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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Friday,
July
27th.--Shortly
after
two
P.M.,
yesterday,
two
ships,
which
were
soon
made
out
to
be
steamers,
were
seen
to
the
westward;
and
the
Terrible,
steaming
on
ahead,
in
about
an
hour
signalled
to
us
that
H.M.S.
Niger
was
one
of
them,
accompanied
by
the
Albany.
The
Niger,
Captain
Bruce,
sent
a
boat
to
the
Terrible
as
soon
as
he
came
up
with
her.
The
Albany
shortly
afterward
took
up
her
position
on
our
starboard
quarter,
and
signalled
that
she
spoke
the
Niger
at
noon,
bearing
E.
by
N.,
and
that
the
Lily
was
anchored
at
the
station
in
the
entrance
of
Trinity
Bay,
as
arranged
with
the
Admiral.
The
Albany
also
reported
that
she
had
passed
an
iceberg
about
sixty
feet
high.
At
twenty
minutes
after
four
P.M.,
the
Niger
came
on
our
port
side,
quite
close,
and
Captain
Bruce,
sending
the
crew
to
the
rigging
and
manning
the
yards,
gave
us
three
cheers,
which
were
heartily
returned
by
the
Great
Eastern.
She
then
steamed
ahead
toward
Trinity
Bay.
The
Albany
was
signalled
to
go
on
immediately
to
Heart's
Content,
clear
the
northeast
side
of
the
harbor
of
shipping,
and
place
a
boat
with
a
red
flag
for
Captain
Anderson
to
steer
to,
for
anchorage.
Just
before
dinner
we
saw
on
the
southern
horizon,
distant
about
ten
miles,
an
iceberg,
probably
the
one
which
the
Albany
met
with.
It
was
apparently
about
fifty
or
sixty
feet
in
height.
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