Show cable ship recal s old journey lake geneva Is to apt william N it nn old roid that lindbergh and benl trav erred from to ireland across the north atlantic he traveled the pame path more than sixty years a and expedition no less than made history and re fashioned alie commercial map of the world helped to lay the first tele baraph cable line across the atlantic ocean bringing two continents into instant contact he as ships carpenter on the great cistern when that venerable side wheeler strung a cable from valencia my ireland to trinity bay newfoundland in 1863 today quick witted deep voiced and kean eed at eighty nine he Is as far as he can the only survivor among the members of that historic crew the transoceanic alvers pierced the clouds at a speed close to two miles a minute craft inched its way along at a scant four miles an hour the flyers carried a few sandwiches and some orange juice the cardera of the great eastern were stocked with live larm animals and huge pro alton stores |