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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"In
three
minutes,
however,
every
one
was
agreeably
surprised
by
the
intelligence
that
the
stoppage
had
disappeared,
and
that
the
signals
had
again
appeared
at
their
regular
intervals
from
the
Niagara.
It
is
needless
to
say
what
a
load
of
anxiety
this
news
removed
from
the
minds
of
every
one;
but
the
general
confidence
in
the
ultimate
success
of
the
operations
was
much
shaken
by
the
occurrence,
for
all
felt
that
every
minute
a
similar
accident
might
occur.
For
some
time
the
paying-out
continued
as
usual,
but
toward
the
morning
another
damaged
place
was
discovered
in
the
cable;
there
was
fortunately,
however,
time
to
repair
it
in
the
hold
without
in
any
way
interfering
with
the
operations
beyond
for
a
time
slightly
reducing
the
speed
of
the
ship.
"During
the
morning
of
Friday,
the
thirtieth,
every
thing
went
well;
the
ship
had
been
kept
at
the
speed
of
about
five
knots,
the
cable
paid
out
at
about
six,
the
average
angle
with
the
horizon
at
which
it
left
the
ship
being
about
fifteen
degrees,
while
the
indicated
strain
upon
the
dynamometer
seldom
showed
more
than
sixteen
hundred
pounds
to
seventeen
hundred
pounds.
Observations
made
at
noon
showed
that
we
had
made
good
ninety
miles
from
the
starting-point
since
the
previous
day,
with
an
expenditure,
including
the
loss
in
lowering
the
splice
and
during
the
subsequent
stoppages,
of
one
hundred
and
thirty-five
miles
of
the
cable.
During
the
latter
portion
of
the
day
the
barometer
fell
considerably,
and
toward
the
evening
it
blew
almost
a
gale
of
wind
from
the
eastward,
dead
ahead
of
course.
As
the
breeze
freshened,
the
speed
of
the
engines
was
gradually
increased,
but
the
wind
more
than
increased
in
proportion,
so
that,
before
the
sun
went
down,
the
Agamemnon
was
going
full
steam
against
the
wind,
only
making
a
speed
of
about
four
knots
an
hour.
During
the
evening
topmasts
were
lowered,
and
spars,
yards,
sails,
and
indeed
every
thing
aloft
that
could
offer
resistance
to
the
wind,
was
sent
down
on
deck;
but
still
the
ship
made
but
little
way,
chiefly
in
consequence
of
the
heavy
sea,
though
the
enormous
quantity
of
fuel
consumed
showed
us
that,
if
the
wind
lasted,
we
should
be
reduced
to
burning
the
masts,
spars,
and
even
the
decks,
to
bring
the
ship
into
Valentia.
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