A few days after the cable broken in July 1865 during the first unsuccessful attempt at a transAtlantic telegraph service was recovered from the seabed, the Great Eastern connected it and began to lay the remaining 680 miles of cable towards Heart's Content, Newfoundland. Six days later, the 1865 cable was landed and when connected found to be working, thereby adding a second cable to the new line the Great Eastern had laid two months before. (By John Osborne)

The Great Eastern, after a journey during which she laid almost 3,700 miles of telegraphic cable, arrived in the late afternoon hours in a foggy Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland.  The cable was quickly landed and connection made. At 8:43 a.m. the next morning, an exchange of messages between Ireland and Canada, at a rate of 7.36 words a minute, proved that the transAtlantic cable was now in operation, and commercial and private use soon commenced. (By John Osborne)

The Great Eastern, laying the new Atlantic Cable, passed the point where a year earlier on July 31, 1865, the cable had broken and been lost in an earlier attempt.  This time the goal of Newfoundland was reached without incident and on July 27, 1866, confirming messages were exchanged between Ireland and Canada. The old cable was later retrieved and completed and became the second working cable on September 8, 1866.  (By John Osborne)

In Foilhummerum Bay, the cable ship William Cory had unloaded the eastern end of the new Atlantic Cable for its connection to the station at Valentia, County Kerry in Ireland and it was connected to the cableship Great Eastern six days later.  In a two week operation, the Great Eastern successfully laid almost 3,700 miles of cable reaching to Newfoundland.  On July 27, 1866, confirming messages were exchanged between Ireland and Canada.  (By John Osborne)

In Foilhummerum Bay, the cable ship William Cory began the unloading of the eastern end of the new Atlantic Cable for its connection to the station at Valentia, County Kerry in Ireland.  Six days later the thirty-mile long shore-end cable was payed out and connected with the Great Eastern, which would lay the main cable across the Atlantic, arriving in Newfoundland after a two-week operation. On July 27, 1866, confirming messages were exchanged between Ireland and Canada.  (By John Osborne)

A massive fire in Cincinnati, Ohio completely destroyed the city's Academy of Music late in the evening.  The audience for an evening performance had just cleared the building before the discovery of the fire and a greater calamity was avoided, with no serious casualties reported. No arson was obvious but press reports soon began to speculate on the spate of recent fires in public buildings around the country. (By John Osborne)