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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Tuesday.--Breakfast
at
eight.
Lunch
at
one.
Dinner
at
six.
Tea
at
eight.
Five
hundred
and
two
souls
who
live
on
board
this
huge
ship
following
their
prescribed
occupations.
Cable
going
out
merrily.
Electrical
tests
and
signals
perfect,
and
this
is
the
history
of
what
has
taken
place
from
noon
yesterday
to
noon
to-day.
May
we
have
three
days
more
of
such
delightful
monotony!
It
rained
very
hard
during
yesterday
evening,
and
as
we
approach
the
Banks
of
Newfoundland
we
get
thick
and
hazy
weather."
The
latter
part
of
the
voyage
did
not
fulfil
in
all
respects
the
promise
of
the
first.
The
bright
skies
were
gone;
and
instead
perpetual
fog
hung
over
the
water,
while
often
the
clouds
poured
down
their
floods.
Thus
the
diary
continues:
"Wednesday.--Fog
and
thick
rain--just
the
weather
to
expect
on
approaching
the
Banks
of
Newfoundland.
The
convoy
keep
their
position,
and
though
sometimes
the
fog
hides
the
ships
from
our
view,
yet
we
know
where
they
are
by
their
signal-whistles--two
from
the
Terrible,
three
from
the
Medway,
and
four
from
the
Albany,
which
are
replied
to
by
the
prolonged
single
shriek
from
our
whistle.
At
fifty-two
minutes
past
one,
Greenwich
time
(ship's
time,
forty-five
minutes
past
ten
P.M.,
last
night),
the
fore
tank
being
nearly
empty,
preparations
were
made
for
passing
the
bight
of
the
cable
into
the
main
tank.
At
fifteen
minutes
past
two
all
the
jockey-wheels
of
the
paying-out
machinery
were
up,
and
the
brakes
released.
Twenty-three
minutes
past
two
the
bight
was
passed
steadily
and
cautiously
by
the
cable
hands
outside
of
the
trough
to
the
main
tank,
and
at
thirty-five
minutes
past
two
the
splice
went
over
the
stern
in
1542.8
fathoms.
By
arrangement
with
Sir
James
Hope,
the
admiral
of
the
North-American
station,
who
has
received
instructions
from
the
Admiralty
to
give
the
present
expedition
every
assistance
in
his
power,
a
frigate
or
sloop
will
be
placed
in
longitude
48
deg.,
25',
52",
which
is
just
thirty
miles
from
the
entrance
of
Trinity
Bay,
and
sixty
from
Heart's
Content.
She
will
probably
hang
on
by
a
kedge
in
that
position,
which
shows
the
'fair
way'
right
up
the
bay;
and
if
it
be
clear,
we
ought
to
see
her
about
daybreak
on
Friday
morning.
The
fog
was
very
thick
this
morning,
but
occasionally
lifts;
as
long
as
the
wind
is
from
south-west
we
cannot
expect
clear
weather."
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