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Heroes of the Telegraph
·
John Munro
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On
the
evening
of
Friday,
July
27,
the
expedition
made
the
entrance
of
Trinity
Bay,
Newfoundland,
in
a
thick
fog,
and
next
morning
the
Great
Eastern
cast
her
anchor
at
Heart's
Content.
Flags
were
flying
from
the
little
church
and
the
telegraph
station
on
shore.
The
Great
Eastern
was
dressed,
three
cheers
were
given,
and
a
salute
was
fired.
At
9
a.m.
a
message
from
England
cited
these
words
from
a
leading
article
in
the
current
TIMES:
'It
is
a
great
work,
a
glory
to
our
age
and
nation,
and
the
men
who
have
achieved
it
deserve
to
be
honoured
among
the
benefactors
of
their
race.'
'Treaty
of
peace
signed
between
Prussia
and
Austria.'
The
shore
end
was
landed
during
the
day
by
the
Medway;
and
Captain
Anderson,
with
the
officers
of
the
telegraph
fleet,
went
in
a
body
to
the
church
to
return
thanks
for
the
success
of
the
expedition.
Congratulations
poured
in,
and
friendly
telegrams
were
again
exchanged
between
Her
Majesty
and
the
United
States.
The
great
work
had
been
finally
accomplished,
and
the
two
worlds
were
lastingly
united.
On
August
9
the
Great
Eastern
put
to
sea
again
in
order
to
grapple
the
lost
cable
of
1865,
and
complete
it
to
Newfoundland.
Arriving
in
mid-ocean
she
proceeded
to
fish
for
the
submerged
line
in
two
thousand
fathoms
of
water,
and
after
repeated
failures,
involving
thirty
casts
of
the
grapnel,
she
hooked
and
raised
it
to
surface,
then
spliced
it
to
the
fresh
cable
in
her
hold,
and
payed
out
to
Heart's
Content,
where
she
arrived
on
Saturday,
September
7.
There
were
now
two
fibres
of
intelligence
between
the
two
hemispheres.
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