Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-21
THE OBELISK.

Tho llenOlith Arrives In Safety
- The Story OF the Voyage
Across tho Atlantic -Dimen-
slons Of the ShAft-The Atten-
tion 1t Attracted ut Gibraltar.
''Nsw YoRK, July 20.-A World report
or boarded the Dessonk at 2 O'Clock this
,nerning and interviewed Commander
0arridge ss to the obelisk aud his trip.
The Commander said that they loit
Alexandria ON June 18th and Gibraltar
on the 10Th. The weather continued
hns and nothing particular occurred
until the 9Th Of July, nj . o'clock In the
morning. We were going along at eight
and . halt knots, with smooth water,
when all ut once the engine stopped and
20 found the after crank shalt broken
short OF. Of course w made sail and
BEGAN TO disnsnllo the shaft, and take
she engine 10 pieces. We worked night
aud day until the l2th. On tho evening
OF the 18th we were ready 10 start again,
having put in new shalt. There 10 =
story connected with this shaft. When
I bought the vessel in Alexandria, l
purchased her with everythingon bnard
and belonging to her, and afterw ,rd l
found that this spar shalt be.
longed to her and was in the
stores and had the greatest fight you
ever heard of for two months before
could get them to give me the shaft. but
/ got it at last aud it saved US from u
very long passage. On the day after !
broke tho shaft We were spoken to by
the Austrian bark Neituno, OF P.rsagno,
aud requested the captain to deliver Tor
me at any point the following telegram:
To he Honorable Secretary Of tie Nary:
"The steamer Dessonk with the obelisk
broke a crank shaft, July 9TH, latitude 81,
longitude II. A spar shaft is being
fitted. Probably a detention OF
ton day until the repairs are
completed; wi | try to keep between
parallels ~ aud 1880"
LIEUT.. GARRIsoRR."
The Austrian bark was to 70 to Con.
stantinople, but he promised to stop at
Gibraltar TO send this dispatch. by the
skill and energy oi Commander Garrin-
yer, he has been enabled to reach New
York before the bark had rescked Glib
ralter, and he will accordingly telegraph
ut once.to MIR. Sprague, our consul al
Gibraltar, not TO forward the dispatch.
"This broken SHAFT" Lieutenant Oom.
msndsr continued, "has delayed Us
ior abtnt eight days. There % one
thing You can say, that the obelisk has
arrived and that there 70 not square
inoh Of Il broken. lshail deliver Il Just
- received y. Its 70tsst loas. sIsse
square At the base and s feet 3 inches at
the top. II weighs 200 tona The ped
estal weighs 43tons. The steps or ioun.
dation, without the pedestal, weighs "a
tons. The machinery for lowering II
weighs 10 tons. While was at Gibral'
tar Lord Naper, OF Magdala,
the Governor General Of Gibraltar,
came on board with all his staff and q
large party of ladies', and vent down in
tho hold and examined critically the
obelisk, and the manner oiits stowRge.
They expressed themselves much pleas.
ed with all they saw. Lord Rpon on his
way to India came on board at Alexan-
dria and inspected the obelisk. There
were also many engineers who came
from a great distance u see II and to OBJ
serve the manner OF its shipment. Two
Austrian engineers came all the way
from Trieste. shall take 1t out Just ~
nut 1t in, that is, put the vessel in the
dry dock first.