoms; tests very good.
Tuesday, Aug distance made l55
miles; cable paid out l79 miles; water
1.709 fathoms; tests very good.
Wednesday, Aug ID, at 5:27 A. NJ, on
resuming the insulation tests, it was dis
covered that there was partial loss of
insulation. The ship was soon after
wards stopped and the cable transferred
to the picking up gear at the bow The
operation of hauling in commenced by
noon. The engine used for picking up
stopped for want of water for consider
able time. Two miles had been recover
ed. and the cable was cut to see whether
the fault had come on board. At about
l2:3OP. NJ, the cable caught and chafed
in the mouth of the horse pipe, and was
with considerable difficulty removed. at
1895 it parted on board, when it was in
jured Just behind the shoppers, and in
moment the end disappeared in the wa
ter.
Distance run in the last "a hours, ll6
miles; cable paid out, 1872 miles; recov-
cred 2 miles; depth of water, $50 faith.
oms--Total distance from Valentia, ,O63
miles; total cable paid out, 1872 miles,
equal to Ia per cent. We steamed back
toward Valentia IA miles aud commen nc
ed dragging for the cable.
Thursday, at 4 A. ". it being evident
from the strain that the grapuel had
caught the cable. we began to haul it
i'm and ut ll-50, when l,l5O fathoms
of grapueling rope had been got on board,
a sRackle broke near the ship and 400
tathoms of the rope sank with the cable
to the bottom of the Atlantic. A buoy
was lowered with 2,4OO fathoms OF cable
and mushroom" to hold it and mark
the spot.
During the operation of picking MP
the machinery gave way. It's supposed
that tooth broke off by the strain, and
thus getting it between the spar which
smashed the latter. After this accident
happened the operation of hauling in
had to be performed by the capstain
Friday, Saturday aud Sunday, wealth
er unfavorable for recovering the cable.
Monday, August 7th, lowered a second
grapuel. At l2p. IN. commenced drag
ging for the cable; at 8 p. m. began to
haul it and continued to do so slowly all
night.
Tuesday. August 8, at $50 M, one
thousand fathoms of grapuel rope had
been hauled in when the shackle broke,
lust inside the ship. We lost in this at
tempt 500 fathoms of rope. A second
buoy was lowered to mark the spot. The
balance of this day and all the next were
fully occupied in hayinga new shackle
made for hauling in rope, altering the
capstan and making preparations for an
other attempt to recover the cable. Had
the apparatus been ready,the weather on
"Wednesday was much too rough to at
tempt any operations. The two buoys
rode ont the gales in the depth perfectly.
Thursday 10th, at I o'clock a. m. we
began to lower the grapuel, at S-25 had
but 246O fathoms, all that was on board
the ship, and commenced dragging for
the cable and continued to do so until
the evening, when we began to haul in
slowly.
Friday llth, at 6 a. M, we finished
hauling in 2460 fathoms of rope, when
the grapael came up fonl with its own
chains.
At IL a. IN. we began to lower the
grapuel again, and as soon as all the
2l6o tathOms were paid ont we com
menced dragging until 3-55 p. m, when
we began to haul in slowly 1t was soon
evident by the great strain that the
grapuel had canght the cable. At : p. m,
when 7i0 fathoms had been recovered,
the rope parted AS there was not suffi-
cient rope on board the Great Eastern
to resume graphing it was decided that
she should return at once to England,
virginia Poiitics-Cruelty 10 Negroes
In North Carolina.
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