BROKEN ATLANTIC CABLES
REPAIR WORK IN PROGRESS. AN UNEXPECTED INCIDENT. British Wireless. Rugby, Nov. 21. Measures are being taken to repair the trans-Atlantic cables that were broken or otherwise damaged by the earthquake under the North Atlantic on Monday afternoon. There are about 20 cables between Britain and North America, and about half of these were affected. Communication has been maintained without serious delay by alternative cable routes and wireless, and some of the cable companies’ repair ships arrived yesterday in the area of the damage, situated about 300 miles off the Nova Scotia coast. This is stated to be the first time in history that the Atlantic cables have suffered through an earthquake. A message from the liner Olympic yesterday reported that she felt the shock when 312 miles off Cape Race. The ship shuddered, but no damage was done.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 9
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