The sun., 1901-08-17
WIRELESS NEWSF The SEA
LJCtNTt SENDS utNY MESSAGES
NJ NtRtONI system.
Hogan to ,ru,c From the ship On Nam
turket AT % D. VI. apd Kept Up Intf
>ftcr O'CLOCK Vessel E,idratiy
Ia, To Ten words q Minute sent.

SiAsCoNsEr Mass. Aug ie.-TlRt com
inunlcation hy wireless telegraphy IL
now established PERMANENTLY between
Nantucket South Shoals Lght-hip and
the station here was proved early this
evening vh"n messages were received
announcing 'he arrival la American waters
of the Gnard Line steamship Lucanii.
The message telling 81 the approach Of
th" lncsuil marks a ncS era in th" mari
time world by the establishment Of this
system Friends of those ON board incom-
ing passenger steamers may ge' news Of
their approach more than twelve hours
sooner han they could from tho observer
AZ Firr Island Farewell messages may he
transmitted from outgoing vessels a similar
length 90. time after passing Fire Island
THE Iucania was expected 10 send word
to the Nantucket hghtshIp Of her passing
SON. mir- -cuth of that point about
O'Clock thu, afternoon. There was a crowd
Of new- paper men and operators at the lit
tie station here and ~ the afternoon wore
on and no word va, received, the watchers
began To fear that something had happened
10 the APPARATUS on TIE steamship. just
about q o'clock tire sudden ringing of the
call tell on the OPERATOR desk awoke every
body to a realization tnai the ship wGs
within signalling distance
v " BraIheld. the Marconi operator.
sat down at his nstrument and received
MOTTO, that the luca1ia had sigual'd ue
Eght.hip ard that messages we're 10 fol-
ipW Then the fne--gg"s began To he re-
corded upon the tap NJ tho rate ot ten
vords minute i1 dots and dashes which
only IA. skilled Operators could understand
The messages from M" I-'ople on the
steamer wer" quickly tfaIsii'ei and tele-
pluu.I to th. telegraph station NJ Nan
iu.,r' aud thHrCs Wcf" te"Craphe'i To the
mainland and tHnir ultima" destination.
IT." luoaLil evidently flowed down 20
a. low the message, 90 p' trsn~tnited TOT
the Instruments were sitll iCkng a. s3O
O'Clock tonight The system wurkcd PER
testify and there -cvm- to br no reason Tor
suvpI-iug that wireless t"l"graphy as
applied ls'" r. not sIcce--
- flI A. di''ot communication from
the ,e~-,.i tn 'D' igh's nip and to Nantucket
IL concerned. the method of operation is
. rpr,p.raIt,,lv easy the FIRST message
from the lu'uuiH was received a the Nam
turke' light shin and then transmitted 10
a great ppic uu t'H shore here The es-
scutial thiuG- ~ 'N" rN.d"m oi Mr. Mar.
cnui are two pole. an which are placed
vertical W,r"- s.' mccunlical device
for making ard U',.rdilg aerial pulsat tons,
started hv .lrrt,ir sparkle
Th. first pole h. e spar attached 10 a
eoi UaN ON 'h' NeH'u'h'' Ni"a ihgh'- :
shin !, r-e, lU8 feet above the l'vel OF
the -ca lu the village Of Sia-consei Il
another pole. the top Of which j. 25O feet
above the oc"an The tran@mission OF
thesa messages over the mainland wires
nj pr,sas.nt - rather difficult.
They must br tel"phancd from Siascon-
sct to Nantucket over a Government wire
to Madakr;. from th"rr seventeen miles
over Government cable to IuCkcrnuck.
to cable box on ka'ama on Martlias
VINEYARD Here the messages are for
wardrd 20 Gay Head thence by cable 10
Pasqur Island. 20 Tarpaulln Cove and
thonco to PenzanCS' on the heel of tapr Cod.
From there they are sent 10 the transfer
station AT Woods Hole and over the main
land 90 Boston and New York.