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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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But
regrets
were
idle.
What
could
he
do
to
repair
the
injury?
"Is
there
a
steamer,"
he
asked,
"to
be
had
in
these
waters?"
"The
Bloodhound
is
at
St.
John's."
"Telegraph
instantly
to
charter
her
to
go
around
to
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence,
and
fish
up
the
old
cable
and
repair
it.
But
that
may
take
several
weeks.
Is
there
nothing
else
that
can
serve
in
the
mean
time
to
carry
despatches
across
the
Gulf?"
"There
is
a
little
steamer,
called
the
Dauntless."
"Well,
telegraph
for
her
too.
Secure
her
at
all
hazards;
only
see
that
the
work
is
done."
All
this
was
the
work
of
a
few
minutes.
The
answers
came
back
quickly,
and
in
a
day
or
two
came
the
steamers
themselves.
The
arrangement
was
immediately
carried
out.
The
Dauntless
took
her
place
in
the
Gulf,
where
she
made
her
regular
trips
from
Port
au
Basque,
in
Newfoundland,
to
Aspee
Bay,
in
Cape
Breton,
keeping
up
daily
communication
with
the
States.
The
Bloodhound,
which
had
a
more
difficult
task,
first
took
on
board
eleven
miles
of
cable
from
the
Great
Eastern,
to
repair
that
which
was
broken.
The
expedition
was
put
in
charge
of
Mr.
A.
M.
Mackay,
the
indefatigable
Superintendent
of
the
Company
in
Newfoundland,
who
had
had
the
care
of
their
lines
for
ten
years.
He
sailed
for
Aspee
Bay,
and
made
short
work
of
the
business,
dragging
the
Gulf
and
raising
the
cable,
which
he
found
had
been
broken
by
an
anchor,
in
water
seventy
fathoms
deep,
a
few
miles
from
shore.
This
was
spliced
out
with
a
portion
of
the
new
cable,
and
the
whole
was
as
perfect
as
ever,
giving
a
fresh
proof
that
cables
well
made
are
likely
to
be
permanent,
if
not
indestructible.
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