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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Wednesday,
August
fourth.
Depth
of
water
less
than
two
hundred
fathoms.
Weather
beautiful,
perfectly
calm.
Gorgon
in
sight.
Sixty-four
miles
from
the
telegraph-house.
Received
signal
from
Agamemnon
at
noon
that
they
had
paid
out
from
her
nine
hundred
and
forty
miles
of
cable.
Passed
this
morning
several
icebergs.
Made
the
land
off
entrance
to
Trinity
Bay
at
eight
A.M.
Entered
Trinity
Bay
at
half-past
twelve.
At
half-past
two,
we
stopped
sending
signals
to
Agamemnon
for
fourteen
minutes,
for
the
purpose
of
making
splice.
At
five
P.M.
saw
Her
Majesty's
steamer
Porcupine
[which
had
been
sent
by
the
British
Government
to
Newfoundland,
to
watch
for
the
telegraph
ships]
coming
to
us.
At
half-past
seven,
Captain
Otter,
of
the
Porcupine,
came
on
board
of
the
Niagara
to
pilot
us
to
the
anchorage,
near
the
telegraph-house.[A]
"Thursday,
August
fifth.
At
forty-five
minutes
past
one
A.M.,
Niagara
anchored.
Total
amount
of
cable
paid
out
since
splice
was
made,
ten
hundred
and
sixteen
miles,
six
hundred
fathoms.
Total
amount
of
distance,
eight
hundred
and
eighty-two
miles.
Amount
of
cable
paid
out
over
distance
run,
one
hundred
and
thirty-four
miles,
six
hundred
fathoms,
being
a
surplus
of
about
fifteen
per
cent.
At
two
A.M.,
I
went
ashore
in
a
small
boat,
and
awoke
persons
in
charge
of
the
telegraph-house,
half
a
mile
from
landing,
and
informed
them
that
the
Telegraph
Fleet
had
arrived,
and
were
ready
to
land
the
end
of
the
cable.
At
forty-five
minutes
past
two,
received
signal
from
the
Agamemnon
that
she
had
paid
out
ten
hundred
and
ten
miles
of
cable.
At
four
A.M.,
delivered
telegraphic
despatch
for
the
Associated
Press,
to
be
forwarded
to
New
York
as
early
in
the
morning
as
the
offices
of
the
line
were
open.
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