The New York herald., 1866-07-22
I9he Great Eastern Again at
Her Titanic Task.
THE TESTS PERFECT.
HE OLD CABLE As GOOD As NEW.
Preparations to Receive the
Gable at Hearts Content.
&c. &c. 60, =
DETAILS or THE STAR

rrIn 'ne @Ie"' hns'erD 10 Berehnyeu
With the Cable on Bo- sE.... ,U;.s.
and High Seas-Her 6 Wnas
s<(hopping Seas''-Pr, su Sohauc. ON tne
gAbie-The Great ar",. Nh 20 LAY s .ne
.S. o. Carried from the Great |
Bridge Of BOnfs to the
G~dx for shore End landed and All
~ for,o the splice, &c.
l.,, sing kilograms have been received by |
Telegram Company from Mr. R. A. Glass,
dae director OF the Telegraph Construction and
vArEsnA,July 6, 1885,
soro end OF the Atlantic Cable successfully landed
AAePM
7sts perhct.
N william Cory proceeding to sea, paying out
rh, weapcr hns
-saa.,. lsa tested at noon today, iperfect as
JUN, 1866
.Ao .kbild, the Pcdlar the Shark and
49, o,o,oo. i ~ yned TO Berehaven atNaf'past
plste coaling at Berehass' Az .uo n,,n, 'o.u
proceed to TO spice the n chic N the a. ana
On Wednesday morning, wealth. nermit,iug.
An going WELL
VAESrA, Meday July Q, o.
The Albany arrived here yesterda, af,ernoonI,.s
landed stores for this station, and sailso dav at
20 Join the cable feet at Berehaven
Her Majesy's frgate Rae DON, Captain Arnitapen i
This habor, and will proceed assist ln Cbe OF
alton Of splicing Wednesday next
The Great Ensrcrn-Her Voyage 10 Bereh
ven, With the Cable ON Board.
On board Great Eastern, Berchavcn July 81 correspond
ence Of the London Times
ROUGH WEATHER sEAs
Tnc voyage round this harbOr has been longer and
nech more stormy and dsagreeabe than could have been
reasonably expected Mt III OF year. Strong
gaes and high seas have pre- allied throughout, and
tcstsd the trim and seasong qualities OF the Grea,
Esfern 70 tho utmost. Al one time the wind v as "a
Gerce and 80 full ahead take a knot and ha,f m
nour oi her speed, and bring her down from nearly
seyen 70 little more than hve knots The heavy swell
and wild ehopnins seas too, in the Irish channel told
Tough her rolling was rining, she plung d her bows
sSs has heavy seas with depth and frequency which
vas so n,ny done snce the memorable night she
snsse disasreeabsa in the gale or Hoiyhead Beyon,
s,,arest IN record 're Is nothing much of incdenta
pTpcurrr AN.
,vs sanay WAS aasa ,saae @ .s,s, soon as, s
.rser tho rsn,board paddle This would haeptan sed
@s ser c-e sa-ck. that the Great Eastern see
1c pfr .dod with oil sors OF arpa meet aj o,2 y
~ ,dergf fbcscs. diving dress soon pr,Ica,ss
IN ler stores with ar-pump ample length OF no.
and BY The asd Of ticsc one OF tro soon abb
at las sucrocde In freeing chain apd TIE yesse
Started lev minutes before one. At Hrst only Oh,
scrrw engines wero used and thess but slowly Tor the
Alexan ira banne had 10 be passed. In which there
we're some dansero shon patches and many very mar
vow wfndings sometimes u almost seemed as 4. Inc
vessel Nas mcnin., so muddy and disturbed did the
water seem around her. She never did touch however
thongh al Tunes there inches ofw water he
s"een her and the ground thar the drag OF the shlr
mast no doubt have stirred up The mud considerably
EG AHEAD.
