The Archive · 1938

Horta, Azores, Aug. 30

The giant French seaplane, Lieutenant dei Vaisseau Paris, took off for New York at 630 pin. today to continue its trans-Atlantic flight from Biscarosse, The huge craft was held up here by damage to a propeller.—Havas, The Westérm Union Telegraph Company announce that a high speed Atlantic cable has been successfully entrenched into the ocean bed across the area frequented by the hake fishing fleets, 100 miles from the Irish coast. This has been done by means of a plough attacked to and. towed by the cable ship, the plough being twenty feet long and weighing nine tons, A special nickel-steel stud link chain had to be manufactured in one length of 4,200 feet. increase is unavoidable.

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