Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-18
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New YORK, Aug. II.
The following 10 Mr.. Cyrus w. Field's dia-
~, dated on board the steamship Great East
tern, Atlantic Ocean, in north latitude 81 .
- min, west longitude 80, 8 O'Clock Friday
evening, August 18th, 1896:
The steamship Great Eastern sailed from
the meme of Sherness, Saturday, July 18th,
at 1880 o'clock, and at half past o'clock on
Monday afternoon, 18th, she ovcrhauled the
Caroline that Left London on the 9Th inst,
with the shore end on board She had been
detained by bad weather. We took her in
tow and arrived off Valentia at Gas a. IN. of
Wednesday. A. the weather was unfavora-
bic the Caroline went into Valentia harbor
and the Great Eastern ~ Beck Haven, BOta-
ny Bay.
They we're followed the next day by Her
Majesty's steamers Terrible and Sphynx
The 27 miles Of the heavy shore end were
successfully laid from the Cnrolinc--tOwed
by the steamer Hawk On Saturday the
.2l, at qaartcr past 5 O'Clock, the next fore
noon, the splice between the main cable and
the shore end was completed, and the Great
Eastern, the. terrible and Sphynx steamed
towards New Foundland, while the Caroline
and Hawk returned to Valentia. All went
on in the most satisfactory manner TIL 2:2o
q. m Monday the oath, when partial loss
Of insulation suddenly showed itself. Short
" AFTER this the speed of the ship was rcdhc-
ed and the cable paid out more slowly, while
tests were applied to locate the fault, which
was found to be in the water some miles
astern of the Great Eastern.
At s: 50 a. m. the cable was transferred to
the picking up apparatus at the bow we
began to haul in the cable. This operation
was frequently suspended by want of steam
in the boiler attachedto the picking up appa
ratus, and during the day portable boiler
was connected with the former. At five
the fault was brought on board and found to
have been caused by piece of iron wire,
similar to that used in the manufacture of
the cable, about two inches long, having
been forced between tho outer wires and
through the gutta percha into the copper
wire. Ten and a quarter miles Of the cable
were recovered, the fault cut out, u new
piece made and the cable retransterred to
the paying out machinery at the stern.
At 4: 40 a. M on the 25th all was again in
perfect order and the fleet on its way to
America, having been detained 81 hours
and so minutes. At noOn on Wednes-
day, the Goth, the Great Eastern was Us
miles from Nalentia, and there had been
paid out, including II miles on the shore
end, 1893 miles of the cable. Depth of water,
l,7jO fathoms Tests very good.
Thursday, July 9th, the ship ran in the
last "a hours l4l miles, and paid out 1873
miles Of cable. Depth of watcr2160 fathoms,
tests very good
Friday, July 49, distance made 1901 miles,
cable paid out l "A miles, water 1900 iathoms,
tests very good.
v..I.. A
cable paid out 176 miles, depth of water 1900
fathoms, tests very good
At 1906 D. m il was discovered that there
was n serious fault in the cable, which en-
tircly cut off communication with the shore
The ship was stopped and the cable transfer
red to the picking up gear, which commcnc-
ed hauling it at vt p. III After picking up
two and quarter miles Of cable the fault
came on board, and OH examination proved
to have been caused by a stout piece of wire
having been driven entirely through the ca.
Bile. The two and quarter miles OF cable
were recovered from depth OF 1900 faith
oms The operation of picking up from this
great depth was frequently interrupted by
want of steam. At night, being very dark
and fOggy, the operation of lowering the
splice and transferring the cable was post
poncd until next morning. The Great East
ern was by the able management of Capt
Anderson kept up all night to the cable, and
so prevented any strain beyond the .cabies
own weight coming OH il.
| At $40 a. m. the splice had been success
fully lowered and the ship was again on hci
course The detention by this fault was Il
hours and II minutes, and most anxious
| hours and minutes they were.
| Sunday, july 30 he distance made was q
miles, and u miles oi the cable were paid
/ Of IN fat
very good.
| Mo,u!ay, July 31st, distance run l34 miles
cable paid out l5S miles, water i..i0 fathoms
tests very good.
| Friday, Aug LIST, distance made l5j miles
cable paid out l,9 miles, water 100 iathoms
tests very good
| Wednesday, Aug 2, at 500 A. ii on run
ming the insulation tests 1t was discOvcre,
that there was a partial loss Of insulation
The ship was soon afterwards stopped ano
the cable transferred to the Sticking up gcaI
and the operation CT hauling commenced
BY noon the engine used for picking ny
stopped for want ut water. Two miles hat
been recovered and the cable was cut t.
scc whether the fault had come on board
At about 1890 p NJ the cable caught an,
| ci,afcd on the mouth of the horse-pipe, ant
was with considerable difficulty recovered
and at 1916 it parted on board where it wa:
injured, just behind the shoppers, and in q
moment the end disappeared in the water
Distance run in the last "A hours, 116 miles
cable paid out, 1872 miles recovered, miles
depth Of water, 1900 fathoms !; total distance
from Valentia, 1868 miles; total distance t.
Hearts COnteni, 600 miles total cable paiG
out, 1879 miles, equal to IA per cent
Steamed back towards Valentia IL miles ant
commenced dragging for the cable
Thursday, at 4 O'Clock q. IN, it being evi
dent from the strain that the grappler haC
caught the cable, we began to haul it in /; al
1850, when 1850 fath0ms Of graphing rope
had been got on board sllacklc broke real
the ship and 14O0 iathonls of the rope sank
with the cable to the bottom. A buoy wa.
lowered with 240O fath0ms Of cable and q
mushroom to hold it and mark the spot =
During the operation ofpicking up, the ma
chinery gave way.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather
| unfavOrablc for the recovery OF the cable.
Monday, August Z, lowered another crap
pie At 2: 10 p III. commenced dragging
for the cable. At. Sp. w. began to haul II
and continued to do SO slowly all night.
Tuesday, Aug 8, at 1870 q. M, 1000 faith
Oms Of grapple rope had been hauled VI her
the shackles broke, Just under the Ship an(
l
second buoy was lowered to mark the spot
The balance OF this day and all the next wa.
fully occupied in heaving new shacklc.
made for hauling in rope, altering tn,
capstan and making preparation for another
attempt to rescue the cable Had the appa
ratus been ready the weather on Wednesday
was much too rough 10 attempt any opera
tons. The two buoys rode out the gales ir
this depth perfectly.
Thursday, 10th, at ! o'clock a. M we be
gan to lower the grapple, and at S:55 had ou
246O fathomA Ill that was ON board the ships
and commenced dragging for the cable ant
continued to do SO until the evening, wher
we began to haul In slowly.
Friday, 18th, at 8 a. m, we finished haul
ing in 2l6O fathoms of rope when the crap
pic came up foul with its own chain
At II O'Clock a N. We began to lower the
grappel again, and - soon o. all the 248(
fathoms were paid out we commenced drag
ging until SIS p. m, when we began Il