“On board ‘Great Eastern,’
“Wednesday morning, August 2d.
“Twelve hundred miles paid out at 7.50 A.M.; 1050 run by Great Eastern at 6.50 A.M.
“All going on well.”
“August 7th.
“Although the precise cause of the catastrophe is still a mystery, there remains but faint hope that the fate of the Atlantic cable is not already decided. Four days have elapsed since the signals ceased to evoke any return, and those received at Valentia became unintelligible.”
“August 17th.
“Arrival of the Great Eastern, Crookhaven. Failure of the Atlantic telegraph expedition.”