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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
205
On
Saturday,
the
fourteenth
of
August,
the
steamships
Arabia
and
Europa,
the
former
bound
for
New
York
and
the
latter
for
Liverpool,
came
into
collision
off
Cape
Race.
The
accident
was
not
known
in
New
York
until
Tuesday,
the
seventeenth,
since
it
could
not
be
telegraphed
till
the
Arabia
reached
Halifax
or
the
Europa
St.
John's,
into
which
port
she
put
for
repairs.
As
soon
as
the
news
reached
New
York,
the
agent
of
the
Company,
Mr.
Nimmo
(Mr.
Cunard
himself
being
then
in
England),
at
once
prepared
a
despatch
to
be
sent
to
relieve
immediate
anxiety.
This
was
not
forwarded
to
Newfoundland,
as
peremptory
orders
had
been
given
not
to
transmit
any
private
business
messages
to
go
through
the
cable
until
the
line
was
fully
open
to
the
public.
But
the
next
day
Mr.
Field
arrived
in
New
York,
and
Mr.
Nimmo
applied
to
him.
Seeing
the
urgency
of
the
case,
he
ordered
it
to
be
forwarded.
It
was
accordingly
sent,
and
arrived
in
London
on
the
twentieth,
giving
the
first
news
that
was
received
of
the
accident.
This
was
repeatedly
stated
by
the
late
Sir
Samuel
Cunard,
of
London,
and
confirmed
by
his
son
Mr.
Edward
Cunard,
of
New
York.
The
message
was
published
in
the
London
papers
of
the
twenty-first,
as
follows:
"Arabia
in
collision
with
Europa,
Cape
Race,
Saturday.
Arabia
on
her
way.
Head
slightly
injured.
Europa
lost
bowsprit,
cutwater
stem
sprung.
Will
remain
in
St.
John's
ten
days
from
sixteenth.
Persia
calls
at
St.
John's
for
mails
and
passengers.
No
loss
of
life
or
limb."
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