soon alter three In the afternoon she was safev
snrough NE worst though was not III the open water
vas AIRY before her and The leadsnan repor cd no bo,
som ~ we've iathoins that tn word was given 10 20
enead al full speed Up TO that she had ony be N
moving Al from two TO three miles hour-ast enough
Win the wash from the scrcw. TO keep steeraeo wav
upon her But when the paddles set going she M
esce improved to about seven knots rate which she
main ned throughout except when lie worst SQUALLS Of
- dear hcr
TIE paddle eng Ees worked beautifully and with the
mot per e. making from six and ha,f,so aev on
r.voluiinnsa minute, the making about twenty
Ave IN the sarne time
The consumption Of coal averaged as nearly as pos.
pie ton per knot per hour while the was smooth
0ut unfortunately this not for long Before the
Downs wre reached on sunday afternoon the weather
which had been very unsettled turned dead against the
ship eonrse. The yachts which were following nlops
de dipped deeper ami deeper the wind and sea rs,
hnd thongh the Great Eastern as jmmoyable
a rock TO the little breakers OF the Thames moutb M
made serious difference TO the smaller craft which
.farewe," aud for the nearest port for sheltef
Iomards sunset tho Great Eastern had passed the Down.
Wind adverse and outside Tie sea ran high.
Neilher wind nor sea, hosever, then mas the
and was scarcely possible even by means Of peldu
Ium TO d'tect that she moving at ALL fr less that
sns was seaming against strong gale and high cross
when nearly on Deal, the pilot, Lieutenant Brockman,
vas landed In tug which cane OF for him. II was
only with difficulty that get on board It. andfhe
& ?, Keeping the small vessel near was 20 geat tnat
n hast had TO shove on aving board the great ship
plumber or disappointed workmen who ough TO have
landed and who will have 10 make forced journey 10
lEerehayen
STARTLING INCIDENT
After rounding the ellis OF Dover and turning fairly
down channel TO tho wcst the weather grew much
The glass m rapidly, and fast FELL the sea rose
Just towards rather startling incident occurred
ne Of the had 20 aof block attached
20 the mainstay over the yne The man AZ
serwards turned out i-that Il 70 say sca ck-and
frOm bnt
nc ost his nerve whom half way Up rope and seem
Tag as f about 20 faint, hung down sImcsl hclpess.
dns by both hands 10 tha, par, Of The r.pe which
ws directly over the paddle engines II seemed AZ N |
min md hIs death was certain and terbp a,ran
VIE wNrking engines. Advice cntreaties aircctions
and epostulatons were volunteered with thcr usual
lloefA'N from all the scamcn deck but mans |
aste woyd have been scaled had not Nr H,ipln the
ehief oiscr, fortunately come forward He ssw at
Ennce M not moment was To be Lost and springinc
- the st wont up II hand hand as actively as
onkey pd, sezing the sailor the rope managed to
Wei hold ohm Ia such way enabled him 10 bring
MIN down yer the say iu safety. II was an anxious
snoment wse Mr. Halpn with his almos, helpless bur.
shc ensnes md not til he had brought lis charre
nstualy TO N dock that the suspense orr only
She courage aa skin which Mr. Hapin displayed for
never did mn certainly risk hs own ile 70 svcr
snm appeared N almost certainty Of death 10 fellow
During the mint ~ Sunday the wind aud aaa in
sresssd, ". at iasIat abouselevsn burst into regular
storm The rain rsured In torrents the wind kept Up
peneot scream fhrusgh the uggpg and then and not
At then was any motion dAcsrnlbe upon tho vessel
Yet even this sligns thu, only by watching
She ch.ndeiers in The saloon hat could be detected Al
s and but for The slight BAT ipfal BILE Of these
penduluus many would have dkbelieved tho motion
and Will clear The coast vss kept cioss view,
night after light sighted upon he various headand
sdd the position Of the vessel Known with as much
case and certainty . man night read his pos. |
stoB IN London by the names OF streets during |
sse day Conspicuous among all thee besccns was that
of Dungeness which has electric gns the brilliant nays
IRON Which 20 far oussbope aIl oshe V ~ literally
ssyon1 any degree Of comparison wiA them Monday /
- noen found the great shp OF PoTtsno7sh TIE dag
wMSWsk slsM eN .tssAsL rth bWw n ~