The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-28
TODAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY, JUNE %, 1910.

| The Great Eastern Arrives IN New York.
A great deal Of interest has always
been manifested In the Great Eastern,
| the first big steamship TO be built, and
| upon its first arrival In this country on
June 2S. 1860, the newspapers were full
| Of, accounts of this sea monster" Its
| subsequent use i'll connection with the
| laying Of the Atlantic cable helped to
| continue this interest Al the time OF
was the largest ship In the world, 1t
was completed In 1869 in England and
started on It's "trip from Southampton on
juno IL, 1860. crossing the Atlantic In
| eleven days.
The length OF the Great Eastern was
$50 feet, beam SO, depth As. and Its gross
pared with the big steamships of today,
| IL can readily be seen what furore It's
| appearance In our waters must have ere
ated. The Mauretania and Lusitana, two
| of the biggest ships OF today, are I9O
| feet in length, SIS Iect wide and 86 feet
deep. with a gross tonnage of S2.50o.
During the year 1860 and the greater
part Of 1861 the Great Eastern made
| many voyages to and from Europe. In
| December, 1861. when political relations
| with the United States looked orainous.
| the Great Eastern served as a troop
ship,
In 1864 negotiations were entered into
with the Atlantic Telegraph company
Maintenance company for the employ
ment Of the Great Eastern as a cable
| laying ship. In 1857 the vessel was con-
d
| ship. In order TO provide for the travel
| to the Paris exposition, Later II was
| again used for cable work, and laid some
Of the most important telegraphic cables
across the Atlantic. in the Mediter-
| ranean, In the Red sea, etc In 1884 ii
became coal hulk In the harbor OF
| Gibraltar, and in 1887 IT. was sold. 10 be
| broken UP, for $S2,500.
The Grcat Eastern reached New York
on the twenty"eighrh OF June and was
| docked at O'Clock in the afternoon. The
fsd ,IYsi, In la
city that busines generally was neglected,
and multitudes OF people thronGed the
whalyes and roofs to get a. glance at the
Fort Lafayette in the harbor a salute
was fired. which was promptly responded
to from the four guns OF the Great East
her arrival In the North river, II was
one continual ovation to- the distinguished
visitor. Cannon doomed, steam whistles
waved, and demonstrations OF kindly
nature came from every quarter. AT the
present time. several times daily larger
vessels pass In and out Of the. harbor of
New York with no attention being paid
TO their coming or, going.
When the vessel was nearly opposite
church We're heard across the water.
playing Rule Britannia" Strange to
say only forty-thre passengers could
be found In the year 1860 TO venture" on
ship that ever foated in the ocean," but
thiS was owing, Of course, TO the novelty
and vastness OF the experiment and to
the serious doubts which had been so fire.
quently expressed, from the very first
conception OF the enterprise. as 10 the
manasea bleness Of such a vessel in a
storm at sea
During the time the vessel lay in port
she was visited by tens of thousands OF
persons. who gladly paid the admission
rec charged, TO inspect the majestic
structure, Large excursion parties came
from all the principal cities Of the union,
TO view her lofty walls of iron. her stu
pendous machinery and her marvellous
internal arrangements: and, in due time.
opportunity was afforded those who
wished TO witness her sailing qualities TO
be carried by the noble ship. on pleasure
excursions 10 Cape May and elsewhere
a. privilege which thousands availed
themselves OF, including many persons
eminent In nautical and scientific mat
ters.
On June IS. 1875 occurred he famous
battle or Fort Moultrie. II is the date
upon which Thomas Jefferson wrote the
Declaration OF independence In 1T76; OF
tbe battle OF Monmouth in 1T7S. and OF
the sea fight between the Wasp and the
Reindeer in 1914 1t is the birthday of
Peter Paui Rubens, the distinguished
painter PisSoH qo1D; the Earl of Derwentwater
OF Tennessee" Q742l. Richmond NJ Pear
son, the Southern iurist GSOO); John Y
brown. the Kentucky statesman GS35) !;
Lyman j, Gage, secretary OF the treasury
under Mckinley QS36); John O'Reilly,
author a and poet QSiD, and Otis Skinner,
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