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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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A
red
lamp
indicates
danger.
During
the
daytime
red
and
blue
flags
are
used.
All
through
the
night
the
sea
was
smooth
as
glass,
and
by
this
morning
we
saw
that
a
sensible
impression
had
been
made
on
the
contents
of
the
fore
tank.
The
ship
begins
to
lighten
at
the
bows,
and
by
this
time
to-morrow
will
come
up
more
as
the
cable
passes
out
of
the
tank.
"Saturday.--Yesterday
was
our
seventh
day
of
paying
out
cable,
and
so
far
we
have
been
more
fortunate
than
the
expedition
of
last
year.
During
the
same
period
of
1865,
two
faults
had
occurred--one
on
the
twenty-fourth
July,
the
other
on
the
twenty-ninth--causing
a
detention
of
fifty-six
hours.
At
three
P.M.
we
were
half-way,
and
passed
where
the
Atlantic
Cable
of
1858
parted
twice,
on
the
twenty-sixth
and
twenty-eighth
of
June--sad
memories
to
many!
We
feel,
however,
that
every
hour
is
increasing
our
chance
of
effecting
this
great
work.
'I
believe
we
shall
do
it
this
time,
Jack,'
I
heard
one
of
our
crew
say
to
another
last
night.
'I
believe
so
too,
Bill,'
was
the
reply;
'and
if
we
don't,
we
deserve
to
do
it,
and
that's
all.'
It
blew
very
hard
from
two
o'clock
yesterday,
up
to
10
P.M.,
by
which
time
the
wind
gradually
found
its
way
from
south-west
to
north-west,
which
is
right
ahead,
just
what
we
want
for
cable-laying.
The
Terrible
and
the
two
other
ships
plunged
into
the
very
heavy
sea
which
the
southwester
raised,
and
we
made
up
our
minds,
from
what
we
saw,
that
the
Great
Eastern
is
the
right
ship
to
be
in,
in
a
gale
of
wind.
During
the
night
heavy
showers
of
rain.
This
morning
the
sea
was
comparatively
smooth,
and
the
sky
showed
welcome
patches
of
bright
blue.
If
all
goes
well,
we
shall
be
up
to-morrow
evening
at
the
place
where
last
year's
cable
parted.
A
couple
of
days
would
bring
us
to
shallower
water,
and
then
we
may
fairly
look
out
for
our
'Heart's
Content.'
Messages
come
from
England,
with
the
news,
regularly
and
speedily--excellent
practice
for
the
clerks
on
shore
and
on
board
ship--great
comfort
to
us,
and
the
best
evidence
to
those
who
will
read
this
journal,
of
the
great
fact
that,
up
to
this
time,
the
cable
is
doing
its
electric
work
efficiently."
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