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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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There
were
several
pieces
of
submerged
cable
to
lift,
two
with
their
ends
on
shore,
and
one
or
two
lying
out
at
sea.
Next
day
operations
were
begun
on
the
shore
end,
which
had
become
buried
under
the
sand,
and
could
not
be
raised
without
grappling.
After
attempts
to
free
the
cable
from
the
sand
in
small
boats,
the
Elba
came
up
to
help,
and
anchored
in
shallow
water
about
sunset.
Curiously
enough,
the
anchor
happened
to
hook,
and
so
discover
the
cable,
which
was
thereupon
grappled,
cut,
and
the
sea
end
brought
on
board
over
the
bow
sheave.
After
being
passed
six
times
round
the
picking-up
drum
it
was
led
into
the
hold,
and
the
Elba
slowly
forged
ahead,
hauling
in
the
cable
from
the
bottom
as
she
proceeded.
At
half-past
nine
she
anchored
for
the
night
some
distance
from
the
shore,
and
at
three
next
morning
resumed
her
picking
up.
'With
a
small
delay
for
one
or
two
improvements
I
had
seen
to
be
necessary
last
night,'
writes
Jenkin,
'the
engine
started,
and
since
that
time
I
do
not
think
there
has
been
half
an
hour's
stoppage.
A
rope
to
splice,
a
block
to
change,
a
wheel
to
oil,
an
old
rusted
anchor
to
disengage
from
the
cable,
which
brought
it
up--these
have
been
our
only
obstructions.
Sixty,
seventy,
eighty,
a
hundred,
a
hundred
and
twenty
revolutions
at
last
my
little
engine
tears
away.
The
even
black
rope
comes
straight
out
of
the
blue,
heaving
water,
passes
slowly
round
an
open-hearted,
good-tempered-looking
pulley,
five
feet
in
diameter,
aft
past
a
vicious
nipper,
to
bring
all
up
should
anything
go
wrong,
through
a
gentle
guide
on
to
a
huge
bluff
drum,
who
wraps
him
round
his
body,
and
says,
"Come
you
must,"
as
plain
as
drum
can
speak;
the
chattering
pauls
say,
"I've
got
him,
I've
got
him;
he
can't
come
back,"
whilst
black
cable,
much
slacker
and
easier
in
mind
and
body,
is
taken
by
a
slim
V-pulley
and
passed
down
into
the
huge
hold,
where
half
a
dozen
men
put
him
comfortably
to
bed
after
his
exertion
in
rising
from
his
long
bath.
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