Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-21
THE GREAT OBELISK..

Egypt's Gift Reaches New York In Good
Condit,on-Co,nmander Gerringe's Mar
rative of the Voyage.
New YORK, July 20.-A World reporter
boarded the Dessouk at o'clock this morning,
and interviewed Commander Gorringe as to the
obelisk and his trip. The commander said
they left Alexandria June IL, and Gibralter on
June Is. The weather continued fine and
nothing particular occurred until the 5th of
July. At o'clock in the morning we were
going along eight and one-half knots an hour,
with a smooth and quiet sea. when all at
once the engine stopped and we found the after
crank shaft broken off. Of course we made
sail and began to dismantie the shaft
and take the engine to pieces. We worked
night and day until the 18th. On the even
ing of the 18th we were ready to start again,
having put in new shaft. There is a story
connected with this new shaft. When l bought
the vessel in Alexandra, purchased her with
everythir on board and belonging to her, and
afterwards I found that this spare shaft be-
longed to her and was in the stores, and had
the greatest fight you ever heard of, for over
two months, before could get them to give me
the shaft. l got it at last, and it saved us
from very long passage. On the day after I
broke the shaft, we were spoken by the Aus
trian bark Velbuno of Persagno, and request
ed the captain to deliver for me at any port,
the following telegram
THE TELEGRAM.
To the Honorable Secretary of the Navy
The steamer Dessouk, with the obelisk. broke
her crank shaft July 6th latitude 81, longi-
tude At. spare shaft is being fixed. Prob
able detention ten days, until repairs are COM
pleted; will try to keep between parallels 81
and $3.50.
(Signed GoRRINGE Lieutenant.
SLOW MESSENGER.
The Austrian bark was bound to Constanti-
nople, but promised to stop at Gibraltar to
send this dispatch. By the skill and energy
of Commander Gorringe be has been enabled
Gibraltar, and he will accordingly telegraph at
once to MIR. Sprague, our consul at Gibraltar,
not to forward the dispatch. This broken
shaft, Lieut.. Commander Gorringe continued,
has delayed us for about eight days.
IN GOOD ORDER.
There is one thing you can say, that the ODE.
lisk has arrived, and that there is not a square
inch of it broken. shall deliver it just as ]
received it. 1t is twenty feet long, eight feet
square at the base, and five feet three inches at
the top; weight, go tons, of the PEDESTAL forty
three tons; the steps or foundation without the
pedestal, seventy-four tons; the machinery for
lowering it weighs sixty tons.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
While was at Gibraltar, Lord Napier, of Mag
dalia, the governor-general OF Gibraltar, came
on board with all his staff and large party OF
ladies, and went down in the hold
and examined critically the obelisk
and the manner of its stowage. They express
ed themselves much pleased with all they saw,
Lord Ripon, on his way to India, came on board
at Alexandria and inspected the obelisk
There were also great many engineers who
came from great distance to see it and OBJ
serve the manner of its shipment. Two Aus.
trian engineers came all the way from Triesta
shall take it out just exactly as 1 put it in
that is, put the vessel in dry dock first.
ARRIVES In PORT.
This afternoon the steamer Dessouk having
the Egyptian obleisk in her hold steamed ur
the North river and anchored off Twenty thiTo
street, where she viii probably BIO for the mex
a