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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
158
It
is
not
necessary
to
follow
the
whole
voyage,
for
the
record
is
the
same
from
day
to
day.
It
is
the
same
sleepless
watching
of
the
cable
as
it
runs
out
day
and
night,
and
the
same
anxious
estimate
of
the
distance
that
still
separates
them
from
land.
Communication
is
kept
up
constantly
between
the
ships.
Mr.
Field's
journal
contains
entries
like
these:
"Saturday,
July
thirty-first.
By
eleven
o'clock
had
paid
out
from
the
Niagara
three
hundred
miles
of
cable;
at
forty-five
minutes
past
two
received
signals
from
the
Agamemnon
that
they
had
paid
out
from
her
three
hundred
miles
of
cable;
at
thirty-seven
minutes
past
five
finished
coil
on
the
berth-deck,
and
commenced
paying
out
from
the
lower
deck."
"Monday,
August
second.
The
Niagara
getting
light,
and
rolling
very
much;
it
was
not
considered
safe
to
carry
sail
to
steady
ship,
for
in
case
of
accident
it
might
be
necessary
to
stop
the
vessel
as
soon
as
possible.
Passed
and
signalled
the
Cunard
steamer
from
Boston
to
Liverpool."
Same
day
about
noon,
"imperfect
insulation
of
cable
detected
in
sending
and
receiving
signals
from
the
Agamemnon,
which
continued
until
forty
minutes
past
five,
when
all
was
right
again.
The
fault
was
found
to
be
in
the
ward-room,
about
sixty
miles
from
the
lower
end,
which
was
immediately
cut
out,
and
taken
out
of
the
circuit."
"Tuesday,
August
third.
At
a
quarter-past
eleven,
ship's
time,
received
signals
from
on
board
the
Agamemnon,
that
they
had
paid
out
from
her
seven
hundred
and
eighty
miles
of
cable.
In
the
afternoon
and
evening
passed
several
icebergs.
At
ten
minutes
past
nine
P.M.,
ship's
time,
received
signal
from
the
Agamemnon
that
she
was
in
water
of
two
hundred
fathoms.
At
twenty
minutes
past
ten
P.M.,
ship's
time,
Niagara
in
water
of
two
hundred
fathoms,
and
informed
the
Agamemnon
of
the
same.
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