CABLE FAULTS.
PECULIAR CAUSE DISCOVERED.
Press Association. Electric Telegraph. Copyright.
Wakapuaka, April 19. Much to the relief of the Cable Coy's officials, the cause of the last fault in the cable which the Recorder repaired some days ago has been definitely ascertained. On the passage across to Sydney the electricians on the ship closely examined a piece of cable which they cut out, and found a fish-bite, had. nearly cut the wire through. A half-inch tooth was firmly embedded in the core of the cable, which was lying in thirty fathoms of water at the locality of the fault, and the cable officials state that such an occurrence is most unusual at that depth. Prom one point of view this discovery is extremely welcome, inasmuch as it shows that the rocky ledge which is known to exist at the locality of the fault does not present quite so dangerous characteristics as at first attributed to it.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXV, Issue 88, 19 April 1901, Page 3
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